Professional development
Thu 9 Oct 2025 09:00-15:50
Online Course, 5 CPD Hours

Designed for NHS professionals in leadership and management roles who are responsible for creating and maintaining a safe, respectful and accountable workplace culture

Led by an experienced and empowering change consultant, Cathe Gaskell, this programme combines real-world insights, interactive discussions and scenario-based learning. Invest a day to gain the skills and confidence to define sexual safety, handle disclosures with clarity, set clear boundaries and lead a culture of respect and accountability within your team.

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Sexual Safety in the NHS: Leaderships Skills for Managers
Online 5 CPD hours From £299+VAT

5 hours Continuing Professional Development: what you will learn

This dedicated online course will give you the tools, confidence and leadership skills to embed sexual safety within your NHS team. By attending, you will:

  • Gain a clear understanding of sexual safety in the NHS, including the key principles of power dynamics, psychological safety and intersectionality
  • Build confidence in responding to disclosures of sexual misconduct, with clarity on when and how to escalate
  • Learn how to prevent inappropriate behaviour by setting boundaries and modelling respectful leadership
  • Apply your learning through real-world scenarios, practical case discussions and interactive group reflection

Meet your education and training needs in your own time

With an enhanced emphasis on networking, interactive discussion and idea sharing, this online course will provide you with all the elements you need to create sexual safety in your service, through:

  • Informative presentations: discover how to respond to and prevent misconduct
  • Interactive scenario sharing: assess your understanding of the sexual safety charter and its real-world application
  • Networking opportunities: hear from the first-hand experiences of other managers and identify how they are handling common challenges

This course is available for in-house training

Available as a bespoke course to teams of 30+ people. Please do contact us if you would like this training delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please email Sarah Kemm or call 01732 897788 for further details.

9:00
Registration, technical support and networking opportunity
9:30
Introduction, instructions and course leader’s opening remarks
Cathe Gaskell, Managing Director, The Results Company
Understanding Sexual Safety
9:40
Exploring and defining the foundations of sexual safety in the NHS
  • Understanding the NHS Sexual Safety Charter 2023
  • Exploring what constitutes sexual misconduct in 2025
  • Recognising the impact on the workforce of sexual misconduct
  • Establishing your roles and responsibilities as a manager
10:20
Interactive discussion: Determining factors that influence reporting sexual misconduct in the workplace
11:00
Screen break
11:15
Understanding and mitigating risk factors around sexual safety
  • Exploring the impact of intersectionality as a manager
  • Challenging the role of banter within sexual safety cultures as a manager
11:50
Managing disclosures and trauma based interviewing techniques
  • Recognising your own bias as a manager/leader
  • Reporting sexual misconduct complaints
12:30
Lunch screen break
Interventions
1:15
Exploring how to implement the “prevent model”
  • Best practice examples from across the NHS
  • Leadership Interventions for managers to promote sexual safety in teams including courageous conversations, role modelling, social media management and allyship
1:55
Options for supporting staff who experience sexual misconduct
  • Mediation or grievance?
2:20
Screen break
2:35
Interactive discussion: How to reinforce a sexual safety culture within your team
  • Share best practice examples from your own organisation
3:00
Supporting team culture after allegations of sexual misconduct
3:35
Interactive discussion: Consolidate your learning and build an action plan
  • What lessons and skills will you take away from the course?
  • What practices will you change in your role?
  • How will you work to promote sexual safety in your team?
4:00
Questions and answers with Cathe Gaskell
4:15
Close of day

Leadership Consultant | Culture Change Expert | Sexual Safety Facilitator

Cathe Gaskell
Job Title:
Managing Director
Organisation
The Results Company
Biography

Cathe Gaskell is a highly respected leadership consultant and Managing Director of The Results Company, with over 25 years' experience supporting leaders across the NHS, public sector and voluntary services. She specialises in culture change, psychological safety and effective team dynamics - helping managers navigate complex people challenges with confidence and compassion. Cathe is known for her straight-talking, practical approach and her ability to create safe, engaging learning environments. Through coaching, facilitation and strategic consultancy, she empowers individuals and organisations to lead with integrity, set clear boundaries and build inclusive, respectful workplaces. With a particular passion for promoting sexual safety and allyship in leadership, Cathe brings real-world insight, impactful storytelling and hands-on tools that resonate with frontline managers and senior leaders alike.

Pricing Structure

  • £399+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place
  • £299+VAT for 2 or more NHS or Public Sector places
  • £699+VAT for commercial places

You or a colleague can claim the group NHS discount, for booking four places across this and any other subsequent event, providing the same pricing structure applies. Click here to view the full list of up coming events.

For group bookings of five or more people, please email our delegate support team or call 01732 897788 for further details

This course is available for in-house training 

Available as a bespoke course to teams of 30+ people. Please do contact us if you would like this training delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please email Sarah Kemm or call 01732 897788 for further details.

Commercial companies are also invited to sponsor this day. Please email Sarah Kemm for further details.

Reservations

You can reserve a no-obligation place whilst you apply for funding

If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation whilst waiting for your study leave to be approved, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:

  • Booking contact: name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  • Event(s) to reserve for: title and date
  • Delegate details (for each delegate): name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  • Organisation details: name and address

Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team 

How this online forum will work

Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking. Within one week of the online training taking place, you will be sent final details of the course including a full agenda, programme timings and your Zoom joining instructions. This email will include a joining link that can be used to access the course.

If you have not received your email two days before your event, do check your junk folder then contact SBK Healthcare on 01732 897788.

Practice sessions are available. If you would like to attend a zoom practice session before the event takes place, please let us know by emailing bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk. You will have the opportunity to meet an SBK Healthcare staff member who will ensure you are able to access zoom, that your camera and microphone work and you are fully set-up for the day. This is optional but if you do wish to attend, please use the same device that you plan to use on the day.

On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the course by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. The forum will include screen breaks, as well as topic themed interactive sessions which will take place in the breakout rooms.

Click here to view the specially created 5-minute video that will walk you through how to get the most out of attending your SBK Healthcare interactive online forum.

Terms and conditions

Certification of attendance

A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.

Registration fees

You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.

Modify registration

To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the bookings team.

Cancellations and substitutions

A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.

Event changes

It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.

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Expected attendees

This course is designed for NHS professionals in leadership, management or supervisory roles including:

  • Team leaders and managers
  • Matrons, ward managers and service leads
  • Clinical directors and heads of department
  • Advanced clinical practitioners, supervisors and educators
  • HR managers
  • Patient safety, risk, governance and safeguarding leads

If you have a team that is 30 people or more, you can have a bespoke course delivered online to your team alone. Please contact Sarah Kemm or telephone 01732 897788.

Past attendee feedback

SBK Healthcare has been providing practical, knowledge-sharing and implementable training courses for NHS professionals over the last 20 years. They are designed to meet the needs of your team. Check out some of the amazing feedback we have recently received:

I found this a valuable experience, the chance to network with peers and learn from others was great.

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Oncology Leadership and Management Skills, June 2025

I really enjoyed the format, found it very well organised. The speaker/leader was exceptionally well qualified and I really enjoyed the networking and shared experiences with the other ward leaders on the course.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Oncology Leadership and Management Skills, June 2025

I enjoyed the day. It was interesting, interactive and relevant

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Compassionate and Supportive Leadership Skills, March 2025

Really enjoyed the day, felt very personal and relevant to those attending the day. Have learnt a lot from this. The education team were very accommodating and waited for me as I had issues logging on this morning.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Advanced Communication Skills CPD Training, January 2025

Excellent update on key themes and topical subjects

Isle of Wight NHS Trust, Independent Prescribers: Legal Implications and Fitness to Practice, December 2024

Really helpful and inspiring and practical and found the sharing of recent research finds really helpful and also appreciated discussion time and hearing people's experiences and what they were taking away

Walsall CAMHS, Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Compassionate and Supportive Leadership Skills, September 2024

It was very inclusive and had some great practical tips. A lot of what was taught was things that we are already doing as an organisation which is good to know.

First Community Health and Care, Compassionate and Supportive Leadership Skills, September 2024

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Why sponsor?

Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing NHS delivery forums offer dedicated presentations, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be fully immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.

Interested in having your own event, managed by us?

SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.

Reach out today

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact: 

Sarah Kemm 

Contact: 01732 897788 

Email: sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk