Capability for a changing NHS

The system changed. We make sure your teams change with it.

healthXbridge builds the system-level capability pharma and NHS teams need to work as one — co-created and delivered by leaders who have run integrated care, commissioning and national reform first-hand.

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Our people

Led by people who have run the system from the inside

System leaders, national transformation experts, pharmaceutical physicians and global leadership specialists — every one has worked both sides of the bridge.

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Kristine Bloor

Founder & Company Director

12+ years running high-impact leadership and development programmes across the UK, Europe, Asia and the US, for budgets from £20k to £3.3m. PRINCE2 qualified; ABPI compliant.

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Mac McKeever

Non-Executive Director

Former ICB Chief Executive for NHS Mid & South Essex (£2.8bn, 1.2m population). Led the national NHS Taskforce on Waiting Times, sat on the NHS Future Forum, founded FMLM Applied, and authored "Pioneers of Reform" for the NHS Confederation on behalf of NHS England.

Strategic partners & system leaders

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Plus 10+ further specialist facilitators and trainers across the delivery team.
The shift

The ground your teams were trained on has moved

The NHS has quietly rewritten the rules of engagement. The teams working hardest are often the ones working from the old map.

Hospitals Neighbourhoods

From hospitals to neighbourhoods

Care is being rebuilt around neighbourhoods and communities. Prevention, pathways and keeping people well now matter more than activity in a building.

Clinicians Systems

From clinicians to systems

The people who decide have changed — Integrated Care Boards, neighbourhood leads, community services and local authorities now hold the influence individual clinicians once did.

Efficacy Outcomes

From efficacy to outcomes

Your relevance is judged on system outcomes: fewer admissions, shorter stays, recovery at home. A strong molecule is no longer the whole story.

The result is familiar — high activity, thin traction, and teams unsure where the real decisions get made. That's a capability gap, not an effort gap.

What we do

We close the gap between what your teams know and how the system now works

Three flagship programmes, each co-designed with the leaders who run the system — and each adapted to your teams, never lifted off a shelf.

System-Led Capability

Teams that understand how decisions actually get made — and win more of them.

System-Ready Medical & Commercial Teams

Ready for the reforms as they are: neighbourhoods, SNPs/MNPs and real ICB engagement.

CPD accredited

Transformational Leadership

Pharma-funded development for clinicians that proves your value well beyond the medicine.

In-person, virtual & hybrid One workshop to a full multi-module programme UK & global Bespoke builds available
Why healthXbridge

A bridge with real system credibility — not another training vendor

Faculty who ran it, not taught it

Former NHS directors, an ICB chief executive, Trust chief executives and national programme leaders. People who built integrated care, not people who read about it.

Whole-system, not surface-level

We work at root cause and design for the whole system, so capability is built to last — not bolted on and forgotten after the workshop.

Co-created, never copied

Every programme is built around your real challenges. No templates, no recycled decks.

Genuinely neutral

A trusted position between pharma and the NHS. Never conflicted, always credible to both sides.

Value beyond the medicine

We help you build the partnerships and reputation that outlast any single product.

Reach that opens doors

20+ influential faculty and live relationships across NHS networks — FMLM, the Female Pharmacy Network, NHS Trusts and ICBs — plus high-profile speakers and KOLs.

Proof

Transformation at national scale, and results teams can feel

42,000 two-year hospital waits cleared by the national NHS taskforce our non-executive director led.

Our faculty has set up ICBs, unblocked national bottlenecks, empowered tens of thousands of clinicians, delivered global leadership programmes, and authored national reform recommendations for the NHS Confederation.

Live Currently invited to co-create the Strategic Commissioning Development Programme across ICBs.
Case study — BAPEN A national MDT excellence programme, rated excellent
90% rated facilitation & delivery excellent

For the British Association for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition, we co-created a national MDT excellence programme — a Clinical Nutrition Team Development Course delivered to 32 clinicians across the UK.

92% met their expectations
84% relevant to daily clinical work
84% valuable for practice
80% believe it will improve patient care
Asked for one word: empoweredenthusiasticpositivemotivatedinformedexcited
It has been a pleasure to work with Kristine and HealthXbridge to develop a Clinical Nutrition Team Development Course for hospital teams across the UK. Kristine has been very responsive and helpful at all times and with her expert trainers delivered an excellent team development day with very good feedback from all involved. The day was instructive, challenging and very enjoyable.
Nick Thompson President, British Association for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition
“The training delivered by HealthXbridge surpassed our team's expectation, which was not an easy thing to do!”
The Intestinal Failure Nutrition Support Team, NHS Royal Devon Hospital
“Sessions were relevant, interactive and thought-provoking. It's clear that delegates gained a lot from the day.”
Jane Fletcher PhD Consultant Nurse and Honorary Professor
The full picture

Eight pillars of capability behind every programme

Whatever the brief, it draws on the same deep bench. Expand any pillar to see what sits behind it.

01
Senior Leadership & System-Level Expertise Credibility and insight at the very top of the system.
Former NHS Directors, ICB CEO, Trust Chief Executive & national programme leaders
Direct experience establishing ICBs; chair-level roles incl. Genomic Medicine Service Alliance
02
Strategic Commissioning & System Transformation Accelerates commissioning maturity, integration & outcomes.
Leading commissioning reform & purchaser–provider split design
Large-scale modernisation; shaping viable ICB blueprints
03
Complex Programme Delivery & Multi-Agency Leadership Alignment, pace & delivery confidence in complexity.
Large, complex, multi-agency programmes across health systems
Cross-sector partnerships: regulators, politicians, clinicians
04
Leadership Development & Facilitation Excellence Builds confident leaders who drive transformation.
Expert facilitators blending real NHS leadership with systemic coaching
Simulation learning, e.g. Westminster training with Baroness Cumberlege
05
Culture, Team & Organisational Development Embeds sustainable change & system-wide collaboration.
Extensive organisational & cultural transformation experience
High-trust environments balancing challenge, support & effectiveness
06
Mentorship & Executive Support Strengthens leadership capability at the highest levels.
ICB and Director-level coaching for senior leaders
Trusted advisors to executive teams navigating reform
07
Stakeholder Engagement & Partnership Working Fast buy-in and collaborative delivery.
Deep engagement with heads of service, clinicians & regulators
Relationships across ICBs, national organisations & industry
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Digital, Data & Programme Infrastructure Structured, data-informed, scalable delivery.
Capability & leadership diagnostics; behavioural insight tools
Workstream & programme tracking systems
How it works

From discovery to measured outcomes — co-created at every step

  1. 1

    Discover

    Understand your teams and system context.

  2. 2

    Co-design

    Shape it with your stakeholders and system leaders.

  3. 3

    Deliver

    Expert faculty, in person, virtual or hybrid.

  4. 4

    Embed

    Tools applied in role, with structured reflection.

  5. 5

    Evaluate

    Measure, debrief and iterate. Reporting as standard.

Face-to-face, virtual & hybrid
Diagnostics & team assessments
Toolkits, materials & evaluation
Optional film, content & real-time feedback

The Academy

A library of workshops to mix and match — for clinical teams, pharma teams, or a shared cohort. Underpinned by diagnostic assessments for communication & leadership styles, capabilities and knowledge gaps.

For clinical teams
  • Leading High Performing Teams
  • Building psychological safety & trust
  • Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Excellence
  • Difficult conversations & holding to account
  • Language & Communication Mastery
  • Collaborative working — leading beyond boundaries
  • Service transformation in healthcare
  • Action Learning — leading & developing ALS skills
  • Systems Leadership Principles — breaking siloes
  • Compassionate leadership
  • Leading & navigating through complexity
  • MDT group coaching
For pharmaceutical teams
  • Communication & leadership styles
  • Thriving in a digital world
  • Healthcare system capabilities
  • Commissioning & working with system leaders
  • Understanding your team
  • How to get your medicine to patients, faster
  • Coaching & Mentoring
  • Navigating NHS Reforms & Neighbourhood working
  • Creating behaviour change
  • Influencing & persuading
  • Neuro-inclusion in the workplace
  • Inclusive leadership
ABPI Code of Practice compliant
GDPR & ICO compliant
PRINCE2-qualified delivery
Certified for non-promotional, promotional & MEG meetings
Deep experience in heavily regulated environments
Next step

Is your team ready for the NHS as it is now?

Book a 30-minute readiness conversation — no pitch, just an honest look at where the gaps are.