NHS Citizen held a workshop to map out the existing participation structures within the NHS system in England in order to understand how NHS Citizen can best add value without duplicating existing efforts. The workshop outlined the new NHS system, introduced network analysis concepts, and had participants start identifying organizations and relationships to begin building out the map. The goal was to understand connectivity and influence within the network to help determine NHS Citizen's role.

1. NHS Citizen
Workshop: Mapping the NHS
10 December 2013

6. Purpose
NHS Citizen must add to, rather than duplicate existing
participation structures within NHS England
Workshop purpose
To further develop the map the NHS system of
participation in order to understand the context in
which NHS Citizen will operate.

7. Introductions

8. Workshop outline
• The NHS System
• What is network analysis?
• Testing our typology of organisations
• Identifying the relationships we want
• Starting the map
• Next steps

9. The new NHS System
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/nhs-65/alternative-guide-new-nhs-england

10. What is network
analysis

11. Four simple concepts
• Nodes - entities on the graph
• Edges - relationships between nodes
• Degrees - how do we measure the amount of
connectivity?
• Reach - how do we measure the effect of the
network

16. • Lets assume that there will be
more ideas than capacity
• Who decides what is
important?

17. • What is the difference between a marginal voice and
a personal issue?

18. Thank you