Women in Leadership 2025: Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders

Thursday 19 June

Conferences & Symposia

Thu 19 Jun

08:55 - 17:00

Hybrid

Activity code: 9 TBC

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Overview

RCPE in association with NHS Education for Scotland (NES)

Back by popular demand!

We are delighted to present Women in Leadership: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders, a hybrid conference in association with NHS Education for Scotland (NES). This exciting event draws together an international collection of experts, inspiring role models and disruptors, celebrating and supporting not only the leaders of today but also those who follow in their footsteps as the leaders of tomorrow across all healthcare sectors and beyond.

The programme includes a variety of talks, live interviews and workshops with topics including learning across sectors, intersectionality, active bystander training, how to get into leadership, and a session to help male leaders support women colleagues, mentees and employees with allyship, advocacy and coaching.

Feedback from our inaugural 2023 event, held with RCSEd, includes:

"This was the best conference I have ever been to. Full of incredibly inspiring women sharing their story and uplifting others, empowering the audience to take a lot home to their own workplace and be a force for implementing change."
"This was such an important and empowering conference. I really hope this can become a regular event because it is so important for young women (and men) to experience this."
"Excellent conference. Best I have been to in years. Loved the collaboration and the networking opportunities. Very relevant and I will take a lot from this."
"My deepest gratitude to all the organisers and speakers. It was an absolutely amazing and inspiring event, an unforgettable experience. My utmost respect to everyone who was strong and brave enough to become vulnerable by opening up in front of the audience with their personal stories making us reflect on our own journeys. It is so surprising how many common strings in our experiences we can find, regardless of the age, origin or pathways of our lives. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!"

RCPE Fellows and Members please note: there is no special Member rate for this event.

Programme

Thursday 19 June 2025

08:00	Registration (in person attendees)
08:55	Welcome

Session 1 - Learning across sectors: Leadership, rights and inclusion

Chair: TBA

09:00	Karen Reid, Chief Exec of NES, previous Chief Exec of Care Inspectorate and previous interim Chief Exec of Education Scotland
09:30	Speaker TBA
10:00	Dame Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, CMO, Health New Zealand
10:30	Break

Session 2 - Empowering: from intersectionality to advocacy

Chair: TBA

11:00	Gender-based violence Kara Stewart, Training and Project Development Manager, EmilyTest - Charity Tackling Gender Based Violence in Education
11:30	Intersectionality with race Dr Olamide Oguntimehin, Founder of Melanin Medics & NHS Medical Education Fellow in Social Determinants of Health
12:00	Supporting neurodivergent talent Dr Anna Dover, Trainee Development and Wellbeing Service Co-Chair, NHS Education for Scotland
12:30	Assertiveness Anne Dickson, Psychologist, Author & Trainer
13:00	Break

Session 3 - Parallel workshops

13:45
A	Chair: TBA Active bystander training Dr Cindy Chew, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Glasgow Dr Elaine Taylor, GP, Associate Adviser with NES & Lead for the Whole Story Podcast series Dr Kirsty Colquhoun, Consultant Geriatrician, Glasgow
B	Chair: TBA Supportive male leaders – advocacy / allyship / civility saves lives Dr Chris Turner, Civility Saves Lives & Consultant in Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Coventry Professor Matthew Cripps, National Director of NHS RightCare, NHS England Prof Maja Artandi, Professor of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University, USA
C	Chair: TBA How to get into leadership Dr Greg Logan, GP Medical Education Fellow, NES & GP, Forth Valley Out of Hours service and Dr Kirsty Wood, ST7 in Diabetes and Endocrinology, North of Scotland (Scottish Clinical Leadership Fellowship) Dr Sara Robinson, Deputy Director of Medical Education, NHS Lothian (Leadership opportunities in the workplace) Professor Lindsey Pope, GP, Professor of Medical Education and Associate Postgraduate Dean, NES (Clinical Academia) Dr Julia Craggs, Clinical Research and Education Fellow, Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital, London (RCPE Quality Governance Fellowship)
15:15	Break

Session 4 - “How I did it”: personal journeys in leadership

Chair: TBA

15:45	Dr Nikita Kanani, GP and Medical Director for Primary Care in NHS England
16:05	Dr Dominique Allwood, CMO of UCL Partners, Public Health Consultant, Medical Director of NHS Nightingale Hospital
16:25	Dr Jade Scott-Blagrove, Radiology Registrar and Founder, Widening Participation Medics Network
16:45	Panel discussion Dr Dominique Allwood, Dr Nikita Kanani, Dr Olamide Oguntimehin & Dr Jade Scott-Balgrove
17:00	Closing remarks

Fees

RCPE Fellows and Members please note: there is no special Member rate for this event.

	Fees
	In-person	Online
Consultant or GP	£200	£180
Non-Consultant (including AHPs, Nurse, Pharmacist, etc.)	£100	£90

Long term / other leave – Fellows and Members, please contact the Symposium Co-ordinator as some discretion may be available.

Invoices

If you wish us to invoice an employer/organisation, please contact the Symposium Coordinator. Payment via invoice is not available for online booking.

Free places

Unpaid post – Nil if confirmation of status provided a member of RCPE – please contact the Symposium Co-ordinator.

Refugee doctors – free places are available to refugee doctors who are Associate Members of the College. Associate Membership for refugee doctors is available free of charge. Please visit our website for instructions on how to join, and then apply to the Symposium Co-ordinator for your free place.

Cancellation policy

If you have to cancel your place within 14 days of this event, we regret that we are unable to provide a refund.

If you are no longer able to attend in-person, you can still view the event online. The event will be available to view on-demand for 28 days after the live event, therefore, there is still opportunity to view the talks if you are not able to attend on the day.

Booking Terms & Conditions

Please read the College’s full event booking T&Cs regarding event changes, CPD, and data protection.

Further information

Parallel session choices

There are 3 parallel sessions in this event, 2 of which will be livestreamed on the day of the event, and all 3 will be available to delegates to watch on Catch-up in the 28 days after the event. Each session has CPD credits, so if you watch all 3, this will count as 4.5 credits alone. When booking, delegates will be asked to select their preferred parallel session to watch on the day.

Certificates

All relevant events are approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). To receive a CPD certificate delegates must have completed the online feedback survey. The survey will close 28 days after the original broadcast of the event, which took place on 19 June 2025, with certificates being issued shortly after this.

Please note that in order to obtain a CPD certificate you must have confirmed your attendance via the online feedback survey within the 28-day period

Certificates cannot be issued after the survey has closed.

Catch-up

Registered delegates can view this event on catch-up for up to 28 days following the live event until 17 July 2025. Please note that in order to obtain a CPD certificate you must have completed the online feedback survey within the 28-day period.

Joining us in the College:

Photography: A professional photographer may be in attendance at this event. Photographs may be used by the College in digital and printed publicity material. If you do not wish to be photographed, please let a member of staff know at the registration desk.

Access: A wheelchair lift and internal lift are in place at the College, allowing access to the conference centre and historic rooms. However, as a listed building, there are some meeting rooms that have restricted access. For further information and assistance, please contact the event coordinator responsible for the event.

Prayer and Parent room: We provide a prayer room at all our hybrid/In-person events, and a member of staff will be able to direct you to this space on the day of the event. We can also provide a parent room at our events where required. If you are interested in this facility, please contact the event coordinator.

Commercial Sponsorship: Many events are supported by commercial companies taking exhibition space. Health professionals and NHS Managers are invited to visit the company stands during the breaks. Companies interested in sponsoring this, or other events listed on our event pages should contact the event coordinator.

Exhibitors/Sponsors play no part in the planning or delivery of our events, and the College has developed an Ethical Sponsorship Policy to support organising committees and committee chairs in their negotiations with potential commercial partners for education and other events.

Event co-ordinator

Eileen Strawn

Telephone

+ 44 (0)131 247 3619

e.strawn@rcpe.ac.uk

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