Leadership schemes

We believe that effective, skilled leaders lie at the heart of lasting improvements to healthcare. We offer high-quality leadership development opportunities – free of charge – to healthcare professionals from a wide range of organisational and professional backgrounds. We work with highly motivated individuals who share our passion to improve patient care, and can inspire others to do the same.

  • Leadership schemes overview

    The Health Foundation's range of leadership schemes provide high-quality leadership development opportunities - free of charge - to individuals and teams working in healthcare across the UK. Here you can read about our overall approach to leadership for quality improvement.

  • Clinician Scientist Fellowship Scheme

    A prestigious award supporting talented medical professionals to pursue academic research delivered in partnership with the Academy of Medical Sciences

  • Harkness/Health Foundation Fellowships

    The aim of the Harkness/Health Foundation fellowship is to encourage and support healthcare practitioners from managerial and clinical backgrounds to participate in the Harkness Fellowship programme, run by The Commonwealth Fund of New York.

  • Health Foundation Leadership Fellows

    A tailored programme of personal and professional development to individuals who have the potential to make an outstanding contribution to improving the quality of care.

  • Leaders for Change

    Equipping health professionals with the skills and knowledge to lead change projects that will improve the quality of local services.

  • Quality Improvement Fellowships

    Quality Improvement Fellowships give senior clinical leaders the opportunity to spend a year in the USA, based at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, to study the best international practices in quality improvement.

  • Shared Leadership for Change (BME)

    Shared Leadership for Change – Improving the Quality of Healthcare for BME Groups is a leadership development scheme for teams of healthcare professionals working to improve the quality of healthcare for black and minority ethnic (BME) groups

  • Shared Leadership for Change (diabetes)

    Shared Leadership for Change (diabetes) provides leadership development for multi-disciplinary teams working across organisational boundaries to provide high-quality care for diabetes patients.

  • GenerationQ

    GenerationQ is a leadership development programme designed to transform quality in UK healthcare