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NHS Networks 5 minute tour
- 3. What? The home of networks in the NHS Online platform for your network A directory A free service
- 4. Who? Anybody who works in the NHS People who need to get things done People with a desire to share or a need to know Passion, curiosity, frustration, energy, optimism
- 5. Why? Good practice needs to happen at scale The economic challenge Formal institutions create barriers Why not?
- 6. How? Reduce travel time and cost Support collaboration and sharing Show what’s possible At appropriate scale
- 7. Interested? Getting started? Need convincing? Want more facts? Get them here www.networks.nhs.uk
Editor's Notes
- I’m Julian Patterson, development director at NHS Networks and I’d like to tell you a bit about the service. I talk about networks a lot and frequently forget what people don’t know, so this is a very brief presentation, it assumes you know nothing about NHS Networks and it doesn’t try to tell you everything. If it gets you interested I can point you in the direction of further information but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
- Everything needs a home, even networksSince 2005 NHS Networks has been a flag to rally under, a gathering place for like-minded people and those with a common purpose. It’s also a place to explore ways to unite different interests, dissimilar people, to mix things up a bitIt’s a web site, a place set up networks. Free web space. Tools to create network websites in minutes. Promote your work. Enrol and stay in touch with members.It’s also a directory – find networks to join.And it’s free
- Managers, clinicians, health professionals, academics, researchersAnyone who wants to get things done – a network can be two people or two thousandIf you need to know something or if you have something you think other people need to knowIf you just want to complain about the NHS, bitch about how things don’t work out and how the odds are stacked against you…well, you won’t like it here. Some or all of the things on this list are great ingredients for networking
- All the answers you need are out there. What’s the question? It’s not on Google. The NHS does great things. Sometimes and in some places. If only we could find the good bits and repeat them, scale them up, grow them everywhere.Then there’s the economic challenge – a funding gap of up to £20bn in the next four years. Some people believe we can do things at lower cost and still do them better. If we can do the good practice at scale thing, we can meet the economic challenge. How does that work? Better design of patient pathways, fewer inappropriate referrals, better care in the community and the home, patients who take better care of their own health – it all adds up to better health outcomes at lower cost.If all that sounds a bit idealistic, don’t worry there are plenty of things to get in the way. Our own apathy, the belief that it can’t be done, and the big institutions and structures that are meant to make things happen sometimes get in the way.Institutional change is glacial. Networks are quick dynamic ways to form peer connections between silos of care and across organisational boundaries.
- Simple stuff – fewer meetings. Less travel. Less downtime. Fewer resources used. Less environmental damageWe can find ways to make it easier to get together, share ideas, discuss and debate – without leaving the officeYes to innovation – no to reinvention. Great examples to copy, to improve upon. To inspireScale doesn’t mean big or small – it’s not about upsizing or downsizing the NHS, but rightsizing. What makes sense to do with a few people locally and what makes sense to do with thousands nationally. Eg specific mix and configuration of services to suit local patient needs versus processes and systems that can be developed once and used universally