Health and care colleagues in Northamptonshire can find out more about what becoming an Integrated Care System (ICS) means for them by joining one of a series of online staff engagement sessions. Subject to government legislation, Northamptonshire is set to complete the transition to statutory ICS status on 1 July 2022. This will formalise [...]
Northamptonshire’s new countywide social prescribing service, known as Spring, is now fully operational with the aim of providing support to residents who are living with long-term health conditions (LTCs). Supported by the NHS, Public Health Northamptonshire and the government’s Life Chances Fund, Spring uses a non-clinical approach called social prescribing. This approach is designed [...]
Diana Belfon NHCP is pleased to announce that Diana Belfon has been appointed as our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Specialist. Diana, employed by the NHS since 2003, has held a number of roles within the NHS, and was recently employed by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) as Equality and Engagement [...]
Pictured (top to bottom): Afzal Ismail, Andrew Hammond, Janet Gray and Sarah Stansfield Three designate independent Non-Executive Directors have been appointed to Northamptonshire’s Integrated Care Board (ICB). Northamptonshire’s ICB will be a new statutory body responsible for local NHS services, functions, performances and budgets. It will replace the existing NHS Northamptonshire Clinical [...]
Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership (NHCP) is seeking four Independent Non-Executive Members for Northamptonshire’s proposed new Integrated Care Board. The Integrated Care Board (ICB) will be a new statutory body responsible for local NHS services, functions, performance and budgets. It will replace the existing NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group as part of the wider [...]
Northamptonshire Health and Care Careers Academy offers a resource for prospective colleagues and students exploring health and social care career opportunities. The one-stop shop website brings together partner organisations, such as NHS trusts, GP practices and voluntary services. It showcases opportunity and reflects the joined-up approach of our move to full Integrated Care System [...]
The first of five systemwide Action Learning Sets (ALS) will begin on Monday 29 November, bringing leaders and colleagues from across our Integrated Care System together with analytics and finance experts, and Primary Care Network (PCN) teams (including primary care, community, social care, public health, secondary care and the voluntary, community and social enterprise [...]
The first group of ‘frailty aware’ professionals can better spot and treat people experiencing frailty, following completion of the first round of specialist training implemented by Integrated Care Across Northamptonshire (iCAN). The training sees experts in frailty care from across our local health and care system deliver sessions in partnership with the University of [...]
The Northamptonshire Integrated Response Hub (IRH), also known as The Mental Health Number, is celebrating after being recognised at the Positive Practice in Mental Health National Awards. The team took home the award for ‘All Age Crisis and Acute Mental Health Care 2021’, as well as being highly commended in the award for ‘Suicide [...]