Our Leaders for Change scheme aims to equip participants with the skills and knowledge to lead change projects that will improve the quality of local healthcare services.

The scheme is work-based and develops learning based on participants' own experiences. It runs part-time over a maximum period of 14 months and provides:

• a structured learning programme in change management at Lancaster University Management School
• action learning sets to explore and identify solutions to the challenges participants face
• an allowance for training and development
• replacement staff costs for participants' employing organisation.

Healthcare professionals, including clinicians and managers, leading local service improvement projects can apply.



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“I really valued being chosen to take part in the Leaders for Change scheme. It's recognition and validation of the project I'm working on and that is very important for people who are trying to do new things.”

Dr Makani Hemadri, Practitioner in General Surgery, North Lincolnshire Scunthorpe & Goole Healthcare Trust

Read more about Dr Hemadri's experience on the Leaders for Change scheme

Our Harkness/Health Foundation Fellowships in Healthcare Policy and Practice provide a unique opportunity to spend a year in the USA examining the health system while working with leading health policy experts to conduct original research.

In partnership with The Commonwealth Fund, the fellowships provide:

• the opportunity to work with leading USA healthcare researchers, government policy-makers and healthcare organisations on a research project to analyse a feature of the USA health system that has relevance to issues on the policy agenda in the UK
• a rich programme of policy seminars
• networking and learning opportunities pre- and post-fellowship
• an allowance to support relocation, travel, visa and USA tax and health insurance, as well as replacement staff costs for the fellows’ UK employer.

The fellowships are aimed at experienced healthcare practitioners who have an existing interest in health systems, policy-making, policy-related research or policy implementation.



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“My research project focused on chronic disease management and there's no way in my current job I would have been able to free up enough time to do what I did.”

Derek Feeley, Director of Healthcare Policy and Strategy, Scottish Executive Health Department

Read more about Derek's experience as a Harkness/Health Foundation Fellow