About the Event

Our HLA Open Day will be held on Saturday, 31st January 2026 at 10.00 am virtually via Zoom.


Our Open Day presents an exceptional opportunity for healthcare professionals to learn about the HLA Scholarship Programme and how the Programme can help you hone your leadership skills and take your career to new heights.


Here are just a few of the exciting features you can expect to experience:

  • Discover what’s new in our programme curriculum for 2026.

  • What is the Scholarship Programme and how is it structured?

  • Application process for The Healthcare Leadership Scholarship Programme

  • Programmes you could upgrade to with bursaries

  • About the HLA subscription of Member and Fellow.

  • Opportunities you’ll have access to as an HLA scholar

  • Connect with our vibrant community of scholars from diverse clinical backgrounds.


During the event, you will have an opportunity to hear from;

  • Andrea Johnson from the HLA Senior Management Team.

Instructor

Andrea Johnson

HLA Senior Management & Cohort Director

Andrea is the chair and co-founder of dental charity Den-Tech, an orthodontic and maxillofacial laboratory manager/highly specialised dental technician, quality improvement coach, healthcare careers ambassador and clinical research intern at Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust. She is an advisory board member, careers pathway reference group member and fellow of the College of General Dentistry. A Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA) Cohort Director & co-lead of the HLA Dental network and HLA mentor. She has a PgCert in charity management and 1st class BSc hons in Dental Technology. She is regularly called upon to sit on advisory committees and working groups with bodies such as the General Dental Council, Health Education East Midlands and many more.

Previous roles include Chair of the Orthodontic Technicians Association (OTA), council member of the Dental Technologists Association (DTA), associate lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), visiting lecturer at the University of Chester, sessional teacher at Nottingham College, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) ambassador and Chair of the Women in Healthcare Leadership Summit 2022.

Winner of a Star award, Pride of Derby award and the OTA Aldridge Medal Outside of her work and professional activities Andrea enjoys running, going to the gym, walking her dogs and adventure travel.

Organisations

The Healthcare Leadership Academy

The Healthcare Leadership Academy formed in response to demand from young clinicians and medical students to learn about leadership. Founded by Dr Johann Malawana (Course Director), former leader of the Junior Doctor Dispute, and a team of like-minded professionals (Our Faculty and Assistant Course Directors) the Healthcare Leadership Academy launched on 20th December 2016. HLA houses an exciting faculty from across the health sector and beyond. Their shared aim is to inspire the next generation of healthcare professionals and develop their understanding of leadership. Too often in healthcare, leadership is confused with management. Through a combination of mentoring, Socratic discussion, and philosophical exploration, HLA aims to inspire our scholars to change the world of healthcare, one small step at a time. At a time when the world seems an ever more worrying place, it is important that the next generation of healthcare professionals truly understand how to motivate the people they work with in order to best look after the populations they serve.

Medics .Academy

Our Vision A world with equitable access to the highest standard of healthcare training. Our Mission To empower health professionals through excellent education and to deliver the workforce society needs, through scaled education and training in healthcare. How Do We Do It? We have an extensive team of healthcare professionals, educationalists, engineers, artists and filmmakers who create engaging programmes with top clinicians and partner organisations. Our Story Unless healthcare training is revolutionised, there will be a shortage of 18 million healthcare workers by 2030. Medics.Academy is committed to solving this problem. By turning traditional training models on their head, we have managed to make healthcare training more efficient and accessible. Our team is passionate about innovating in healthcare and empowering health professionals across the globe to do the same. We work with partner organisations to solve problems for society through the education and empowerment of health professionals. We are a mission and ethics driven company that has passionate people at its heart. We have a deep connection with the communities we work with and we create sustainable change for the benefit of our communities. We have grown across the UK and Europe, and are now expanding into Africa. Our focus is on our learners, health professionals and staff. We have grown our team across Europe, North America and now into Asia. We are building a multi-generational company that understands we are part of an infinite game