The winter period can be difficult for some; especially if you’re feeling isolated, worried about money, anxious or overwhelmed with stress. As the colder days and darker nights continue, our communities may be looking for support. Northamptonshire’s free confidential mental wellbeing service – IAPT Talking Therapies Northants, provided by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust [...]
Northamptonshire’s new countywide social prescribing service, known as Spring, is now fully operational with the aim of providing support to residents who are living with long-term health conditions (LTCs). Supported by the NHS, Public Health Northamptonshire and the government’s Life Chances Fund, Spring uses a non-clinical approach called social prescribing. This approach is designed [...]
As part of this year’s Virtual Wellbeing Festival, a number of challenges were set out for health and social care staff colleagues around the county to enjoy. Having proved particularly popular, the eagerly anticipated winners of the photography competition have now been announced. Having attracted plenty of interest from festival attendees across Northamptonshire, judges [...]
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 [...]
The celebrity speakers headlining Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership’s Virtual Wellbeing Festival for 2021 have been now been announced. The festival, running from Monday 28 June to Friday 02 July, is a free, online event for all health and social care colleagues in Northamptonshire. We are welcoming six exciting and inspiring keynote speakers, including [...]
The countdown continues towards this year’s Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership Virtual Wellbeing Festival – as the first details of some of the activities on offer are revealed for the first time. The 2021 Festival is taking place from Monday 28 June to Friday 2 July. It is free and open to everyone working [...]
Health and social care colleagues across Northamptonshire are being encouraged to get dates in their diaries for this year’s NHCP Virtual Wellbeing Festival. Following on from the hugely successful online event last summer, the 2021 Virtual Wellbeing Festival will be taking place from Monday 28 June to Friday 2 July. The festival completely free [...]
Health and care organisations in Northamptonshire are working together in a new way to tackle some of the biggest health issues facing our county. The Population Health Programme Board has been established to explore how communities can be supported to lead healthier lives and reduce inequalities in the health outcomes that different people experience. ‘Population [...]
Public Health Northamptonshire is implementing a series of innovative changes to its Stop Smoking Service, to help reach the government target of a smoke-free generation by 2030. From February 2020, smokers in Northamptonshire have the option to choose a free e-cigarette starter kit and a supply of e-liquid when they take part in the 12-week [...]