Education Programmes for All Wales Intensive Learning Academy

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NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership wish to inform the market that they intend to award a contract for Education Programme for the All Wales Intensive Learning Academy for Innovation in Health and Social Care which has the aim of achieving self-sustainability by April 2024. Lot 1: The Health Board has been awarded funding to support the establishment of the All Wales Intensive Learning Academy (ILA) for Innovation in Health and Social Care which has the aim of achieving self-sustainability by April 2024. The All Wales Intensive Learning Academy for Innovation in Health and Social Care (ILA:IHSC) will become a beacon for the identification, implementation and evaluation of the science and practice of innovation, transformation, scale and spread in Wales and beyond. A Healthier Wales includes a commitment to establish intensive learning academies, intended to support development of future professional leadership across health and social care. As part of strengthening leadership capability and to support accelerated transformation, the ILA programme is intended to: - develop management and leadership skills and expertise in priority areas; - support NHS and social care leaders to work with external partners, including universities and industry, and internationally; and - share knowledge and good practice across the whole system to drive strategic transformation. The particular elements of the ILA that this funding relates to requires the following activities to be developed and initiated within year one and two of the programme; Year One; 1. Two PhD students researching the impact of the ILA on interactions between innovations and systems, one focussed on delivery and one focussed on policy. 2. Planning and development activities related to an innovation bootcamp that will take place in year 2 Year Two; Year 2 of the contract requires the following activities to be developed and initiated; 1. An innovation bootcamp for two groups of 40 learners; 80 learners in total 2. One innovation leadership programme for 60 learners The ILA will deliver the benefit of a step-change in innovation and transformation practice delivered through an alumni of leaders and practitioners across the health and social care system. This will sit alongside a significantly enhanced absorptive capacity and practice realised through broader learning opportunities, delivered through a practice-based model of learning.