Terence Mauri, founder of management thinktank Hack Future Lab, joins NHCP for the latest instalment of our Leadership Matters Conversations series. Taking place on Tuesday 20 July from 10.30am to 11.30am, Terence’s session – ‘Turn Uncertainty into Action’ – is free to attend and continues a trend of engaging and inspiring webinars. Ranked by [...]
Welcome to the July 2021 edition of Partnership Update. In this edition we look back on NHCP’s Virtual Wellbeing Festival, which entertained and inspired colleagues from across our health and social care system. The week-long programme of wellbeing activities, educational sessions and live keynote speakers formed part of a huge thank-you to all staff [...]
Northamptonshire’s new Children’s Trust has received its official launch in an online event led by two of our county’s young people. Adam and Keyliegh were guests of honour at the launch event at the end of May, introducing a short film they had made which set out their hopes and aspirations for the new [...]
NHCP’s Children and Young People Transformation Programme is excited about our summer of sport, with championships such as the Euro 2020 and Wimbledon reaching their crescendos, and the Olympics commencing later this month in Tokyo. Sport and physical activity can make a substantial contribution to improving wellbeing and is a strong means for the [...]
Spring, Northamptonshire’s new countywide social prescribing service, is now open to referrals as of the beginning of July 2021. Spring is a community-driven support network designed to help people in Northamptonshire to manage their health and wellbeing. The programme is supported by the NHS and Public Health Northamptonshire, as well as central government through [...]
This year’s NHCP Virtual Wellbeing Festival (Monday 28 June to Friday 2 July) proved a resounding success, uniting health and social care colleagues across the county for a packed programme of inspiration, fun and learning. The festival was a free, online event for all those working across the Northamptonshire health and care system, offering [...]
Collaborative work between Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) and the mental health charity, Mind, is ensuring individuals across our county receive enhanced mental health support. Drop-in cafés and round-the clock telephone support through the Mental Health Number are available for anyone facing a crisis. Trained mental health navigators steer individuals towards the necessary [...]
In June, Integrated Care Across Northamptonshire (iCAN) hosted the first class of its new Get Up and Go programme, helping to improve people’s strength, balance and confidence – and reduce the risk of falls. Get Up and Go is part of a countywide falls prevention programme, which aims to support people with mild to [...]
Naomi Eisenstadt, Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership’s Independent Chair, has begun a new series of video blogs explaining our journey towards becoming a fully-fledged Integrated Care System (ICS). Every area in England is working towards becoming a statutory ICS by April 2022. Here in Northamptonshire this will strengthen our existing local commitment as a [...]
As COVID-19 swept across the globe, NHCP’s annual celebration of health and social care staff seemed destined for postponement. But going virtual kept the festival alive – delivering a week-long extravaganza of wellbeing fun and learning. Undeniably, the pandemic enforced major changes to the traditional festival format. Instead of an exhibition-style event, organisers replaced [...]