Part 1 of this message is for CHAIN members; Part 2 is for people who are not currently CHAIN members (who will receive this message forwarded to them). Please read
the part which applies to you.
Part 1) – Message for CHAIN members
Dear CHAIN Member,
One of the best things about CHAIN is the responsiveness of members to queries and requests for help. We put this down to the fact that because CHAIN members have voluntarily
joined a mutual support community, they are predisposed to generosity with their knowledge and experience. Although we are pleased about this, there are still many people who have never heard of CHAIN and we are aware that we don’t have every helpful person
as a member. Many of you will have colleagues and contacts whom you know to very approachable and supportive, but who are not currently members of CHAIN (and may even be unaware of the network). These are exactly the sort of people whom we should like to
encourage to join our network. If you can think of someone who has been helpful to you, or whom you know to be a supportive person with knowledge and/or experience that would be relevant to CHAIN members, please simply
forward this message to them, and hopefully they will join us in our international online community. Thank you.
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Part 2) – Invitation to join CHAIN
Dear Colleague,
You have received this message because one of your colleagues or work contacts considers you to be a naturally helpful person who has knowledge and/or experience that would
be of interest to members of CHAIN, an informal, multi-professional mutual support network in the field of health & Social Care.
CHAIN, (standing for Contacts, Help, Advice & Information Network), originated 15 years ago in the NHS Research & Development programme in England and has since grown into
a not-for profit international online community of around 14,000 people who are willing to share their knowledge and experience with each other. The community includes frontline healthcare practitioners from all professions, managers, educators, researchers
and knowledge specialists (see the
latest analysis of CHAIN membership). It is currently funded by a consortium of stakeholders including the National Institute for Health Research, Macmillan Cancer Support and NHS Scotland. Sister networks exist in Canada, Australia, Scandinavia, Italy
and Spain forming an international pool of tacit knowledge and mutual support for health care professionals.
Recent developments also include the establishment of facilitated sub-groups focusing on Dementia, Clinical Audit, Health & Wellbeing, Self-management of long
term conditions, and Improving Patients’ Experience.
Membership is entirely FREE and members of CHAIN get access to the network’s online directory, as well as receiving occasional messages which are targeted specifically to
their individual interests. We would be delighted if you would join CHAIN, and if you do, experience tells us that you will almost certainly find the network to be valuable, as you will gain access to around 14,000 people from all professions, specialties
and organisations who share your own willingness to be generous with knowledge and experience in pursuit of improving health and social care.
For further Information on CHAIN, (including an external evaluation published in BMJ), and an online joining form, go to
http://chain.ulcc.ac.uk/chain/index.html
(Click on ‘Join’ for the membership form).
We very much hope you will take up this invitation to join our network. In the meantime if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us ([log in to unmask]).
Yours sincerely,
The CHAIN Team
CHAIN -
Contact, Help, Advice and Information Network – is an online international
network for people working in health and social care.
For more information on CHAIN and joining the network please visit website:
http://chain.ulcc.ac.uk/chain/index.html
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Twitter: @CHAIN_Network ; Find us on
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