BOA Future Leaders Programme

Applications for the 2024-25 Future Leaders Programme are now closed.

The BOA’s vision for the Future Leaders Programme is to create an alumni of leaders with the capabilities to improve the delivery of clinical care and to influence positive change within the profession. The need for clinicians as leaders has become even more pressing in the face of a global economic downturn and pandemic crisis, because improving care within an environment of shrinking resources becomes a major challenge. The transition from an individual clinician to a healthcare leader is a significant step: one which requires a change in self-image, values, behaviours, knowledge and skills.

This 12-month programme will support 30-35 T&O surgeons with the passion to be future leaders within their specialty and equip them with the advanced leadership skills necessary to excel. We use the process of building a Quality Improvement Project, as a vehicle to develop these leadership skills. 

The BOA Future Leaders Programme (FLP) is:

• A one year programme
• Aimed at senior trainees (ST8 or above), newly appointed consultants, SAS surgeons and post-CCT surgeons.
• The structure of the programme comprises four, 2-day face to face events over the 12-month period, supplemented by self-directed Action Learning Sets..
• A significant innovation/improvement project delivered by each future leader for either their Trust or Specialist Society strategic change agenda.
• Facilitated by Hiro Tanaka (BOA Honorary Secretary) and Lisa Hadfield-Law.