As COVID-19 swept across the globe, NHCP’s annual celebration of health and social care staff seemed destined for postponement. But going virtual kept the festival alive – delivering a week-long extravaganza of wellbeing fun and learning. Undeniably, the pandemic enforced major changes to the traditional festival format. Instead of an exhibition-style event, organisers replaced [...]
During the summer and autumn of 2020 an engagement programme was undertaken across Northamptonshire to understand what is important to children, young people and their families about local health and wellbeing services. The aim of the engagement was to listen to and analyse a range of views and experiences and gather information about what [...]
National changes to community mental health services are being implemented which impact how these services are provided in England. In line with the national programme, and as part of NHCP’s wider work to deliver better mental health care and outcomes for our county, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) is improving community mental health [...]
Partners across our county’s health and care system are continuing to work together to plan for the full implementation of Northamptonshire’s Integrated Care System (ICS), in line with national guidance. In April Northamptonshire was confirmed as one of England’s 42 ICS areas, strengthening our local commitment to working together closely to support our population [...]
Togetherall is a digital platform which provides support for people with suicidal thoughts to access clinically-led resources, self-guided groups and online forums. This online community is managed by psychology clinicians and offers a platform which can be accessed anywhere at any time. NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has commissioned the new service in [...]
Healthwatch Northamptonshire is seeking a new chair and volunteer members for its Advisory Board to help improve the public voice in health and care services for local people. The Healthwatch Northamptonshire Advisory Board is a statutory body established under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The chair has an important role, including working [...]
People living with frailty are being helped to get the personalised care and support they need to maintain their independence at home – with dedicated teams now in place at local level throughout Northamptonshire. Our county’s 16 Primary Care Network (PCN) areas have, or are currently putting in place, their own welfare support teams, [...]
The population health management (PHM) approach focuses on using data and predictive analytics to identify needs, join up services and deliver proactive personalised care for people in complex at-risk groups. This puts the population at the heart of transformation efforts and supports integrated teams to build consensus on how best to maximise use of [...]
NHCP’s Mental Health Programme Executive Group has recently met for the second time. The meeting involved a discussion on ‘Finding my Place – Wellbeing at Home’, exploring how housing circumstances and living conditions impact upon mental and emotional wellbeing, and other related health and care needs. The discussion highlighted a need for further investigation, [...]
Public sector colleagues across Northamptonshire are benefiting from coordinated local support for their mental health and wellbeing. Stronger Together provides support to health and social care staff in Northamptonshire in response to the intense pressures of the coronavirus pandemic. It offers accessible, high quality and confidential support from experienced clinical and counselling psychologists, and [...]