Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their understanding and knowledge of this area by interacting on an ongoing basis (Wenger et al., 2001).
This is a list of communities of practice that may be of interest to health and social care practitioners in North Wales. Please let us know of any additional groups or information that needs updating.
All Wales Personalised Technology Community of Practice.
Social Care Data Analytics Community of Practice
Coproduction network for Wales
Improvement Cymru Dementia National Steering Group and Community of Practice. Contact rebecca.hanmer2@wales.nhs.uk
Reablement LIN and Carers LIN (COLIN). Contact Steph Griffith stephanie.griffith@socialcare.wales
Outcomes Mentors network. Practice sharing and spread of approaches with personal outcomes work. Contact liz.parker@socialcare.wales
Social Prescribing Community of Practice Sign up here
North Wales Active Support Community of Practice: Our Community of Practice enables people who have a passion to support people with learning disabilities to improve their quality of life. Contact North Wales Learning Disability Transformation Team.
Other communities of practice
We’re aware of the following other communities of practice, although we don’t think these are open to a wider membership at the moment. If you have any more information about them, please let us know.
- Hospital to Home Community of Practice
- Right-sizing Community Services Communities of Practice
