Developing Leaders within the NHS – programme success

A small celebratory event has been held for Pharmacy staff who have achieved a qualification to help progress their leadership skills.

Six Pharmacy department staff from Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust have completed the Developing Leaders within the NHS programme and obtained a CMI Award Level 5 Management and Leadership qualification.

The following staff were all awarded with a certificate:

Rose Atkins
Gurvinder Chadha
Razia Bibi
Chris Simmonds
Ben Seal
Hayley Lloyd

They started the course in September 2020 and completed it in July of this year, working around COVID-19 demands.

The programme was delivered for the Trust by Activity Group, a dedicated NHS training company. Activity Group focuses on delivering the practical skills and knowledge required to make a real impact and difference to the delegates’ leadership skills and the work of their teams.

As part of the six-day programme, delegates had to devise a work-based project using their newly acquired skills from the programme. The objectives of the projects were to help enhance/improve the patient experience/and or help to make a fiscal saving for the trust.

The pharmacy team project presentation topics included:

Quality Improvement in Cancer Services by Rose Atkins
Dispensing Errors – Causes, Consequences and Prevention by Chris Simmonds
Pharmacy Discharge Lounge – to improve patient flow for supply of discharge medicines by Razia Bibi
Pharmacy Automation Systems by Hayley Lloyd and Ben Seal
Project Plan for an EPMA System by Gurvinder Chadha