The purpose of this module is to explore the evolving healthcare environment in providing a caring, person-centred approach, in leading and managing practice development. Understanding leadership is not a new phenomenon. It has been a feature of political agendas for years. However, it is only in the last century that an understanding of leadership has become of interest to medical and health service organisations. Leading and managing practices is a key feature of twenty-first century healthcare. The interdisciplinary requirements and demands of healthcare, the multiplicity of nursing and the inter-professional team, and supporting roles and increasing demands of healthcare such of an ageing population, and pandemics all mean the coordination of care is more complex now than it was at any time in the past. The purpose of this module is to explore the evolving healthcare environments in providing a caring, person-centred approach, in leading and managing practice development. This module explores many facets of the leadership and management role and what these mean for nurses and other healthcare professions. With the necessity for learning to become competent in the delivery of nursing care, the need to increase an understanding and be able to function as a healthcare leader is fundamental to the identity of the twenty-first century healthcare professional