IDeA's Communities of Practice
What is the Healthy Communities Community of Practice?
The Improvement and Development Agency's (IDeA) Healthy Communities Programme has set up a community of practice (CoP) to provide an on and off line forum for all who are committed to promoting good health in its widest sense and reducing inequalities. The community enables individuals to share information with peers across geographical and sector boundaries. It will also be a way for local authorities and their partners to share good practice, disseminate information and aid improvement across the public sector.
Professor Mike Kelly, Director of NICE's Centre for Public Health Excellence, said: “NICE warmly welcomes the new Communities of Practice online network for public health professionals. NICE is keen to receive feedback from practitioners to help inform its public health guidance, and in particular, on the most effective ways of delivering interventions in communities. IDeA's new initiative creates a valuable channel to do that, and will complement NICE's existing Shared Learning section. CoP will extend opportunities for professionals across different sectors to share their expertise in getting public health guidance into practice.“
See more information on IDeA's Communities of Practice
To find out more about the Healthy Communities CoP contact Hannah.deacon@idea.gov.uk or julia.sherfield@idea.gov.uk
This page was last updated: 14 November 2008
