First international cohort
In september 2019, the very first international cohort has kicked off in Amsterdam! The HLA community has become a platform for international exchange of ideas and collaboration.
Aims
Nurturing Leadership
Working with healthcare students and young professionals to develop our healthcare leaders of the future.
Fostering Frontline Innovation
Engaging, developing and guiding clinicians to deliver innovative solutions.
Empowering and Valuing the Next Generation of Clinical Leaders
Supporting our clinicians to use their talent effectively.
Values
Accessibility
The HLA wants to expand the innovative programme developed in London and Newcastle to be accessible to more healthcare professionals beyond the UK. In 2019, The HLA will commence its first cohort in Amsterdam. The HLA community will expand and develop as a platform for international exchange.
Inclusivity
The Healthcare Leadership Academy values accessibility and equity and believes all healthcare professionals should have the means to learn about and engage in leadership activities; at any level and at any time. The Healthcare Leadership Academy believes inclusivity is key to leadership. Leadership should not be the arena of a chosen few but of all those with innovative visions, ideas and solutions.
The Founding Team
Cohort 2020-2021
Cohort 2020-2021 schedule:
Sat 5th September 2020 10:00 – 17:00, in London
Sat 3rd and Sun 4th October 2020
Sat 16th and Sun 17th January 2021
Sat 17th April 2021
Sat 26th and Sun 27th June 2021
Applications for scholars for 2020-2021 will start the 1st of March 2020.
The Amsterdam Faculty
The Faculty Tutors help run the HLA sessions and provide support to all our scholars. They are from a variety of backgrounds and specialities.

Marcel Levi
Chief executive UCLH & Professor of internal medicine
@MarcelLevi
Marcel Levi
“Leadership is the ability to let others blossom and grow. Like a symphony orchestra it is all about the quality of the teamwork, not about the individual musicians and certainly not about the conductor.”

Jeroen Geurts
Professor in Neuroscience
@JeroenJGGeurts
Jeroen Guerts
“The biggest challenge for me as a leader is to be constantly self-reflective without losing confidence in my base intuitions or first impressions.”

Sabine Wildevuur
Director of DesignLab, University of Twente
@Waag
Sabine Wildevuur
“Leadership is the ability to let others blossom and grow. Like a symphony orchestra it is all about the quality of the teamwork, not about the individual musicians and certainly not about the conductor.”

Bianca Buurman
Nurse & Professor of Acute Geriatric Care
@bmbuurman
Bianca Buurman
“The famous Greek physician Hippocrates (460-370 BC) stated centuries ago: ‘It is far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.’ A primary task of leadership is to stay focused on the set goal.”

Naïma Azough
Politician
@NaimaAzough
Naïma Azough
“The greatest challenge within leadership today is the challenge to not only lead individuals but to mold a community.”

Wanda de Kanter
Pulmonologist AvL & Activist against the Tobacco industry
@Wdekanter
Wanda de Kanter
“Not all what is legal is right or justified: we don’t want to live in a society where profits are more important than quality of life… My challenge is to bring the future in the present. The future is now and we must act now.”

Erik Jan van Lieshout
Internist-intensivist UMCA
@ejvanlieshout
Erik Jan van Lieshout
“My greatest challenge in healthcare leadership is to juggle between moving (digitally) forward in performance and outcome versus the original art of medicine.”

Michel van Schaik
Healthcare director Rabobank
@MichelvanSchaik
Michel van Schaik
“My biggest challenge is how to help healthcare providers become fit for the future by providing relevant knowledge, networks and smart financing solutions.”

Sjoerd Repping
Chair Healthcare evaluation and appropriate use, Zorginstituut NL
@SjoerdRepping
Sjoerd Repping
“The biggest challenge is to get every stakeholder in healthcare on board, to let them lose their primary focus on their own interest and to make them commit to the bigger picture: to improve healthcare for each patient. This requires collaboration and constant willingness and ability to change”