The first group of ‘frailty aware’ professionals can better spot and treat people experiencing frailty, following completion of the first round of specialist training implemented by Integrated Care Across Northamptonshire (iCAN). The training sees experts in frailty care from across our local health and care system deliver sessions in partnership with the University of [...]
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 [...]
People living with frailty are being helped to get the personalised care and support they need to maintain their independence at home – with dedicated teams now in place at local level throughout Northamptonshire. Our county’s 16 Primary Care Network (PCN) areas have, or are currently putting in place, their own welfare support teams, [...]
Specialist frailty support is now at the end of a phone for healthcare professionals in Northamptonshire – making it easier to ensure people with frailty receive the care and treatment they need in the right place, first time. The new frailty phone system has been up and running at Northampton and Kettering General Hospitals during [...]
From 1 April 2021, the Falls Prevention Service previously provided by Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust (NHFT) and commissioned by Public Health at Northamptonshire County Council, is being provided directly by Public Health Northamptonshire. NHFT and Public Health have been working closely together over the last few months to ensure a smooth transition takes place [...]
The journey to a new operating model for adult social care in Northamptonshire is well under way with successful trials already demonstrating the benefits of the new approach which puts people at the centre of the decision-making process. This transformation work has been taking place at the same time as Northamptonshire’s councils work towards [...]
Dr Kim Stuart Giving people who are experiencing frailty better health and social care is the driving ambition of a University of Northampton lecturer whose new appointment will see her champion their needs and voices. Dr Kim Stuart – a senior lecturer in occupational therapy – has started a new role as senior [...]
Northamptonshire's new Rapid Response team A new service supporting some of our county’s most vulnerable residents has launched this week – and is expected to help us avoid up to 1,500 hospital admissions each year across Northamptonshire. The Rapid Response team will change the way we respond to elderly people who fall in [...]
A new specialist team is set to launch in Northamptonshire next month providing dedicated urgent care for some of our county’s most vulnerable citizens. The Northamptonshire Rapid Response service will attend urgent calls to help frail older people who have suffered falls, as well as people living in care homes with nonlife- threatening health [...]