Preparations are continuing in Northamptonshire to be ready for full Integrated Care System (ICS) status by April 2022, formalising the joint working arrangements already established for health and care in our county and simplifying partnership working and decision making. Subject to government legislation, Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group will be disestablished at the end of [...]
Toby Sanders Following a robust process, NHS England and NHS Improvement have recommended that Toby Sanders is the new Designate Chief Executive of Northamptonshire’s Integrated Care Board (ICB), ready to take up the post in April 2022 as part of our transition to full Integrated Care System (ICS) status, subject to government [...]
Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership’s Children and Young People Transformation Board has reviewed the Northamptonshire Future in Mind (FIM) 2021-22 report that will be published later this month. Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership’s Children and Young People Transformation Board has reviewed the Northamptonshire Future in Mind (FIM) 2021-22 report that will be published later [...]
Get Up and Go is part of a countywide falls prevention programme. It is for people with mild to moderate frailty and aims to improve mobility and reduce their fear of falling by increasing strength and balance. Free classes form part of the iCAN programme’s offering and are accessible via referral from a health [...]
The Integrated Care Across Northamptonshire (iCAN) programme of transforming services for older people is set to pick up pace. The programme will now be prioritising activity which will have a direct impact on helping services face up to pressures over the winter months while also providing long-term and lasting benefits for the people of [...]
Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership (NHCP) is delighted to announce the appointment of Eileen Doyle as the county’s Integrated Care System (ICS) Transition Director. Starting in post in September, Eileen is working alongside NHCP and CCG colleagues as we progress on our journey towards becoming a fully-fledged statutory ICS by April 2022. With 27 [...]
With referrals of long COVID cases in Northamptonshire increasing in recent months, our county’s assessment service continues to provide local support for the population. Over the past ten months, a system group has been developing support for people experiencing long COVID symptoms. Hosted by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) in collaboration with system [...]
As Northamptonshire’s journey towards full Integrated Care System (ICS) continues, work is under way to develop an ‘outcomes framework’ to guide improvements to local health and care services. An outcomes framework is a way of structuring the planning and development of services to ensure that they are always closely linked to the outcomes they [...]
Welcome to the October 2021 edition of Partnership Update. In this edition we bring you an update on Northamptonshire’s post-COVID assessment service, which continues to offer support for local residents suffering from Post-COVID Syndrome, or ‘Long COVID’. You can learn more about the county’s approach to diagnosis and treatment, as well as the steps [...]
Northamptonshire is one of only ten locations in the country to pilot the new maternal mental health service, launching in the county this October. The service will provide assessment and psychological interventions to women who experience mental health conditions relating to the birth experience including birth trauma, fear of child birth (tokophobia) or pregnancy [...]