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 [...]
The East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN) Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Fund is now open. Up to 15 awards of £1,000 are being offered to successful groups in the East Midlands region. The funding is aimed at health, social care, charity, voluntary and third sector organisations and groups who want to involve [...]
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 [...]
Senior leaders from across Northamptonshire came together for a system-wide conversation aimed at improving outcomes for children and young people in our county. The 2020 Northamptonshire Children and Young People Summit took place remotely in November, with over 50 leaders in attendance representing a wide range of children’s and young people’s services. The summit [...]
A new public survey is launched today to give local children, young people, parents and carers the chance to share their experiences of children and young people’s community health and wellbeing services in Northamptonshire. Public Health Northamptonshire and NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are responsible for commissioning and ensuring the quality of children and [...]
Almost everyone has experience of interacting with NHS administrative processes and staff. This includes activities such as booking appointments, registering with a GP surgery and corresponding with NHS services in writing or over the phone. These processes are key in supporting the NHS to deliver care to millions of patients each week. Although these processes [...]
Carers in Northamptonshire are being encouraged to share their experiences in a questionnaire to help shape the services available to support them. Northamptonshire County Council, Northamptonshire Carers and Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Groups have developed the survey with voluntary sector partners. It is one of a number of different engagement activities being undertaken locally to gain [...]
Northamptonshire Carers’ 2019 Annual General Meeting had a very different look and feel to an ordinary AGM, with carers from across the county given the opportunity to make their voices heard. The special Carers Voice event, supported by NHCP and held to coincide with Carers Rights Day, was attended by around 70 carers representing [...]
People living with respiratory illness in Northamptonshire are playing a central role in empowering themselves to choose well, stay well and live well with their condition. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) describes a range of conditions that cause breathing difficulties, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. People with COPD can do a lot to help [...]