Dr Sonia Panchal

East Midlands Leadership & Management Programme Lead

In the modern NHS we fully recognise the increasing demands for high quality safe patient care and wider professional responsibilities including leadership and management for healthcare professionals. It is paramount that we equip our healthcare professionals within the NHS and provide appropriate feedback to develop excellence in these broader areas for the current and future workforce to deal with the ever changing demands of providing healthcare for the population.  

The East Midlands Leadership and Management Programme has been designed to help healthcare professionals learn these core principles and develop their non-technical professional competencies seamlessly and synchronously alongside their clinical training.   

I would like to thank Professor Sheona MacLeod, Dr Adrian Brooke and Dr Dan Kinnair for giving me the opportunity to design and deliver a programme that addresses these fundamental responsibilities across the region which will help develop the current and future leaders and managers of the NHS.  In addition I would like to thank Mr Peter Lees and the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management for their continued support and involvement and Professor Judy McKimm for her valued contribution and dedication to the programme.    

I hope you enjoy the programme and as a result utilise the skills and knowledge learnt to enhance your clinical practice and face the daily challenges of working within the modern NHS to provide quality services and safe care to our patients.