Working in partnership to deliver better outcomes for local people, the Improvement Network website is extending its reach to support managers and practitioners across the public sector.

As part of this initiative, the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has joined the Improvement Network’s partnership, which includes the Audit Commission, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), and the Leadership Centre for Local Government.

The website is a resource for practitioners, which promotes its sponsors' collective knowledge and expertise on key improvement issues.

Through expanding its partnership to include a health sponsor, the Improvement Network can help build capacity for health sector professionals and subsequently other public sector managers and practitioners.

Almost 7,000 users working in the health service, police and local government are now registered to the website’s Improvement Tools, which provide content covering a range of management topics designed to develop employee skills.

“The newly refreshed Improvement Network website has been refocused on improving outcomes in partnership, to reflect the Local Area Agreement and Comprehensive Area Assessment agenda. The NHS Institute’s sponsorship will support the development of its unique cross-sector approach to improvement issues,” explains Gareth Davies, Managing Director for Local Government and Housing, Audit Commission.

Professor Bernard Crump, CEO of the NHS Institute says: “Meeting the challenge of delivering of world class healthcare will increasingly require excellence in partnership working. Through joining the Improvement Network, the NHS Institute can help promote the adoption of best practice, share examples of innovation and improvement, and develop management skill for the health workforce.”

New users can register for free access to the site’s Improvement Tools: www.improvementnetwork.gov.uk/register.

Additional Information

Please contact the Improvement Network on 0844 798 2515 or email: press@improvementnetwork.gov.uk.