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If newsletter length is anything to go by, this bumper edition of Insight tells us that the past three months have been incredibly busy, with a depth and breadth of work to drive forward transformation and improvement for our valued partners and customers.
Read about how we’ve been helping ICBs to shape their collaborative leadership approach, working with Trusts to improve patient safety, our reflections on the use of AI to reduce staffing issues in Urgent and Emergency Care and our work to support Great Mental Health Day, Social Prescribing Day, International Women’s Day and much more.
With a new financial year in sight, please get in touch to discuss how TPHC can help you meet your health and care challenges: rf-tr.tphc-communication@nhs.net.
How we got London talking about mental health
Back in January, Great Mental Health Day took place for its third year. Great Mental Health Day is a London-wide initiative designed to get Londoners talking about mental health, highlight the fantastic support available across the city and take the stigma out of asking for help.
Led by TPHC’s Thrive LDN and Good Thinking programmes, with support from a wide range of London partners, including the Mayor of London, this year’s Great Mental Health Day focused on the importance of meaningful connections when it comes to mental wellbeing.
Problem-solving with collaborative leadership
TPHC Consultant, Alison Williams reflected on the benefits of collaborative leadership, a practice that is fundamental to the success of health and care services, particularly for delivery of patient-centred services.
Read Alison’s blog which explores how collaborative leadership can be a powerful tool in addressing complex integrated system challenges.
How AI is transforming urgent and emergency care
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare is a hot topic. Shaun Crinion, TPHC’s Deputy Head of Integrated Urgent Care and Digital programme reflects on the rapid growth of AI and automation in healthcare and its ability to automate and maximise efficiency. Read Shaun’s blog to find out how AI integration is helping to support the significant and persevering staffing issues within urgent and emergency care and NHS 111.
Collaborative working to pilot social care technology
TPHC are experts in training and delivering independent After Action Reviews (AARs) and Before Action Reviews (BARs), and have been implementing them across NHS Trusts and other organisations for several years. They are a highly adaptable and useful tool – originally developed by the US Army – that can create lasting change and improvement and make a significant contribution to team resilience and performance. Crucially, AARs are now included as an investigation and learning tool under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).
Learn more about the benefits of AARs and read about our bespoke packages.
International Women’s Day 2024 – Inspiring Inclusion
Since International Women’s Day (IWD) last year, we have been working behind the scenes and should-to-shoulder with clients to continue building momentum on work to improve, progress and re-shape health and care services for women and girls.
Our IWD blog features five projects which link to the wider National Women’s Health Strategy, and have supported women and girls over the last year, or have plans underway to do so. Projects include a podcast series aimed at supporting mothers who have navigated trauma, mental health challenges and experiences they never imagined prior to having their babies.
Celebrating our achievements in Social Prescribing
To mark Social Prescribing Day which took place on 14 March, we looked back at some of the impactful work we have done this past year to support and champion personalised care initiatives across London.
Helping Brent PCNs to identify signs of liver cancer earlier
Around 6,100 people are diagnosed with liver cancer each year.
In October 2023, TPHC began working with colleagues from Harness North and Harness South Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Brent, north west London, to support their involvement in a 12-month NHS England liver case-finding pilot.
Read more about what we did, and how Harness Care have seen our partnership evolve “from a traditional client-contractor interaction to a collaborative effort”, in our liver cancer case finding blog here.
London guidance on meeting the mental health needs of care leavers
Care Experienced young people who have left the care system often face many challenges such as social isolation, financial hardship and problems with their housing. This places additional pressures on their health, and also means that traditional services may not be available or appropriate for their needs. TPHC’s Mental Health Transformation programme launched new guidance for London on supporting young people leaving care with their emotional and mental wellbeing.
This guidance was developed in partnership with care experienced young people, ICBs, local authorities, the London Innovation and Improvement Alliance (LIIA) and specialist therapeutic services supporting care experienced young people.
Access the Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Care Leavers guidance here.
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