Neighbourhood Health Community of Practice
We are creating a Community of Practice (COP) for neighbourhood health. As part of this programme, we will facilitate Action Learning Sets (ALS) for health and care leaders across the country who play a role in the development of neighbourhood health in community care.
The COP will seek to recruit those leading on the development of neighbourhood health at Place, community provider and PCN level and want to develop their leadership skills. The action learning sets aim to bring together colleagues at a similar leadership level and therefore we will encourage participation from members who are actively playing a leadership role in establishing and developing neighbourhood health programmes locally.
We are pleased to say that we can offer this opportunity free of charge, so we encourage people to submit a clear and concise expression of interest as we expect high demand. See below for further details on how to do this.
How to apply
There will not be a charge for this initial cohort, but we will be asking attendees to share their reflections and experiences throughout to help improve and promote the programme.
The first cohort will be limited to 30 members and is available only to members of the NHS Confederation.
If you’d like to understand more ahead of putting in an expression of interest, please contact Helen Hunter who will arrange a short catch-up to share more information.
If you are interested in joining the initial cohort, applicants should complete an expression of interest (EOI), this will be followed by an informal conversation to discuss the programme and its commitment in more detail.
We will let applicants know if they are successful in early February 2025 with the programme starting in March 2025. The scoring criteria will focus on maximising peer-to-peer learning and building a trusting environment for personal development.
The deadline for returning EOIs is the 17 January 2025.
Please email helen.hunter@nhsconfed.org with the subject line ‘COP - Expression of Interest’ with your answers to the following questions. This does not need to be more than two pages and is an opportunity for us to learn about you and why you are interested in the programme. We ask that you answer the following questions:
- What is your role and responsibilities for neighbourhood health?
- What are you hoping to get out of the programme?
- Why do you think your experience and insights would be useful to others in the COP?
- Please share a high-level summary of the work you are delivering locally
