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Successful Service Providers do these 6 things: Conduct Comprehensive Needs Assessments: Understand Community Needs: Collect data and engage with the community to identify specific health needs and priorities. Tailor Programs: Design interventions that are culturally and contextually appropriate. Develop Clear and Achievable Goals: Set SMART Goals: Ensure that goals are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Create a Detailed Plan: Outline clear steps, responsibilities, and timelines for achieving program objectives. Engage Stakeholders: Build Partnerships: Collaborate with local organizations, healthcare providers, and community leaders. Foster Community Involvement: Encourage active participation from community members to build trust and ownership. Ensure Effective Communication: Develop a Communication Strategy: Use various channels to disseminate information and updates. Maintain Transparency: Keep stakeholders and the community informed about progress, challenges, and successes. Monitor and Evaluate Progress: Track Key Metrics: Regularly assess program activities and outcomes against set goals. Adapt and Improve: Use feedback and evaluation results to make necessary adjustments and improvements to the program. Provide Ongoing Training and Support: Equip Staff: Ensure program staff and volunteers receive proper training and resources. Sustain Efforts: Plan for long-term sustainability by securing funding and maintaining community engagement. #PublicHealth #HealthPrograms #CommunityHealth #ProgramImplementation

We published this week our first-ever annual report which looks back on our 23/24 improvement support programme, and showcases our work with councils and systems to improve adult social care and public health services. It details how we’ve engaged with councils or systems, developed unique support offers and delivered outcomes and outputs to improve service delivery so people can access the care that meets their needs, in a time and manner that suits them. Among the highlights are: 🎯 616 targeted support offers provided across all 153 councils which have adult social care responsibilities. As part of these targeted support offers, we engaged with councils more than 1500 times. 📚 more than 40 reports, publications and briefings which are freely available via our webpages www.local.gov.uk/pch 🎤 82 events attended by 9,650 attendees. The events received a 93 per cent satisfaction rating. Here's what others have said about us: “A highly trusted source of support with understanding across the country coupled with local analysis.” “A big thank you – this is the first time I have requested this level of support – and I was really pleased with the outcome.” Read our full annual report: https://lnkd.in/e7KN7p75 Find out about our current programme of sector-led improvement for 2024/25, in our new improvement and support offer prospectus. It showcases our support offers developed in collaboration with local authorities and regions. Read our prospectus: https://lnkd.in/e-u_3rn7 #SocialCare #AdultSocialCare #Councils #Health #Support #Improvement

Launch event!   There is growing awareness that community #wellbeing is something for which the NHS does not have sole responsibility. Consequently, research and development funding is increasingly seeking evidence of #partnership and #collaboration between statutory services, the third sector, the private sector and academia. The Centre for Healthy Empowered Communities acts as a hub for these sectors, and via collaborative projects is ideally placed to provide an evidence base and solutions to support wellbeing, prevent ill-health and help address health inequalities. Join us on Teams on the 5th June for an interactive morning to understand: - the current state of play regarding health inequalities and outcomes - how doing things differently can help - how collaborative community based action research, via co-creation can provide solutions - how the Centre for Healthy Empowered Communities can help you develop your idea into a successfully funded #project.   Alongside this you will hear from a range of expert speakers including Dr. Leonora Weil from the UK Health Security Agency, who is also Director of the NHS Legacy and Health Equity Partnership.   During the interactive sessions, you will be: - sharing your #ideas and concerns around #HealthInequalities - talking about improving connections and breaking down silos - discussing the help you need in order to take positive action.   Book here: https://lnkd.in/eaJvX-CT #research #CoCreation #partnership #communities #empowerment #PublicHealth

The '6th Annual Link Worker Awards' have been this even more special this year as we have been awarded the 'Social Prescribing Partnership of the Year Award' alongside The Life Rooms and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrating the outstanding work #SocialPrescribingLinkWorkers and #SocialPrescribingServices have achieved over the last year. Here our partnership together is being celebrated as Life Rooms was the first NHS Trust to utilise our integration with our Rio EPR system. Here this integration helps Life Rooms deliver a sustainable social prescribing model of health that supports both clinicians and communities by improving interoperability and offering more streamlined and more visible pathways of support. Life Rooms’ journey with us has enabled an amazing range of benefits to improve community health, here we have been able to help clinicians and Link Workers work together to reduce time spent on admin per patient by a staggering 70%. We couldn’t be more proud of this partnership, the positive impact it’s had on social prescribing services and to help raise more awareness on the importance of link workers, social prescribing, and how digital social prescribing helps improve outcomes further. For more information on Life Room’s journey with us read our latest case study: https://ow.ly/MySH50RTSIe #LinkWorkerAwards #SocialPrescribing #CommunityHealth #LifeRooms #InnovationInHealthcare #AwardWinner #AccessElemental #RioEPR National Association of Link Workers

Great to see so many people taking part in today's Share for Better Care event, hosted by The Patients Association. The Share For Better Care Campaign, set up by Care Quality Commission and Healthwatch England aims to support more people to share their experiences of Health and Social Care, particularly minority groups. Research from focus groups shows: ❗ many people don't want to 'cause a fuss' ❗ fear of repercussions for a loved one if feedback is given ❗ a perception that feeding back to health and social care is bureaucratic ❗ feedback is often avoided when it involves emotional trauma ❗ viewpoints that the problems are too big to be able to fix BUT let's give people the confidence that feedback IS important AND easy to do. It has the power to transform Health & Social Care services across the country, no matter how small. As a Chair, and a huge advocate of continuous improvement, I encourage ongoing feedback in my organisation and in others. Let's drive this culture in the Boards of all H&SC organisations. Chris D. Benedict Knox Rachel Power Ruth Ajayi #ShareForBetterCare #healthcare #socialcare

This study aims to contribute to a better understanding of regional management practices that could support primary health care service performance in the context of the innovative community engagement model implemented through the unique program with embedded mechanisms for accountability. https://lnkd.in/guCZEfqf

This study aims to contribute to a better understanding of regional management practices that could support primary health care service performance in the context of the innovative community engagement model implemented through the unique program with embedded mechanisms for accountability. https://lnkd.in/g4Eri_Q5

National legislation and guidance require local authorities to regularly compile and analyse data that reflect the health and wellbeing of their communities. The final outputs of this work is called a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). Far more than a check-box exercise, this vital work ensures that everyone is accurately represented and underpins the local authorities' approach to health and wellbeing. Manchester City Council commissioned ekosgen, part of GC Insight, to review their JSNA to help them better understand how stakeholders across the city view and use the data and the insights it provides. People across the city whose work touches on health and wellbeing were keen to share their thoughts and engaged and involved in the discussions. We found that the JSNA is a valuable tool for tackling health inequalities at both strategic and operational levels and identified ways in which could be updates and strengthened to provide even more benefits to the the community. You can read more about the results of our research here: https://ow.ly/IPrS50TVNhY If you would like to discuss how your JSNA can better support public health planning and service delivery, get in touch with the authors of our report, Pamela Reid or Shona McAllister. #wellbeing #publichealth #assessment

New Resources: Health Equity Performance Measures and Toolkit for Community Health Workers In 2023, NACCHO funded the Center for Public Health Systems (CPHS) at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health to create a toolkit to increase LHDs’ capacity to define, measure, and track progress toward health equity as a part of their performance improvement. To best inform creation of a useful toolkit, CPHS first conducted an environmental scan in February and March of 2023 of peer-reviewed literature and plans written by public health departments. Next, CPHS held three listening sessions in January and February 2024 with professionals from LHDs across the country. The goal of the listening sessions was to understand LHDs’ working definitions of health equity, their HEPM strategies, and their data sources. Thirdly, much of the content included in this toolkit builds on Measuring What Matters in Public Health, published by NACCHO in 2018. This report provides guidance on building a performance management system, supplemented with templates, worksheets, and stories from the field. We add to this report by focusing specifically on performance measurement (an aspect of performance management) of health equity. Check out these four new resources in a NACCHO blog post here: https://lnkd.in/exztRDRe #PublicHealth #CommunityHealthWorkers #HealthEquity

Today Thomas Pocklington Trust demanded an answer from The Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to deliver an appointment letter in a format he could not access. The unified stance alongside RNIB, RNID, SignHealth, Sense, Macular Society and Mencap demonstrates that we have had enough of inaccessible health communications. People with communication needs deserve better. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/dgAXu5fb In August 2016, the NHS Accessible Information Standard came into effect, however eight years later, blind and partially sighted people are still unable to access information relating to their health. Thank you to RNIB for summarising the demands as we call on the Secretary of State of Health and Social Care to meet with us and discuss: ·     Working with NHS England to publish the updated Accessible Information Standard without delay. ·     Assigning a senior lead within DHSC to be responsible for the Accessible Information Standard and sit on the NHS England Accessible Information Standard implementation board. Effective implementation of the Standard needs both NHS and DHSC collaboration. ·     Ensuring the programme of work on accessible information is adequately resourced and prioritised within NHS England. ·     Supporting the implementation of accessible information in NHS and social care services, keeping in mind that investment in accessible information will save money over time. ·     What can be done urgently to keep improving the requirements and implementation of the Standard, including ongoing review of monitoring, enforcement and staff training, and building on good practice across the UK, to reduce the inequalities currently experienced by our communities. What you can do: The UK Government is now consulting on the future of the NHS in England. Make sure your views are heard, and speak up for the right to accessible health information and communication support, by responding to the consultation Respond to the consultation here: https://lnkd.in/dmqrAHsZ Image Description: Photo of Andy, Liam and Ashley with their message cards which reads '"I pledge to fight for a more accessible society for blind and partially sighted people." The three men are stood outside a building wearing hoodies and looking frustrated.