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Leadership Development Programme

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

Local leaders have told us they need support to lead with clarity, courage, and collaboration in complex, evolving systems. NAPC’s Leadership Development Programme is 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.

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 to work with Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs), this programme is for you.

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

  • Supporting the implementation of Neighbourhood Health Teams at a regional, system, or place level
  • 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 and community sector partnerships

You may be navigating a shift towards 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 preparing for this transition and want to lead with clarity and confidence, this programme is 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.

This programme is built on NAPC’s proven track record of delivering impactful change through working with several innovative areas in the last 2 years on large scale Integrated Neighbourhood Team developments. Building on initiatives we have led including Primary Care Home (PCH) and The CARE Programme.

Programme Structure

The programme runs over 12 months, ideally spanning two financial years to fully embed your enhanced approach to build high-trust relationships, influence across boundaries, and mobilise the multi-agency partnerships.

  • Launch & Orientation
  • Four Core Modules (1–2 days each)
  • Interim Connections (½ day touchpoints)
  • Themes: Relationships & Dilemmas | Culture & Collaboration | Measurement & Empowerment

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