NHS South, Central & West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW)  will take responsibility for the Surrey Child Health Information Service (CHIS) from October 2023 along with retaining CHIS for Thames Valley after winning the tender for a five-year contract from NHS England South East.

As part of SCW Spotlights, a programme of short and snappy webinar events, our organisational development team held an interactive session with external colleagues to explore approaches for understanding and enhancing staff engagement. We shared how the NHS Staff Survey results feed into staff engagement approaches, how to find meaning in engagement data, and why staff engagement matters in the first place. 

We are delighted to share that James Jackson, Internal Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing Programme Manager has been awarded the people’s vote for the 'Colleague who has made the most difference to workplace mental health and wellbeing over the past year' at The Watercooler Event - Connecting Workplace Wellbeing Solutions conference and Make A Difference Awards 2023.

World Immunisation Week is celebrated in the last week of April to highlight the collective action needed to protect people from vaccine-preventable diseases.

Under the banner of ‘The Big Catch-Up’, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is working with partners to support countries to get back on track to ensure more people are protected from preventable diseases.

As part of SCW Spotlights, a programme of short and snappy webinar events, we shared how the Children & Young People's Referral Management System Tool (CReST) is an accessible and user-friendly demand and capacity modelling tool for children and young people’s mental health pathways. 

The four NHS Commissioning Support Units are jointly exhibiting at this year’s Clinical Pharmacy Congress. We are working with Arden & GEM, Midlands and Lancashire, and NECS to showcase the expertise of our medicines optimisation teams.

Are you going to the Health Plus Care Show, the Digital Healthcare Show, or the Residential Care Show on 26-27 April?  If so, make sure you check out the Institute of Health and Social Care Management (IHSCM) National Conference being held in partnership with the main Health Plus Care Show. The IHSCM conference will be hosting topical conversations with leading industry contributors in their theatre throughout the conference. 

As part of SCW Spotlights, a programme of short and snappy webinar events, NHS Somerset shared their approach to managing the evolving cyber security threat landscape. They explored the evolution of the primary care landscape in recent years and what is planned next for NHS Somerset.

We are delighted to announce that we have become the south regional hub for the Institute of Health and Social Care Management (IHSCM). As a regional hub, we’ll be offering joint events, networking opportunities and exclusive content to share learning, training and development, and operational best practice across the sector.