As a partnership of local health and care organisations, NHCP has taken another big step towards achieving Integrated Care System (ICS) status for our county. In an ICS, NHS organisations, local authorities and other partners take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering health and care services and improving the health and wellbeing of the [...]
Bev Messinger Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership is pleased to welcome Bev Messinger as the new Chair of NHCP’s Integrated Quality Improvement and Performance Committee. Bev, who is also Lay Member for Patient and Public Involvement at NHS Northamptonshire CCG, says the committee has a key role to play in helping our [...]
Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership’s digital transformation team has launched a public awareness campaign to help local people understand the benefits of the new Northamptonshire Care Record (NCR). The campaign includes ongoing social media activity across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and is taking place in tandem with continuing technical work to help our county’s health [...]
NHCP’s Mental Health Transformation Board is continuing its work to deliver improved outcomes and increased access to a range of local mental health services – as well as reviewing its positioning to ensure alignment with Northamptosnhire’s developing ICS governance structures. A summary of updates on the latest activity is shown below. Community mental health [...]
A new care pathway is now up and running in Northamptonshire to help people with ‘Long COVID’ to get the support they need to manage their symptoms. The definition of Long COVID is any patient who has had COVID-19 and is still experiencing symptoms that can’t be explained by any other condition for 12 [...]
A dedicated community care service is supporting people in Northamptonshire to safely access intravenous treatments in their own homes – and help them avoid having to visit or be admitted to hospital. The Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Service is run by Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust’s Intermediate Care Team, in liaison with colleagues at Kettering and Northampton [...]
2020 was a difficult and challenging year for everybody – not least those of us working in the health and care sector. But as we begin a new year and look ahead to 2021, it’s also important to reflect positively on the 12 months just gone and acknowledge the ways in which [...]
Partnership Update – January 2021 In the January 2021 edition of Partnership Update, we take a look back at some of the positive things we have achieved together as a health and care system and a community over the past 12 months in response to the coronavirus pandemic. As well as bringing you the [...]