Member networks
Connect. Learn. Influence.
Exclusively for members, our networks provide dedicated spaces for sector-focused connections, learning and influencing.
Spanning all main sectors in the health service, our networks help leaders keep up to date with the latest health policy and operational developments and exchange ideas and best practice with peers.
They also offer unrivalled opportunities to network with other members and system leaders, while also influencing policy development through private discussions.
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Acute Network
Exclusively for acute and ambulance trusts, this network provides a unified national voice for providers and practical support through a time of operational and financial challenge.
Shaped by a member-led advisory board, the network advocates for members, raising issues at the highest levels, championing achievements and working hand-in-glove to achieve goals.
Community Network
Exclusively for community services providers, this network brings organisations together to provide a collective voice to influence policy, share best practice and strengthen the role of community health within an integrated system.
Led by an advisory group of members, the network works with and for members to:
- Promote community services as core to neighbourhood models
- Celebrate the breadth and diversity of community services
- Ensure community providers are fully represented in discussions about recovery
- Strengthen links with other sectors and explore how providers at all scales can work better together
Integrated Care Boards Network
Exclusively for ICBs, this network is the only independent, national network bringing together the senior leaders of England's integrated care boards.
It convenes ICB leaders across a range of forums to support teams in their roles, as well as through activities that support ICBs to evolve as strategic commissioners.
Shaped by members, it helps leaders to exchange ideas, share experiences and challenges, and provide peer support and are here to support through this time of change.
Mental Health Network
Exclusively for providers of NHS-funded mental health care, this network is a powerful national advocate for mental health, pressing for it to receive the priority it deserves from government and national bodies.
With a policy programme shaped by member priorities, it influences policy and developments on a range of issues, from the prevalence review to modern service frameworks and the Care Quality Commission assessment framework.
Working hand-in-glove with members, it supports them with longer term developments too, contributing to thinking on what strategic commissioning in mental health may look like, and how to make the interface of primary and secondary mental health care work more effectively.
Primary Care Network
Exclusively for primary care providers, this is the only national network of primary care at-scale providers, uniting general practice, pharmacy, dentistry and optometry and being their voice.
As a member, you benefit from a trusted space to learn fast, share what works, build relationships and influence decisions that shape the future.
Access support that enables you to:
- Influence the future – by amplifying your voice to ensure primary care can lead, rather than follow
- Break down silos – by collaborating with your peers in primary care as well as with leaders in the system
- Lead the shift – by providing the support you need to transition to neighbourhood health, keep care closer to home while staying resilient.