Thank you day postcard Childrens thank you card Everyone is encouraged to participate and get involved in the first ever national Thank You Day taking place on Sunday 4 July 2021. Individuals, organisations, businesses, and community groups across Northamptonshire are getting ready to join in and share their thanks with everybody who has stepped up [...]
As with all areas of health and social care in Northamptonshire, elective (planned) care continues to face challenges related to the impact of COVID-19. As a health and care system we are working collaboratively to support and manage this effort by bringing together colleagues from primary care, the independent sector, our acute hospitals, NHFT, [...]
When: Saturday 6 March, 5pm to 7pm Where: Zoom: https://northamptonshire-gov.zoom.us/j/64916182081?pwd=ci9nSGZVWm15TEt0TWhzZVVQWFpVUT09 Meeting ID: 649 1618 2081 / Passcode: 583685 Northants Black Communities Together and Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership are holding a joint online event to answer your questions on the COVID-19 vaccine. Led by senior clinicians and leads, it will be an opportunity to [...]
Northamptonshire’s first system-wide COVID-19 vaccination Q&A event for BAME health and care workers is taking place on Tuesday 2 March 2021, 5pm. The event is aimed at BAME health and social care workers - particularly frontline staff who are currently eligible for the vaccine but have yet to receive their first dose - who [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The first local community COVID-19 vaccination services run by family doctors and their teams will open across Northamptonshire from today, as the roll-out of the biggest vaccination programme in NHS history gains further momentum. Several GP practices around the county have taken delivery of the vaccine and will begin COVID-19 vaccination clinics from Tuesday [...]
Northamptonshire County Council’s Public Health team are set to be amongst the first areas in the country to take on local contact tracing responsibilities when it launches today (Wednesday 19th August). Luton, Leicester and Blackburn are already successfully carrying out local contact tracing measures and Northamptonshire proactively sought to take on this responsibility in [...]
Welcome to the Northants Together Partnership Update for colleagues working across the LRF and the wider community. This newsletter aims to keep you informed about how we are working together to support local people across Northamptonshire. Inside you will find lots of updates on things we have been working on together to support our [...]
Government support for the clinically extremely vulnerable (also known as the shielding population) is about to be paused but what does this mean and how might you be affected if you have been shielding? Over the COVID-19 crisis, anyone with a medical condition that makes them extremely vulnerable to coronavirus has been advised to stay [...]