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COVID-19 vaccination information event supporting Black, Asian, African and African-Caribbean Communities in Northamptonshire.

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 [...]

By Megan Denny|2021-02-24T16:23:08+00:00February 24th, 2021|COVID-19, Engagement, Featured, News|0 Comments

COVID-19 vaccination Q&A event for BAME health and care workers

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 [...]

By NEL WP admin|2021-02-23T14:23:00+00:00February 23rd, 2021|COVID-19, Featured, News|0 Comments

Partnership Update – February 2021

Welcome to the February 2021 edition of Partnership Update In this edition we bring you updates from across all four of NHCP’s transformation priority programmes, as well as the latest news on Northamptonshire’s journey towards becoming an Integrated Care System (ICS). Read on to find out more about: • How local organisations are working [...]

By NEL WP admin|2021-02-23T14:23:10+00:00February 23rd, 2021|Featured, News, Publications|0 Comments

Next steps towards becoming an Integrated Care System

As a partnership of local health and care organisations, NHCP has taken another big step towards achieving Integrated Care System (ICS) status for our county. In an ICS, NHS organisations, local authorities and other partners take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering health and care services and improving the health and wellbeing of the [...]

By NEL WP admin|2021-01-15T12:41:17+00:00January 14th, 2021|Featured, News|0 Comments

Bev Messinger takes the helm as improvement committee chair

Bev Messinger Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership is pleased to welcome Bev Messinger as the new Chair of NHCP’s Integrated Quality Improvement and Performance Committee. Bev, who is also Lay Member for Patient and Public Involvement at NHS Northamptonshire CCG, says the committee has a key role to play in helping our [...]

By NEL WP admin|2021-01-15T13:59:32+00:00January 14th, 2021|Featured|0 Comments

Northamptonshire Care Record awareness campaign continues

Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership’s digital transformation team has launched a public awareness campaign to help local people understand the benefits of the new Northamptonshire Care Record (NCR). The campaign includes ongoing social media activity across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and is taking place in tandem with continuing technical work to help our county’s health [...]

By NEL WP admin|2021-01-15T12:35:58+00:00January 14th, 2021|Digital transformation, Featured, News, Northamptonshire Care Record|0 Comments

Driving improvements for better mental health and emotional wellbeing

NHCP’s Mental Health Transformation Board is continuing its work to deliver improved outcomes and increased access to a range of local mental health services – as well as reviewing its positioning to ensure alignment with Northamptosnhire’s developing ICS governance structures. A summary of updates on the latest activity is shown below. Community mental health [...]

By NEL WP admin|2021-01-15T12:35:03+00:00January 14th, 2021|Featured, Mental health, News|0 Comments

New pathway helps find the right care for people with Long COVID

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 [...]

By NEL WP admin|2021-01-15T12:34:58+00:00January 14th, 2021|COVID-19, Featured, News|0 Comments

Intravenous care at home helps cut unnecessary hospital admissions

A dedicated community care service is supporting people in Northamptonshire to safely access intravenous treatments in their own homes – and help them avoid having to visit or be admitted to hospital. The Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Service is run by Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust’s Intermediate Care Team, in liaison with colleagues at Kettering and Northampton [...]

By NEL WP admin|2021-01-15T12:34:23+00:00January 14th, 2021|Care in your area, Featured, News|0 Comments

Reflections on a challenging year for health and care in Northamptonshire

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 [...]

By NEL WP admin|2021-01-15T12:34:17+00:00January 14th, 2021|COVID-19, Featured, News|0 Comments