Leadership & Management Course for Specialty Registrars and SAS Doctors in Palliative Medicine
Event overview
- 12 Jan, 2027
- Starts 12 January 2027
- £983 plus VAT
- Virtual
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Elevate Your Leadership and Management Skills
Register your interest for our 2027 Leadership & Management Programme for Specialty Registrars and SAS Doctors in Palliative Medicine.
Since our first course in 2003, this well-established programme has helped more than 560 doctors across the UK and Ireland strengthen their leadership skills.
Designed and delivered by senior leaders and clinicians from Princess Alice Hospice, St Christopher’s Hospice, the NHS and 3rd sector leaders, this interactive programme helps future consultants and senior SAS doctors develop the confidence, skills and knowledge needed to lead effectively in today’s healthcare environment.
Our 2027 programme offers a practical, interactive learning experience designed to enhance your leadership and management capabilities. You’ll gain tools and knowledge that directly support your professional development and align with the specialty training curriculum requirements.
Our Leadership & Management Course is designed to equip you with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to lead effectively and manage complex situations with skill and professionalism. Through practical learning, you’ll develop strategies for handling difficult conversations, resolving conflict, and driving positive change within your team or organisation.
The programme objectives are:
Building effective management skills and abilities
Enhancing practical management skills
Addressing current curriculum training requirements
Upon successful completion, participants will receive 20-25 Category 1 (External) CPD credits accredited by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians.
Delivered entirely online across 5 days, the course runs at the start of each year and offers flexibility to learn, collaborate, and enhance your leadership skills from wherever you are.
- Personal Leadership & Professional Development
Develop your self-awareness, leadership capability, and effective communication skills. Practical exercises focused on influencing, team working, collaboration and building your personal leadership toolkit. - Building Leadership Confidence & Resilience
Overcome imposter syndrome, enhance wellbeing and resilience, and develop your confidence in decision-making. Supporting the transition into senior clinical and consultant leadership roles. - Management Skills for Clinical Leaders
Understand budgets, business cases, job planning and resource management. Develop practical skills in people management, performance conversations and leading teams effectively. - Quality Improvement, Governance & Digital Transformation
Explore quality improvement methodologies, clinical governance, complaints management, CQC requirements and hospice governance. Recognise the opportunities and challenges of digital transformation in healthcare. - Organisational Strategy & Workforce Leadership
Understand healthcare and hospice organisational structures, including boards, trustees, fundraising and communications functions. Examine workforce planning, staff wellbeing and strategies for leading organisational change. - Current & Future Challenges in Palliative Care
Explore the evolving landscape of palliative and end-of-life care, including service pressures, workforce challenges, changing patient needs and opportunities for innovation and sustainable service development.
Attendees must join for all 5 session, the dates are below. Each session will start at 9am and finish at 4pm.
- Tuesday 12 January 2027
- Wednesday 13 January 2027
- Thursday 14 January 2027
- Wednesday 27 January 2027
- Thursday 28 January 2027
This course is open to Palliative medicine ST6/7 (ST5/6 2010 curriculum) SAS doctors, and early consultants in palliative medicine based in the United Kingdom.
“The whole course has been excellent and extremely well facilitated. The practical tools and tips – for example managing confrontation have been really good. Being able to engage with the other trainees through the chat function was also helpful.”
– Attendee 2025
To enrol on the course, please email us directly at education@stchristophers.org.uk.
When you email please provide your ST level and CCT/proposed CESR date, if this is applicable to your role.
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Why our education programme?
We have a well-established programme of high quality, cutting-edge, specialist palliative care education, designed for those working in the UK and internationally.
Why St Christopher’s?
Education is at the heart of St Christopher’s mission to promote and provide hospice care of the highest standards.
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