The NHS Leadership Academy, which is part of HEE, has joined with NHS Improvement to launch a pilot graduate trainee placement scheme for urgent and emergency care systems.

The pilot, which is the first of its kind, will place four highly recommended graduates from the Academy’s Graduate Management Training Scheme into both ambulance trusts and emergency departments across two regional health systems in the North West and Yorkshire and Humber.

The programme aims to deliver high quality leadership in the ambulance service, transforming the quality of care patients receive, as the four graduates will be an integral part of the general management stream.