A real testament to the community, but also importantly, to Tessa Jowell’s vision for an integrated and holistic centre. – Ian Abbs (Chief Executive, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital) About the partnership Partnership Southwark was formally established in 2019, building on exploratory work in 2017/18 for a Community Based Care Programme The Partnership Southwark Board has representatives from…
[Covid-19 highlighted] that there was a shift change to remote consulting/online consulting and that we were leaving behind the more vulnerable members of our patient population. Dr Aaminah Verity, Lead for Health Inequalities, North Lewisham PCN About the partnership North Lewisham Primary Care Network (NLPCN) comprises of nine practices. It…
Partnership Southwark is here to focus on what we can achieve by working together across organisations (e.g. physical and mental health, social care, housing, voluntary sector). We recognise that we need to be led by the people of Southwark in designing, testing and developing genuinely joint solutions to address the deepest…
Success is predicated on developing trusting relationships, getting the governance right and focusing on delivery in equal measure. It is difficult to make progress without this. I also think it’s important to recognise achieving integration across systems is not easy.. …the need to continuously manage complex relationships cannot be underestimated….
In Barnet, we’ve shown what’s possible by taking a partnership first approach and this is having great impact for our community. Fehintola Kolawole, Head of Wellbeing, CommUNITY Barnet About the partnership The Barnet Wellbeing Service is a programme that was established in 2017/2018 as a collective process between people who…
Merging seven VCSE contracts into one alliance model has helped us to move away for that transactional relationship into more partnership working. Now the conversation is more about ‘where can we find the funding, what can we do differently and how we can prioritise?’. Debra Holt, Assistant Director Integrated Commissioning…
I think Community Gold is one of the reasons why serious youth violence, robbery, gun crime is falling [in Haringey]. It is a partnership, but I think that is one of the reasons. Eubert Malcolm, Assistant director for stronger and safer communities, Haringey Council About the partnership Haringey Community Gold…
It is a new way of working with our communities to find solutions; a collaborative, partnership approach that recognises that it is our collective responsibility to support our young people to showcase their talents… Cllr Ahsan Khan, Cabinet member for Community Safety About the partnership VRP was established in November…
Our intention was to show that working in partnership benefits patients, carers, and their families, and we’re trying to improve the standard of care that people are receiving as well as delivering it more efficiently. Christopher Hilton, Clinical Director for Integrated Care About the partnership Ealing Community Partners is a…
Reaching brand new voices was always a focus and put rigor behind the work. We had a map of Kingston from the outset and mapped out places we could use as touch points for seldom heard groups rather than relying on established routes like e-mail, social media or council stands….
It is about reminding ourselves of our ethos of what we are doing and why we’re doing it. There is no ‘us’ and ‘them’. We’re all here together to do the best that we can for the young people of Camden. Kirsty Magahy, Assistant Director, Catch 22 About the partnership The…
In the joint Covid response in Harrow [HHACE] allowed us to work through areas of concern across all partners with joint solutions often achieved. HHACE member About the partnership The Harrow Health and Care Executive (HHACE) is a weekly meeting of system leaders first established in February 2020. Initially setup…