4 February 2019

The Shelford Group is a collaboration between ten of the largest teaching and research NHS Trusts in England as follows:

• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH)
• Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT)
• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT)
• King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH)
• Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT)
• Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NUTH)
• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH)
• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STH)
• University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH)
• University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB)

The Group was formed in 2011 and aims to shares learning between members and initiate joint projects for large-scale improvement in the NHS.

Nine of the NHS Trusts within the Group run the SAGE & THYME Foundation Level workshop - either under their own licence, or under a network licence held by another organisation.

This demonstrates how SAGE & THYME training is now the most established foundation level communication skills training programme for NHS staff.