The importance of collaboration in delivering better care for our communities has been set out in a new video from the NHCP Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism (MHLDA) programme. In the video, key leads from the programme explain why a collaborative approach is vital to ensure improvements can be planned and delivered across [...]
Northampton General Hospital’s Prostate Cancer Service has earned a national award for its work to improve the experience of men living with prostate cancer. The NGH team was named winner in the Cancer Patient Experience Survey (CPES) category of the national Patient Experience Network Awards 2021. The award is given in partnership with Macmillan [...]
The way Kettering General Hospital’s (KGH) Lung Cancer Service delivers great patient care has been accepted for use in national reports designed to spread best practice across the NHS. The hospital’s accelerated lung cancer diagnosis and treatment through ultrasound contributed to the national Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme. GIRFT reviews NHS services [...]
Angela Hillery, NHCP Board member and Joint Chief Executive of Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) and Leicestershire Partnership Trust (LPT), has been featured in the Health Service Journal (HSJ) 100, 2021. Angela Hillery The list features the some of the country’s most accomplished leaders, selected as those who will ‘exercise the [...]
The work of Northamptonshire GP Dr David Smart has been acknowledged with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Royal College of General Practitioners’ (RCGP) Inspire Awards 2021. David was commended for outstanding contributions to mental healthcare in England, having been instrumental in establishing the National Depression Care Training Centre. Described as ‘selfless’ by the [...]
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 [...]