For NHS Trusts & Healthcare Organisations

Burnout-Proof
Your Leadership Team.

Group workshops, team training, and organisational programmes for NHS Trusts that want to protect their most valuable asset: their senior clinical leaders.

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NHS leadership group workshop
42.3%
of NHS staff report work-related stress (2025 Staff Survey)
76.5%
of NHS workforce are women
£2.4bn
estimated annual cost of NHS staff sickness absence
50%
stress reduction by Session 12, guaranteed

The Problem

Your senior clinical leaders are burning out. Generic programmes are not working.

Most NHS wellbeing programmes are designed around the average experience. They offer resilience workshops, mindfulness apps, and employee assistance programmes. They do not account for the specific, compounding pressures that senior female clinical leaders carry.

Women in healthcare burn out at significantly higher rates than their male colleagues. The very people responsible for holding your Trust together, Directors of Nursing, Clinical Leads, Senior Nurses, are often the least protected from burnout.

When burnout reaches leadership level, the costs go beyond the individual. Research is unambiguous: burnout among senior healthcare leaders directly impairs clinical decision-making, communication, and the quality of patient care.

Generic support can provide a useful starting point. Its impact becomes far greater when it builds on what already works and strengthens the habits and beliefs needed to embed lasting change across the organisation.

2×
Higher malpractice risk for clinicians sleeping 5 or fewer hours, directly linked to burnout (research, National Library of Medicine)
39%
of Black NHS staff do not believe their Trust offers equal career progression, compounding burnout risk for global majority leaders
↑
Higher mental workload and fatigue are strongly related to burnout and impaired performance, especially in high-intensity clinical leadership roles (SpringerLink, 2024)
Lowest
Positive employer action on wellbeing fell to its lowest ever recorded level in the 2025 NHS Staff Survey, meaning the system is not filling this gap

Why Coping Is Not The Answer

Aligned beliefs and habits lead to consistent actions that deliver sustainable results

Most wellbeing programmes teach your people to cope with pressure. The Sustainable Leadership Programme transforms how they respond to it. One is coping. The other is becoming.

20% is skills, tools, strategies and actions. 80% is beliefs, habits, identity, self-trust, boundaries and confidence, the roots of lasting change beneath the visible tree. Plans don't make lasting change, people do.

What We Offer

Three ways to work with your NHS Trust or organisation.

For Chief People Officers, Directors of Workforce, and Accountable Officers who want to address leadership burnout at the organisational level.

Group Workshop
The Burnout Prevention Masterclass

A half-day or full-day workshop for groups of senior female clinical leaders. Practical, evidence-based tools they can use immediately. Delivered in-person or via Zoom or Teams.

  • The science of why NHS leaders cannot switch off
  • The Stress Budget Reset, live workshop exercise
  • Boundary scripts and the Power-Hour Protocol
  • The Sleep-Switch System overview and 7-minute tool
  • Evidence-based content aligned to CQC Well-Led domain
  • Individual action plans for every attendee
Team Programme
The Sustainable Leadership Team Programme

A 6-week structured group programme for senior clinical leadership cohorts of 6 to 12 women. Combines group sessions with individual accountability and support.

  • 6 × 90-minute group Zoom or Teams sessions
  • All four pillars of the individual programme
  • Shared accountability structure between participants
  • Full resource pack for every participant
  • Pre and post wellbeing measurement
Organisational Partnership
Sustaining Excellence, NHS Trust Partnership

A bespoke 12-month partnership for NHS Trusts committed to embedding sustainable leadership practices across their senior clinical workforce.

  • Quarterly workshops for all bands 7+ clinical leaders
  • Individual 1-to-1 coaching for Director level
  • Ongoing support and Q&A between sessions
  • Annual wellbeing measurement and reporting
  • Named partnership rate for NHS procurement

Why Anthony Berry

He is not an outsider telling NHS leaders how to feel better.

Around 20 Years in NHS and Public Sector Leadership

Anthony's background spans finance, change management, and over a decade of equality, diversity and inclusion leadership in the public sector. He held a Band 8 NHS role, working directly with senior managers, briefing ministers, and supporting the NHS Chief Executive's office.

Champion for Equality and Inclusion

As Chair of the Global Majority Workers Group at a large local authority, Anthony worked directly on a range of employment and service delivery equality, diversity and inclusion issues affecting global majority staff.

Science-Based Practice

Every tool in the Sustainable Leadership Programme is grounded in neuroscience and evidence-based practice. Neuroplasticity, Polyvagal Theory, NLP, and Timeline Therapy, not generic resilience tips.

International Recognition

Keynote speaker at the Women's Health International Virtual Summit and the Global Virtual Summit 2025. PeerCite Score 540/600. Published author of Uncover (2021). Recognised across the NHS leadership space.

How It Works

From enquiry to transformation.

1
Discovery Call

A free 30-minute exploratory conversation to understand your Trust's specific context, pressures, and what outcome would matter most

2
Tailored Proposal

A bespoke programme design matched to your cohort size, budget, and timeline, with clear outcome targets

3
Delivery

Workshops, group or 1-to-1 sessions delivered in-person or virtually, structured around your team's schedule

4
Measurement

Pre and post wellbeing data, participant feedback, and a summary report on outcomes for your organisational records

Protect your clinical leaders before burnout does the damage.

Start a conversation about what your NHS Trust needs. No obligation, just an honest assessment of what is possible and what it would take.

Email Anthony Directly

anthony@sustainableleaderco.com · For procurement enquiries, all NHS Trust rates apply

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Send Anthony a message

Anthony responds personally to all Trust enquiries. Use this form or email him directly at anthony@sustainableleaderco.com