ANOTHER REGIONAL NETWORK THIS TIME FOR SOUTH CENTRAL!

Well we are expanding fast and are in the process of starting up another Regional Management Network, this time in the South Central region which extends from the Thames Valley (Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire) through to Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Upon hearing that we were coming to her region, one interested participant wrote...

"I would like to register my interest in the new National Management Network. Locally this would be useful not only from the learning perspective but also in getting to know other managers in the larger organisations.

I have been involved in a learning set with managers across Thames Valley who have been on the same managerial level as myself and found this very useful and an excellent way of gathering new ideas and seeing things from alternative perspectives. It would also be useful for recognising gaps in our knowledge and furthering our position in the new organisations.

I have been in my job for 2 years and think it would be useful to gain an insight into other PCT areas and roles, as well as looking at the upcoming agenda and strategic direction of the organisations.

Practical advice on managing situations is also useful but working everyday you sometimes lose sight of where you are going."

Louise Smith
Dental Modernisation and Commissioning Manager
(Buckinghamshire PCTs)
louise.smith@voapct.nhs.uk
Aylesbury, Bucks.