Professional Compassionate Experienced
I’m Dr Mercia Spare, a professional coach, mentor, facilitator, and lifelong nurse. I’ve spent nearly 40 years working across health and social care, leading people and services through personal, professional, and complex organisational transitions.
I founded Dr M.K. Spare Coaching to create a space where individuals and teams could explore growth with honesty, curiosity and courage.
My work draws deeply on my background in healthcare delivery, leadership, regulation, clinical research and healthcare improvement. I have partnered with national bodies such as the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS Improvement, Care Quality Commission, Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit, and a wide range of NHS Trusts and health and social care organisations across the UK and Northern Ireland.
My services include executive coaching, team development, team coaching, developmental coaching, leadership development, organisational change, mentoring and facilitation.
Why I love being a coach
Coaching is a real privilege for me. I love creating a space where people can be 100% themselves
When working together, the most important thing is that you feel like you are the most important person on the planet, because you are
What you say is heard, understood, and held without expectation or judgment
INSURANCE OVERVIEW
M K Spare Coaching Limited is committed to the safety and security of their clients. I hold comprehensive business insurance coverage with Markel (UK) Ltd. The cover includes:
- Public Liability Insurance: £5 million
- Professional Indemnity Insurance: £2 million
- Cyber and Data Risks Insurance: £100,000
You can trust me to provide my services with the utmost professionalism and care.
PRICING STRUCTURE
M K Spare Coaching offers a dynamic pricing structure. All packages and programmes are co-produced to your specific requirements. After initial discovery meeting, a proposal based on agreed outline will be submitted with a full breakdown of costs and any associated expenses.
If you have a specific financial envelope, I will work with you to create a programme to meet your needs within your financial constraints.
I have a standard corporate rate of £350 per session for one to one coaching and mentoring assignments. This includes preparation and reflection time for each session and time for client contact in between session. All monies will be paid up front of delivery.
Payment options are available for individuals who want to access my services. Please book a discovery call to discuss your needs.
If you feel ready to explore what’s possible for you, I would love to start that conversation
Book a discovery call today; I would love to hear more about you and your goals
Find out how tailored coaching can help you or your team thrive, let’s connect
How can I help you?
I work with individuals as well as teams. Please talk to me if you have any thoughts or specific needs, and we will work together to create a relational programme that will drive:
I have used my knowledge and experience to develop a range of programmes that aim to deliver the value and outcomes our colleagues strive for, and which will help corporate teams overcome challenges and achieve strategic business objectives.
I offer leadership and coaching programmes to health and social care colleagues experiencing any of the following:
“I define a leader as anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential”
Brené Brown
Why I love being a coach
I’ve had the opportunity to build a rich and varied professional life across four decades in the NHS. While that experience is valuable, I don’t believe it defines my success as a coach.
The types of roles I’ve held and the range of people I’ve worked alongside have given me a unique advantage. I’ve seen up close what it means to work under extraordinary professional pressure. I’ve witnessed the values and motivations driving people to do it right for others. I’ve also seen the heavy toll that vulnerability can take, and, just as significantly, how it can be transformed into a real superpower for growth and change.
Coaching allows me to continue living out that professional philosophy: supporting people to recognise their strengths, navigate challenges, and thrive as their most authentic selves.
In my many professional roles in health and social care, I have had the privilege of learning from colleagues across all professions, at all levels and sectors, about the professional and personal challenges they face.
Whether newly qualified or seasoned executives, many face the same core challenges:
- Constant pressure to deliver more with less
- Fear of failure, regulatory scrutiny, and its consequences
- Feeling undervalued, with too little support or recognition
- Frustration with bureaucracy that hinders progress
- Conflict between ambition and sustainability, the desire to make a difference without compromising wellbeing, values, or personal life
Despite investment in flexible working, leadership development, talent management and recognition programmes, these remain the top themes.
I firmly believe that given the context of financial constraints in health and social care, leadership interventions that specifically target belonging, purpose, and possibilities at all pivotal career points will create a cultural shift that will enable our workforce to recover, thrive, and excel.