Community Therapists Network

Network News

Welcome to the first of the new Link from the Community Therapists Network (CTN)

As busy individuals the purpose of this e-bulletin is to give you brief information concerning ongoing developments of the Network and news from its members.

Building Your Business Case

The first of our "Building Your Business Case" workshops appears to have been very timely as more and more of you need to put together bids for funding to support your services. Starting off the day was Tony Smith, from the School of Health and Related Research, Sheffield who provided the delegates with an excellent summary of the key principles of how to develop a business case. The delegates were then provided with a business case proforma that they used throughout the day to work up short presentation which they then pitched to the panel of "dragons". To help them shape their business case Fiona Shield a Workforce Development Specialist and Susan Nancarrow a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Health and Social Care Research provided some helpful tips on workforce issues. Daniel Mason, Strategy Manager from Sheffield PCT provided a very practical presentation on what the PCT looks in bid when it comes to "Return on Investment".

Keep a regular check on the website to read about what the delegates thought and to find out when this workshop will be repeated.

Events Coming Up

Enabling People with Long-Term Conditions: how telecare, electronic and computer-based technologies can help.
16th Sept, London >>>

Primary Care Neurology - A Practical Approach
30th April, Cardiff.
Conference with emphasis on commission of neurological services >>>

New Deals for Members
Members of the Community Therapists Network are now entitled to discounts on products from our partners:

Claim 20% off purchases of Chartex educational charts >>>

Claim 15% off your order with Propeller rehabilitation software >>>
 
 

CTN introduces a survey service to its members

If you are looking to run an internet based survey in order to help you with your service, including generating market research data or inviting feedback from patients, the CTN is now able to help. We can work with you to develop your questionnaire and then run it for you via our online survey tool. If you have any specific requests please email us at info@communitytherapy.org.uk

Share your success

One of the benefits of belong to a growing network is to be able to help your colleagues and share best practice etc. One of the requests that came out of the recent workshop was to have information on successful bids. As you may or may not be aware CTN members have free access to an online forum. This is an excellent vehicle for you to use in order to make contact with your colleagues and share useful information. We hope you utilise this excellent networking tool. For instance, if you have an example of a successful bid that you feel you can share with members then please could you use the forum to let your colleagues know. If you haven't already registered with the forum then please click here.

We want your news

If you have any news or events that you would like to share with your colleagues please post the information on the news and events bulletin boards on the forum. You can access these boards either via "My Area" or by simply clicking on "Forum". We will then circulate the key headlines and details in our next Link to bring it to the attention of other members.

Membership Enquiries

To learn more about being a member of the Community Therapists Network, please visit the website here.
Or email us at: info@communitytherapy.org.uk