2. www.england.nhs.uk Winter Base Camp Gearing up your Network Fitness for 2016 Liz Maddocks-Brown and Georgina Hamill Networks and Faculty Sustainable Improvement Team Networks@nhsiq.nhs.uk #networksforhealth #

3. www.england.nhs.uk BETTER CONNECTIONS BETTER CARE The Role of Networks in the Knowledge Landscape

4. www.england.nhs.uk BETTER CONNECTIONS BETTER CARE On 1 November 2015, NHS Improving Quality staff moved into NHS England as the new Sustainable Improvement Team (SI Team ) The team of improvement experts has been transferred to the Transformation and Corporate Operations directorate following the recommendations in the Smith Review The Sustainable Improvement Team’s experts will work to embed improvement across the health and care system, NHS England’s priorities and the Five Year Forward View. This programme remains a high priority in the NHSIQ and NHS England Business Plan NHS England, NHSIQ and the Sustainable improvement Team

5. www.england.nhs.uk What Matters to You? Hearts, hands and minds 2 minutes End

6. www.england.nhs.uk The long improvement journey

7. www.england.nhs.uk Capability The SI Team task to build and accelerate the spread of improvement and change capability across a complex health and care system is significant and ambitious Connections The health and care system is predictably fragmented; inadequate connections to support learning, sharing and spread of good practice “People don’t know where to go to make the best connections to support them with their improvement challenges.” Culture and Change - “seismic shift ” New move to distributed leadership to overcome dependency on hierarchies, cultural and structural barriers, lack of trust and common purpose Collaborations The SI Team needs to build intelligence, profile or reach to support collaborative design, development, rapid spread and adoption BETTER CONNECTIONS BETTER CARE Drivers for our work –what the system was telling us it needed

8. www.england.nhs.uk Networks spread change quickly leveraging the power of social and professional connections Networks are great places to learn, connect, influence rapidly learn and develop Networks can bridge between research, practice and policy Networks can facilitate collaboration across organisational boundaries creating dynamic platforms for action Networks can facilitate the development and dissemination of knowledge and best practice Networks provide support and encouragement to network members when dealing with challenges and wicked problems Networks can reach places that formal hierarchies and structures cannot! BETTER CONNECTIONS BETTER CARE Why are Networks Important - what the evidence tell us and why we are investing

9. www.england.nhs.uk Managed (top-down) Hybrid clinical (explicit clinical outcome focus) Developmental (peer-to-peer formal) Agency (pooling of resources) Learning (communities of practice) Learning (enclave/support) Advocacy (champion and role model) Social Movement (peer-to-peer) More Structured Less Structured Network forms –Our scope

10. www.england.nhs.uk BETTER CONNECTIONS BETTER CARE The SI Team an effective and valued connector into the health and care system to drive improvement and transformational change. The SI Team is recognised as a source of expertise and trusted advice to empower networks to sustain, connect and maximise their impact. Our Goal and Vision

11. www.england.nhs.uk BETTER CONNECTIONS BETTER CARE Our Work - Designing to support and strengthen network impact and value http://www.nhsiq.nhs.uk/capacity-capability/ networks-for-health.aspx Strategic Peer Support Programme FMLM&NHSIQ Fellows Connect QI Network Network Leadership Programme Our Webpage Networkout

12. www.england.nhs.uk Learning report: Leading networks in healthcare- Learning about what works –the theory and the practice 2013 the Health Foundation) Ensuring networks are designed and run at their best Interdependent, interact to power up network success 5 cs wheel

13. www.england.nhs.uk Network Toolkit –the “go to” resource http://www.networksdiagnostic.org.uk/

14. www.england.nhs.uk Toolkit reach and impact

15. www.england.nhs.uk14 Core Questionnaire Network Maturity Model The Network Health Scorecard – for networks that have been in place more than 6 months What does it take to build high performing networks : Networks-Matrix and Score Card

16. www.england.nhs.uk Please contact us Networks@nhsiq.nhs.uk #networksforhealth @networks4health