Communities of practice

What is a community of practice?

A community of practice involves a group of people, who share a common concern or interest in a specific topic or issue, working together to improve knowledge, share best practice and achieve fulfilment of individual and shared goals. Communities of practice aid collective learning encourage innovation and create a support network for members.

Here, at the Partnership, we recognise the significant value that communities of practice can bring and have established a number of these, on various crucial policy areas including refugee and asylum seeker health, embedding a public health approach in policing, reducing serious violence and tackling inequalities, mental health and preconception and early years. 

Community of practice meetings

We currently hold our community of practice meetings online via Microsoft Teams. If you would like to attend a meeting or have any questions, please contact:

• Migrant health - Paula Sherriff, Programme Manager, Health Inequalities at paula.sherriff1@nhs.net
• Supporting people living with obesity - Lisa Buchanan at lisa.buchanan11@nhs.net  
• For community action collective and co-production and training collaborative and trauma informed organisations - Caroline Andrews caroline.andrews16@nhs.net
• Enhancing palliative care for people with learning disabilities - Amy Kenyon at amy.kenyon5@nhs.net