Centre for Population Health

What Centre for Population Health does

Centre for Population Health is a London-based, not-for-profit "implementation tank" that delivers leadership development and organisational support services to England's health and care system. Its core product is a Leadership Development Programme structured around three masterclass themes — Population Health, Equity and Inclusion, and Systems Leadership — augmented by individual coaching (90-minute virtual or face-to-face sessions), sector-specific offers for Integrated Care Systems, secondary and primary care providers, councils/public health teams, and charities, and bespoke commissioned programmes such as the multi-leader NWL & NCL Population Health Management Leadership Programme. There is no software platform; delivery is built on workshop facilitation, coaching methodologies, and human facilitation rather than technology products, with an underlying digital presence comprising a website, YouTube channel, Reading Room resource hub, and free email membership.

The organisation is founder-led by Professor Dr Durka Dougall, a professor of public and population health who is dual-trained as a doctor and a leadership/organisational development expert. The team draws on clinicians, board members, patient leaders, public health specialists and community representatives, with strategic partnerships extending reach through NHS Providers, HPMA, SWL ICB, Children North East and NHS England.

The revenue model combines low-ticket public masterclasses (£85 per half-day session with bursary places for small VCSE organisations) with bespoke professional services contracts priced on application for ICBs, NHS trusts, councils and provider organisations. Annual conferences (Bradford 2024, Newcastle 2025 with 193 attendees) function as both content delivery and demand-generation events. Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward UK public-sector health bodies, with named relationships including the NWL and NCL Integrated Care Boards, Children North East, Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership, and council public health teams. Operating scale remains small at 1-10 employees and no funding rounds or revenue figures are disclosed.

Name

Centre for Population Health

Legal name

Centre for Population Health

Website

https://centreforpopulationhealth.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Centre for Population Health is a London-based not-for-profit implementation tank that delivers leadership development masterclasses, coaching and bespoke programmes to Integrated Care Boards, NHS trusts, primary care networks, councils and community organisations across England.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Leadership Development Services

NAICS

Social Assistance (624), Health Care and Social Assistance (62), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Health & Health Equity/Social Determinants Units (HLAJAAAO), Health Equity, Access & Social Determinants Programs (BPAIAJAO)

Keywords

• Healthcare leadership development
• Population health consultancy
• Health equity training
• NHS leadership programmes
• Public health coaching

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Masterclass Programme: Half-day masterclasses priced at £85 per session. Three core masterclasses offered: Population Health, Equity and Inclusion, and Systems Leadership. 30% discount available for booking the complete programme. 50% bursary places for small community, voluntary and social enterprise organisations.
2. Leadership Development Programmes: Bespoke leadership development programmes for boards and organisations including board development, clinical leadership development, executive leadership development, and inclusive leadership support. Programmes are tailored to client needs and commissioned accordingly.
3. Coaching and Mentoring Services: One-to-one coaching sessions (90 minutes, virtual or face-to-face) with trained coaches matched to requirements. Individual mentoring available as one-off or longer-term conversations with field experts. Packages available based on client needs.
4. Consultancy and Bespoke Commissioned Work: Wide range of consultancy services from individual coaching to team development workshops to whole organisation and system development over multi-year programmes. Support includes system leadership development, population health academies, implementation support, and learning networks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Centre for Population Health is a not-for-profit health and care implementation tank that delivers leadership development, masterclasses, coaching/mentoring, and bespoke consultancy to improve population health and tackle health inequalities in England. Core paid offerings include three masterclasses (Population Health, Equity and Inclusion, Systems Leadership), one-to-one coaching packages, and tailored development programmes for NHS trusts, Integrated Care Boards, primary care networks, councils, charities and individual professionals.

Product overview

Centre for Population Health is a health and care implementation tank that offers a unified portfolio of leadership development and support services rather than a software product. The core offering centres on the Leadership Development Programme, which comprises masterclasses on Population Health, Equity and Inclusion, and Systems Leadership. This is complemented by tailored support services including Individual Coaching and Mentoring, and sector-specific offers for Integrated Care Systems, Secondary Care, Primary Care, Community & Charity, and Local Government organisations. The organisation also hosts annual conferences (2024 and 2025), provides a Reading Room resource hub, and offers bespoke Development Support packages. All offerings are unified by five thematic threads: Values-Centred Leadership, Population Health Leadership, Leadership for Equity and Inclusion, Community and Workforce Leadership, and Transformational Leadership.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Leadership Development Programme A structured leadership development programme for health and care leaders built around three core masterclasses (Population Health, Equity and Inclusion, Systems Leadership) and supporting development modules, designed to help leaders implement improvements for population health and equity.
• 2025 Masterclasses Series of paid half-day masterclasses covering Population Health, Health & Care Leadership, Equity & Inclusion, Leadership for Systemwide Change, Race and Health Inequalities, and Equity in Data, Digital and Technology, priced at £85 per session with bundle and bursary discounts.
• Coaching and Mentoring One-to-one and group coaching and mentoring delivered by expert coaches and field mentors, with 90-minute sessions offered virtually or face-to-face and packages tailored to client needs and budgets.
• Individual Support Offer Personalised support for individual health and care professionals including 90-minute one-to-one coaching (virtual or face-to-face), individual mentoring with field experts, and practical support connecting clients to resources and networks for career development.
• Integrated Care Offer Tailored development support for Integrated Care Systems (ICS, ICB, ICP) including system leadership development, population health and equity academy setup, implementation support, and leadership network building.
• Secondary Care Offer Leadership development for hospitals and NHS provider trusts covering clinical leadership development, executive leadership development, and inclusive leadership development.
• Primary Care Offer Leadership development package for Primary Care Networks, GP practices and federations focusing on systems development, integrated working, and practical insights for improving population health and equity.
• Community & Charity Offer Support for charities and community organisations to participate as equal partners in health and care transformation and to promote their excellent work through the Centre's network and platform.
• Local Government Offer Systems leadership support for local councils and public health teams including Public Health Leadership development and Council Leadership Development for integrated care landscape navigation.
• NWL & NCL PHM Leadership Programme Bespoke Population Health Management Leadership Programme supporting 31 leaders across North West London and North Central London Integrated Care Boards and partner organisations to improve population health and equity for 1.3 million people across 13 London Boroughs.
• Development Support Bespoke, co-designed support packages including workshop facilitation, programme design and delivery, tailored to meet the unique needs of organisations and systems across health and care.

Quantifiable outcome

• 31 leaders supported through NWL and NCL PHM Leadership Programme
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Children North EastcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 November 2025Partnership with Children North East charity to host the 2025 Population Health conference on World Children's Day (20 November 2025) in Newcastle. The conference focused on children, young people and babies with 193 attendees. Partnership includes collaboration on conference content, young people involvement, and community engagement.
• SWL ICB (South West London Integrated Care Board)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership to deliver masterclass on 'Leadership for Systemwide Change in Health and Care' on 8th April 2025 for staff working across health and care in South West London. Masterclass focuses on equity for research and quality outcomes in care.
• HPMA (Healthcare People Management Association)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Multiple partnership masterclasses including 'Ensuring Equity in Data, Digital and Technology' on 23rd July 2025 for HR, OD and People Professionals, and 'Understanding the Policy and Practice Landscape' on 10th March 2026 exploring health and care policy landscape for population health and equity improvements.
• NHS ProvidersminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership with NHS Providers to deliver 'Race and Health Inequalities Training for Boards' masterclasses on 16 May 2025, 19 September 2025, and 23 January 2026. Training designed for new NHS Trust and ICB board members about leadership for equality, diversity, inclusion and tackling health inequalities.
• Will HighamminorOthersWill Higham, Centre for Population Health Associate, launching a podcast titled 'How Do You Solve a Problem like everything' focusing on systems change in left-behind areas.
• NHS EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSamira Ben Omar serves as National Pharmacy Integration Lead at NHS England. Multiple team members have worked with NHS England on various programmes including workforce development and health inequalities initiatives.
• Baroness Anne Longfield CBEminorOthersBaroness Anne Longfield CBE delivered video welcome address at 2025 Population Health conference, providing opening remarks for the event.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Royal Society for Public Health: Independent charity providing training, qualifications, and convening for the public health workforce in the UK. Comparable in mission, training/credential delivery, and target audience (public health teams, councils, health professionals), with broader public health scope.
• PPL (Pemberton Professional Learning): Social enterprise consultancy specialising in co-production, personalised care, and population health implementation across health and care systems in the UK. Closely comparable as a values-driven, smaller-scale delivery partner for ICSs and providers.
• Institute of Health Equity: Charity led by Sir Michael Marmot focused on translating evidence on health inequalities into policy and practice. Highly comparable mission and target audience (NHS, local government, public health teams) with overlapping focus on health equity implementation support.
• Cordis Bright: Specialist consultancy delivering research, evaluation, and improvement support to health, care, and local government commissioners. Comparable in offering bespoke advisory and implementation support to NHS, councils, and VCSE organisations, with similar sector focus.
• UK Public Health Association (UKPHA): UK-wide voluntary association bringing together those working in public health across sectors. Comparable mission (population health, tackling inequalities), audience (public health professionals), and convening/training role for the population health workforce.

Broad incumbents

• Health Foundation: Independent charity funding research and improvement programmes on health inequalities, population health, and NHS performance. Strongly comparable in mission (tackling health inequalities) and in convening NHS leaders, though CPH is more implementation/training-focused and Health Foundation more research/grant-focused.
• The King's Fund: Independent charitable foundation that provides leadership development, policy analysis, and workforce programmes for NHS and care leaders in England. Direct functional overlap with CPH's integrated care, secondary care, and primary care offers, though operating at a much larger scale and broader policy remit.
• Local Government Association: National membership body for English councils delivering leadership, improvement, and policy programmes. Directly comparable in serving the council and public health team segment CPH targets with its Local Government Offer.
• NHS Leadership Academy: National NHS body delivering leadership development programmes across all career stages in the NHS in England. Direct competitor for board, executive, and systems leadership training budgets that CPH targets. Operates at subsidised pricing given its public funding.
• NHS Confederation: Membership body for the whole NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, delivering leadership programmes, networks, and policy advocacy to ICS, ICB, provider, and primary care leaders. Overlaps with CPH's integrated care, board development, and population health leadership offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@C4PopulationHealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centre-for-population-health

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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