About the programme

The NHS Consortium for Global Health (NHSC), co-hosted by the NHS England Directorate of Global Health Partnerships and UK Health Security Agency, provides a single point of access to expertise from the UK’s national health organisations. The team fosters effective peer-to-peer health partnerships with partner countries, helping strengthening health systems through activities across the health system including service delivery and health workforce.

The NHSC started in 2018 as a strategic partner of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Better Health Programme, operating in eight countries in the Indo-Pacific, Latin America and African regions. The model has since grown and the NHSC is poised to expand its work with a range of global health partners. The capabilities of the NHSC encompasses the full spectrum of the UK health system, including service delivery, health workforce, health information systems, access to essential medicines, financing, and leadership and governance.

Our role is to bring together the people who can innovate and improve health systems – working in partnership with governments and health organisations globally. We provide coordinated access to a range of senior specialists across the NHS and UK health sector offering credible, evidence-informed, value-for-money advice, contributing to national, regional and global health policies, strategies and programmes.

The structure of the NHSC: