Leading Improvement for Health and Wellbeing programme 2009/2010

This is a leadership development programme that will gather together around 70 senior staff from various public sector organisations. It will instruct these staff members in:

• developing the way they lead
• planning and delivering improvement of health and wellbeing in their communities.

The Improvement Foundation, working in partnership with Professor David Hunter (Durham University), supported by the Local Government Association (LGA) through its Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), has designed and will deliver this programme. It is part of a portfolio of leadership for improvement programmes. Speakers on the programme will include a wide range of national and international experts in the fields of health and wellbeing improvement, leadership, and improvement science.

The programme will run from April 2009 to February 2010 and will be made up of five two-day residential events. These will be supported by a package of leadership diagnostic tools, one-to-one and group coaching and action learning improvement skills workshops to support local improvement initiatives.

Nominations to the programme should be at a senior level (CEO, director, assistant director, head of services level) and will be those involved in influencing health and wellbeing improvement and reform at both national and local level from all sectors including:

• health – from public health, primary care, acute, community and foundation trusts
• local government – adults and children's services, planning, housing, education, community services
• health protection, and information and intelligence
• prison services, mental health, pharmacy, voluntary sector and third sector
• emergency services – police, fire and rescue, ambulance.

The aims of the programme are to:

• develop local leadership capacity in relation to service and quality improvement;
• deliver health and wellbeing improvement reform on the ground
• develop effective partnerships across organisational boundaries and strong local and national networks.

We know that making a real difference to peoples’ health and quality of life and reducing inequalities requires strong leadership from professionals in many different agencies working towards some common goals. We want to bring those senior people together and to help them develop the personal, leadership and quality improvement skills that they will need.

The cost to attend this programme is £4,850 plus VAT per participant. Places will be limited and we expect strong interest in this unique high-profile programme.

All applications will be taken online and must be submitted by Friday 27 February 2009. The programme will commence in April 2009. Full details of the programme can be found at:

Improvement Foundation: Improving public services

Also see:

Health and wellbeing framework (PDF, 1 page, 84KB)

Information leaflet: Health and wellbeing (PDF, 2 pages, 153KB)

Alternatively contact:

Catherine Hannaway
The Improvement Foundation:
telephone: 07810 836 306
email: catherine.hannaway@improve.nhs.uk

Page updated June 2009.