Applications are now closed
2025-2026 Fellowship programme commencing January 2025.
The programme will provide 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.
Click here to download the application form. Applications now open - closing date has been extended to November 15th 2024.
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 only 12 -14 places available on the course.
Apply today by clicking here to download the application form. Applications close November 1st 2024 at 5:00pm UK time.
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 will include:
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QGC lecture series - The opportunity for participants to attend the Quality Governance Collaborative events programme at the College, which includes the first annual conference
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Mentoring - The opportunity for the participants to have one-to-one development support with a mentor
Sir William Wells Quality Governance Scholarship
The Quality Governance Collaborative is pleased to announce the introduction of the Sir William Wells Governance Scholarship for the Quality Governance Fellowship Programme.
Sir William Wells – founding chair of the NHS Appointments Commission - has been fundamental throughout the conceptualisation and development of the Quality Governance Collaborative and has generously continued to support and contribute to the QGC vision and it is with great honour that we will be able to offer a place on the Quality Governance Fellowship in his name.
In line with the Quality Governance Collaborative and the RCPE’s charitable aims and vision, this scholarship will be open to all participants both nationally and internationally – in the hope that this will foster the opportunity to further the governance discourse and expertise within the healthcare sector and beyond - thus positively impacting on the health of patients and the wider population.
This scholarship is open to candidates who have demonstrable financial need. Through the application process candidates will be expected to prove that their participation on the fellowship will contribute to the future governance development of their country / organisation and be sponsored by their Board, or Government.
The Sir William Wells Governance Scholarship will cover the entirety of the tuition costs for the Quality Governance Fellowship Programme hosted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The travel, accommodation and subsistence costs will remain the responsibility of the participant.
The application form for The Sir William Wells Governance Scholarship can be found here.
