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Leadership Development Programmes

Local leaders and teams have told us they need support to lead with clarity, courage, and collaboration in complex, evolving systems.

Local leaders and teams have told us they need support to lead and deliver with clarity, courage, and collaboration in complex, evolving systems. NAPC’s Leadership Development Programmes are designed to equip senior system and organisational leaders with the insight, confidence, and tools to lead this transformation—sustainably and successfully. As Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs) become the cornerstone of modern, community-centred healthcare, the need for visionary, adaptive leadership has never been greater.

Our programme, based on an adaptable blueprint, is designed to meet local requirements, leveraging our experience and networks alongside those within systems. Our interventions bridge the gap between data-led targeting and high-impact neighbourhood team delivery, aligned to national guidance.

What You'll Experience

  • Outcome-Oriented Design: Every module is geared toward tangible outcomes for communities, including robust measures of staff and patient activation.
  • Access to Global Experts: Learn from occupational psychologists, policy makers, academics, and global specialists in population health, digital, economics, and culture change.
  • Evidence-Based Learning: Grounded in cutting-edge research from within and beyond healthcare, with a focus on real-world application. Learning from other health systems and industry sectors who are successfully working in new distributed autonomous accountable teams.
  • Deep Personal Insight: Use best-in-class psychometrics and 360 feedback to further develop your leadership style and impact.
  • Safe, Challenging Environment: Engage in honest conversations about dilemmas, choices, and the realities of shifting control and accountability.

Missing Key Leadership Skills for Neighbourhood Teams?

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Who Is It For?

Whether you’re leading at system level or preparing your organisation and teams to operate as flourishing neighbourhoods, our programme support will be right for you.

Designed for senior leaders shaping the future of integrated neighbourhood care, including those who are:

  • Supporting the implementation of Neighbourhood Health Teams at a regional, system, or place level
  • Operating within an emerging Single Neighbourhood Provider (SNP), Multi‑Neighbourhood Provider (MNPs) or Integrated Health Organisations (IHO) capacity
  • Overseeing the deployment of teams into new neighbourhood-based models of care
  • Leading organisational change to align with integrated, community-based working
  • Clinical leaders preparing to engage colleagues and lead in this new landscape
  • Working across health, local government, or voluntary, faith and community sector partnerships

You may be navigating a shift towards even closer partnership working that calls for a new set of leadership skills. The move from traditional hierarchical structures to autonomous, accountable neighbourhood teams requires a different leadership approach—one that focuses on coaching, facilitation, and adaptability. At the same time, you may be grappling with how to define and demonstrate success within new, population-focused models of care. With increasing pressures on the system, finding the headspace to lead effectively is more important than ever. And as care continues to shift from hospitals to communities, and from treatment to prevention, you may be seeking ways to ensure that Neighbourhood Health Teams are not only effective, but sustainable for the long term.

If you’re in the midst of this transition and want to lead with clarity and confidence, our programmes are designed to support you.

Why This Programme; Why Now?

Integrated Neighbourhood Teams represent a bold shift in how care is delivered—bringing together health, social care, and community partners to meet local needs holistically. But this shift requires more than structural change; it demands a new kind of leadership.

Our programmes are built on NAPC’s proven track record of delivering impactful change through working with multiple innovative areas in the last 2 years on large scale Integrated Neighbourhood Team developments, and as national coaches on the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme. Building on initiatives we have led including Primary Care Home (PCH) and The CARE Programme.

Programme Structure

Our programme blueprint offers a starting point for the design of a single or suite of leadership and team development interventions. Contact us to talk through the tailoring required to meet the needs of your neighbourhood, place or system.

We advise a minimum of a 3-6 month programme timeline. For deep leadership development and impact, our programmes span 2 financial years to fully embed your enhanced approach to build high-trust relationships, influence across boundaries, and mobilise the multi-agency partnerships.

  • Launch & Orientation
  • A minimum of 3 Core Modules (1–2 days each)
  • Interim Connections (touchpoints – online or in-person)

Two formats are available:

  • Open Programme: For individuals seeking to influence change alongside peers from other systems.
  • System-Level Programme: For leadership teams within the same system/region to drive collective local transformation.

"After nearly 40 years of working in the care sector, this is the very first time I have had supported leadership training towards innovation and integrated working."

Dawn Osborn

CARE Programme participant

Read about the CARE Programme

We have already been working in a number of areas with systems and providers to help local leaders become better equipped to lead in this new world of distributed integrated teams and next level partnership working. Talk to us about what bespoke support packages for leadership development we can co-create with you. Alternatively contact us about our open programmes for individuals.

Contact us at napc@napc.co.uk

Ready to partner with us to strengthen your leadership and teams? Let’s get started with a session to begin designing your bespoke development programme for 2026.