From ward to board: Leading change in inpatient mental health
11 December 2025
15:00 - 16:00
Online via Teams
Online
Mental health
Overview
Explore practical strategies for transforming inpatient care environments and discover approaches to drive sustainable wellbeing and lasting organisational change that you can implement across your trust.
Learn from our partner Virginia Mason Institute’s real NHS case studies involving executive coaching, equity-focused leadership tools, and frontline wellbeing initiatives that strengthen teamwork, belonging, and staff resilience.
Key takeaways
- Discover effective, evidence-based approaches to creating safer, more supportive mental health environments across NHS providers.
- Learn how executive coaching, equity-driven discussion tools, and inclusive leadership practices are transforming team dynamics and staff wellbeing.
- Drive sustainable change with practical methods to increase workforce resilience, support belonging, and maintain high standards of care amid ongoing system pressures and challenges.
Why this matters
This webinar offers practical tools for NHS leaders to tackle today’s top priorities: creating safe and supportive environments, increasing workforce wellbeing, and strengthening leadership resilience during ongoing change.
What we'll cover
- Safe environments: Insights on how to build and sustain psychologically safe cultures, from ward teams to the boardroom.
- Toolkit in action: Practical tools like the Inequity Waste Wheel and Wellbeing Check-in you can use straight away in your organisation.
- Success stories: Real examples of executive coaching, frontline well-being, and leadership development driving positive change across the NHS.
Who should attend
This event is run by our partner, Virginia Mason Institute. By registering, you are agreeing to share your contact details with them for the purpose of after-event follow up.
This session is tailored for key NHS decision-makers, including:
- HR directors
- Medical directors
- Nursing directors
- Mental health leads
- Non-executive directors
- Strategy directors
- Equality, diversity, and inclusion directors/leads
- Innovation directors/leads
- Quality directors and leads
Speakers

Amanda Molloy
Executive Partner
Virginia Mason Institute

Alice Forsythe
Executive Partner
Virginia Mason Institute

Helen Cyrus
Consultant
Imroc