Quality Governance Fellowship Programmes

The Fellowship programmes have a focus on healthcare governance and quality, and are open to all with a demonstrable interest in, and requirement for, greater insight and experience in governance. We strongly encourage applications from patients, carers and other healthcare professionals who are passionate about healthcare governance, and who will bring value to the course, and will learn and benefit from it.

The aim of the programmes is to develop future leaders in governance and quality, equipped with the authority and ability to advance change in their organisations and beyond. This will in turn help to spread excellence, and in keeping with the College’s aim, contribute to achieving the gold standard in healthcare.

2025-2026 Fellowship Programme

Applications are currently closed. The programme provides a comprehensive understanding of the issues of governance and is aimed at a multi-professional audience of senior clinicians, Executive & Non-Executive Board members, senior managers, governance leads or those aspiring to governance roles.

Applications are currently closed.

Programme Structure

A 12 month programme of seminars and workshops – including a one-day induction programme and practical teaching on research methods. Subjects covered in the 10 face to face seminars will include:

The principles of Governance and the relationship to Clinical Governance and Health
Ethics and Governance
Patient and Public Involvement in Quality Governance
The Role of the Board
Scrutiny Regulation and Governance Systems
International Quality Governance

Organisations may choose to nominate individuals, duos or trios to work together on organisationally driven priorities. There are 12 -14 places available on the course.

Participants in the programme will be expected to fund a course fee of £3,750. The participant’s employers will also be expected to provide sufficient study leave for the participant to complete the course. Furthermore, it is expected that the participants will agree “learning” terms of reference with their employer. The employer will also benefit as the project undertaken by the participant as part of the course will be required to add value to their organisation.

Additional programme learning opportunities

QGC lecture series - The opportunity for participants to attend the Quality Governance Collaborative events programme at the College, which includes the first annual conference
Mentoring - The opportunity for the participants to have one-to-one development support with a mentor