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NHS Networks ..the results so far
In April, we launched the new NHS Networks website. NHS Networks has provided a free virtual networking platform and valued news portal for health and social care for over a decade.
Governance and the emerging integrated care board
An interview with Nicola King
No more quick fixes: how system ownership can foster stronger partnership working
The government’s Healthcare Infrastructure Plan (HIP2) will see significant investment in more than 40 hospitals across the UK – providing new and refurbished estate whilst transforming service delivery. This investment is broader than acute care and is dependent on demonstrating a sustainable delivery model that extends beyond the hospital front door, and into our communities….
New NHS Networks
NHS Networks has launched its new website. For over a decade, NHS Networks has provided a free virtual networking platform and valued news portal for health and social care. NHS Networks, funded by PCC, is a free resource for anyone working in or with the health and care sector to use to share information, network…
When your pharmacy can give you a headache: a prescription for dispensing practices
As with any change, the drive to deliver primary care at scale carries with it the risk of unintended consequences. For a dispensing practice looking to merge or to move to shiny new premises, the loss of a valuable income stream from dispensing can be one. PCC primary care adviser Charlotte Goodson cautions that the…
People and teams training and development
Great organisations understand people and work in teams. We are all members of teams, but to be useful members performing at our best we need to learn about ourselves and others, develop coping strategies and resilience, acquire skills to negotiate and avoid conflict, become better communicators and find more effective ways to cooperate and collaborate….
Crunch time for patient involvement
There are new challenges for primary care, which could really do with patient input. Mike Etkind, chair of a PPG and founding member of his PCN’s patient group, recognises the size of the task clinical directors have managed over the last few months but identifies two particular issues where patients have a necessary and valuable…
Are you ready for the Equality test?
Equalities have been at the centre of the NHS since it was founded, with the core principle of care for all based on clinical need alone. While some politicians and commentators might suggest there is too much of a focus on equalities in the NHS, this government’s 2022 Health and Care Act places a comprehensive…
Getting the model right – A perspective from Red Kite Community Interest Company
We recently spent some time chatting with Siân Jones who is the Business Development Manager for Red Kite Health Solutions Community Interest Company (CIC) about the development and running one of the growing numbers of not-for-profit community interest companies in primary care in Wales.
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Tackling health inequalities in Plymouth
In Plymouth we are planning to develop a health and wellbeing hub in the city. A single overarching aim informs all of this: we are determined to tackle health inequalities.
The new proposed NHS legislation and where this fits in the jigsaw of changes
The 80-page Integrated Care System (ICS) ‘engagement’ document resulted in the White Paper with no real surprises. For some time, the drive has been a move back towards regional control with local implementation; some may argue the Strategic Health Authority wheel has come back round.
