A TWO-YEAR leadership training programme for 100,000 nurses and midwifes in more than 150 countries is to be led by Coventry University and an UK independent charitable trust.
The Nursing Now Challenge (NNC) will provide early-career nurses and midwives with opportunities for personal growth and individual leadership development, cultivating the necessary skills to become leaders, innovators, practitioners and advocates in health, locally, nationally and globally.
It will be run in partnership with The Burdett Trust for Nursing until the end of 2022.
Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, Pro-Vice Chancellor at Coventry University said “As a leading provider of nursing education in the UK we are very proud to work with organisations including Health Education England (HEE) and the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) to deliver this programme. It will have a significant impact, particularly in low and middle-income countries, supporting the development of the global health workforce and improving the health of people around the world.”
Coventry University’s use of technology will enable nurses to access education resources and collaborative opportunities regardless of their geographic location. The programme will use social media to create networks of health professionals learning from each other’s experiences and expertise across the world.
Professor Ged Byrne, Director of Global Engagement at Health Education England, said “HEE is delighted to support this unique partnership which has an unprecedented opportunity to empower nurses and midwives across the world to lead the world to global universal health coverage.”
