Blogs

Clear filters
  1. How we tackle poor quality housing and its impact on our patients

    Dr Meredith JP RobertsonConsultant Respiratory Paediatrician, Evelina London Children’s Hospital Throughout my medical training and practice there have been many families who have approached me and my colleagues for support with rehousing.  Like many others I had written letters, “To Whom It May Concern” saying something along the lines of, X lives in a house […]

    Read more of: How we tackle poor quality housing and its impact on our patients
  2. Housing and Health working together to support children with asthma in Walsall

    Connie Jennings, Director of Stronger Communities, Walsall Housing GroupViv Marsh, Clinical Lead for Children and Young People’s Asthma Transformation, Black Country ICB Background We all know that asthma is the most common medical condition to affect children, but a lesser-known fact is that those experiencing poverty, from some minority ethnic backgrounds, and those living in […]

    Read more of: Housing and Health working together to support children with asthma in Walsall
  3. Calling All Healthcare Professionals: Spark Action on Air Pollution

    Dr Sarah Robertson, UK Health Security Agency On behalf of the multi-agency London Air Quality and Health Programme Office  The health effects of air pollution are serious – it is one of the greatest environmental risks to human health and one of the main avoidable causes of death and disease globally.  No one is immune […]

    Read more of: Calling All Healthcare Professionals: Spark Action on Air Pollution
  4. The value of child and family-centred integrated care

    For #AskAboutAsthma Deborah Waddell, Respiratory Specialist Nurse Asthma and Lung UK shares a case study on the impact of poor housing on a child’s respiratory and general health and the importance of integrated health and social care.

    Read more of: The value of child and family-centred integrated care
  5. Addressing stigma in children and young people’s asthma with co-production

    Dr Lin Graham-Ray reflects on co-production with children and young people in south west London and these learnings are being taken forward to help open up conversations and reduce stigma around asthma.

    Read more of: Addressing stigma in children and young people’s asthma with co-production
  6. Joint-working approaches for supporting young people with disordered eating on paediatric wards

    Transformation Partners in Health and Care has worked closely with a group of experienced clinicians and experts by experience to develop a set of guiding principles on disordered eating, and how to best support and meet the needs of this group. This blog has been published as part of a series to explore the topic […]

    Read more of: Joint-working approaches for supporting young people with disordered eating on paediatric wards
  7. Co-production: Healthcare by the community, for the community

    What is co-production? Co-production plays a crucial role in our work and matters to us at Transformation Partners in Health and Care (TPHC), but what does it mean? Co-production is defined by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) as “working in equal partnership with service users, carers, families and citizens”. A co-productive approach to […]

    Read more of: Co-production: Healthcare by the community, for the community
  8. Power, participation, and change – whose responsibility is it to improve the lives of Londoners living with HIV?

    Why do we ask people to share their stories? Is it for personal interest? Professional development? Meaningful change? These are questions that were on my mind as I engaged with more than 90 Londoners living with HIV, learning about their experiences of life, their condition, and how it affected their mental health. Over the course […]

    Read more of: Power, participation, and change – whose responsibility is it to improve the lives of Londoners living with HIV?