Enhance Generalist Skills

We’re excited to announce the opening for applications for our new cohort of the Enhancing Generalist Skills (enhance explore) starting 22^nd April 2026 at York Hospital, Medical Education centre.

The Yorkshire and Humber Enhance Programme (an NHSE enhance explore course) is starting a new cohort in York on 22nd April 2026 and again in Hull in September 2026. The application deadline is 1^st March 2026 for York. The programme is a CPD accredited, locally-focused, free professional development programme for all staff working in health and care, whether clinical or non-clinical, from primary, secondary or community care. In this area more than 160 staff to date, including nurses, doctors, service managers, AHPs, pharmacy professionals, primary care and voluntary sector staff have benefitted from the learning, which has brought service improvements and tangible benefits for patients along with fun, innovative, expert teaching and thought-provoking inter-professional collaboration. Generalist Skills are recognised as critical for delivery of the NHS 10 year plan, for supporting neighbourhood health teams, and for managing our services in a changing healthcare landscape.

The programme has had excellent feedback, and you can see video interviews with some of our participants here, or watch a short video about some of their projects and learning here. You do not have to be clinical to participate, and indeed, the wider the range of participants, the richer the learning. As one of our York participants has said "ENHANCE is the best thing I've done…It has helped prevent burnout, reminding me of all the possible ways I can help patients and their communities through generalist medicine. It has inspired me to get the best out of interactions with patients and colleagues, by encouraging my curiosity to understand the person and the community at the centre of NHS healthcare."

The enhance explore programme is a one-year programme with a mix of face-to-face teaching, some online sessions, off-site visits and self-directed learning. The cohort is completely mixed (depending who applies) and one of the best parts is the learning from colleagues and the discussions which take place on the days. We meet every seven weeks for a full day but in between times you are flexible around your other work commitments. Most people average 2-4 hours learning per week. You will do a QIP as part of the programme and will also produce a poster at the end to showcase your learning.

More information can be found by emailing us on [email protected], or by visiting our webpage.