Leadership and Management Fellow Scheme
2023/24 Programme
The Royal College of Psychiatrists Leadership and Management Fellow Scheme aims to develop and support a new cohort of emerging medical leaders within psychiatry.

2023/24 Scheme Programme
This is the programme outline for the 2023/24 Leadership and Management Fellow Scheme.
Most modules will be hosted on Zoom from 9.15am- 4.30pm. Please note three of the modules will take place in-person at 21 Prescot St, London (participants in the scheme should reclaim expenses from their local organisation). Modules will not be recorded or available to watch on demand.
Module title | Date | Module leads | |
1 | The RCPsych Leadership and Management Fellow Scheme | Date tba September 2023 | Alex Till, Suhana Ahmed, Ross Runciman |
2 | Authentic leadership: learning your own leadership style | Date tba September 2023 | Derek Tracy, Medical Director of West London NHS Trust |
3 | My project and me | Date tba October 2023 | Deepa Bagepalli Krishnan, Specialty Registrar in General Adult Psychiatry - Health Education England (East Midlands) & RCPsych LMFS Alumni |
4 | Clinical informatics & digital leadership | Date tba November 2023 | Ayesha Rahim, Deputy Medical Director & Chief Clinical Information Officer - Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
5 | Inclusive Leadership: leading effective teams | Date tba December 2023 | Ananta Dave, Medical Director - Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
6 | Fellows’ Away Day | Date tba January 2024 | Alex Till, Suhana Ahmed, Ross Runciman |
7 | Running a modern mental health organisation | Date tba January 2024 | Nick Broughton, Chief Executive - Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust |
8 | Leading together - meaningful co-production & wellbeing | Date tba March 2024 | Subha Thiyagesh, Medical Director - South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
9 | Connection across the system | Date tba April 2024 | Billy Boland, Medical Director - South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust |
10 | A celebration: from then, to now, to next | Date tba June 2024 | Alex Till, Suhana Ahmed, Ross Runciman |
Additionally, there will be three mentor information sessions via Zoom:
- Date tba September 2023 12-1pm
- Date tba November 2023 12-1pm.
- Date tba February 2024 12-1pm
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