Improving Population Health Fellowship Class of 2025/26

Applications for the Improving Population Health Fellowship class of 2025/26 are open until Friday 24 January.

The fellowship will support up to 75 people who want to make a difference to key population health initiatives including health equity, adversity trauma and resilience, suicide prevention, climate change, or antimicrobial resistance.

The programme is open to colleagues from all sectors across health, social care, local authority and the voluntary and community sector in West Yorkshire irrespective of current job role, grade or profession. The 2025 fellowship will run from April 2025 to March 2026. Visit our Improving Population Health Fellowship pages for more information or contact iphp.fellowshipenquiries@nhs.net.

Benefits for organisations

Fellowships will:

• provide the opportunity to change behaviour, empower employees, and build authentic relationships with networks and partners across West Yorkshire
• support professional and personal development, with no cost to the employer
• meet the shifting needs of employees and organisations together with the communities we serve
• give fellows the confidence, insights and motivation to expand or extend work in their chosen area
• bring new ideas, tactics, and perspectives
• contribute to the future success of the organisation in a specific area

Benefits for fellows

As a fellow you will:

• gain valuable experience and learning under the guidance of mentors and experts
• receive guidance, institutional support and professional development
• gain practical knowledge and learning from your experiences and be able to embed that learning across West Yorkshire
• get free Foundation Programme in Public Health training delivered by Health Education England and the University of Leeds
• be able to access bespoke training in your chosen area as well as access to the Improving Population Health Programme areas of work, for example: Health Inequalities Academy and Network, Adversity Trauma and Resilience Programme, Suicide Prevention Programme, Climate Change Programme and Prevention Network
• expand your professional networks through engagement with other fellows and exposure to experts, programmes and organisations pioneering positive change
• build relationships with colleagues working in our five places -  Bradford District and Craven, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield
• be able to publish details about your fellowship projects on our website and partner websites