Tara Humphrey
Different but the same

As a non-executive Director at an Academy Primary School, I see lots of parallels between the school Governing body and the CEPN board.
Both:
Require investment in one’s own personal time
Enable you to meet and work with new people
Require you tp develop solutions for either patients/pupils
Enable you to be more active in your local Community
Require you to navigate around the ever-changing public policy
Utilise your skills enabling you to give back to your local Community
Involve becoming part of a positive change
Require you to make progress amidst uncertainty
And as academies move to a more networked approach and work with other schools, again the benefits of working together are shared across the Health and Education Sectors.
Benefits:
Common teaching and learning practices across GP practices/ schools
Partnership working with providers to develop top quality Education/Health outcomes
A common quality assurance professional development programme
Efficiencies in education and training functions and joint procurement delivering value for money
Improved Leadership, Management, and Governance that impacts directly upon patients/pupils
Enhanced reputation for excellence which aids recruitment and retentions and growth of staff
Whilst it is easy to disregard differences between sectors, people, and situations, by looking a little more closer, there may be more similarities than you think, and a different perspective may enable you to address a challenge in a way that you haven’t considered before.