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iNetwork is a strong community of local public service officers who are passionate about improvement and value for money.
We broker innovations, inspire change and influence central government to help colleagues to find solutions in difficult policy areas.
There are now over 150 organisational members of iNetwork including councils, NHS organisations, fire and rescue and police services. Membership is available to any local public service organisation in the UK and it gives access to a range of benefits and opportunities  including free LEAN training, expert intelligence and advice, network and peer support, sector-led workshops and briefings.
iNetwork also hosts the LeGSB
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iNetwork membership influences national results
A REPRESENTATIVE from the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) believes that the high performance record for North West councils in terms of compliance with data protection is heavily influenced by their membership to iNetwork.
Lynne Shackley, Lead Policy Officer for Strategic Liaison, ICO, believes that North West councils perform better than the national average because of the access to advice, guidance, shared good practice and peer support iNetwork offers as part of its membership. The figures quoted from published enforcement information on the ICO website indicate that between the period of June 2010 and March 2012, only two North West local councils signed undertakings out of an overall 33 that were issued to councils on a national scale.
Also, until February this year, no monetary penalty notices were issued to a North West council, despite there being a total of 11 councils nationally that committed a serious data breach. These figures therefore indicate that the North West is performing better than the national average in terms of compliance with data protection, of which Lynne Shackley believes is because of the support that is provided by iNetwork.
To find out how iNetwork can help organisations avoid such serious data breaches contact ajike.alli-ameh@tameside.gov.uk
NHS expands its membership
NHS North West has extended its iNetwork membership to the whole of the North of England for 2012-2013.
The membership will allow colleagues from NHS organisations in Yorkshire and Humberside and the North East to engage in iNetwork initiatives and events for free alongside NHS Northwest colleagues. The extended membership will compliment the Yorkshire and Humberside council membership to iNetwork and take the total number of organisations in the iNetwork partnership to over 150, adding further resources into the partnership for the benefit of all members.
Colleagues from NHS North will have access to the areas that NHS North West colleagues are increasingly engaging in, such as multi-agency working, information sharing and security, systems thinking and service reform.
A dedicated set of engagement activities are planned for NHS North, to find out further details contact paul.hackett@northwest.nhs.uk
