In 2011, the Health Foundation launched an improvement programme to
support networks in healthcare. It linked selected networks with a
faculty of experts, and with each other, to provide an exchange of
ideas, advice, support and training in network leadership and
development. This report captures the experiences of the programme
participants as they began working together; highlights key learning and
early insights; and examines how all this relates to what the research
evidence tells us about running networks. It also provides an informal
overview of the literature on networks and a glossary of commonly used
network terms.
