NHS South, Central & West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW)  will take responsibility for the East Midlands Child Health Information Service (CHIS) from December 2023 after winning the tender for a six-year contract. NHS England Midlands (East) has commissioned SCW to create a single CHIS service that combines six existing CHIS providers across Derbyshire (including Glossop), Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire so that all child health data is managed safely and securely in one place. 

As the pressure builds to increase productivity and control costs, what is the answer for Trusts that have historically struggled to deliver efficiency targets, or feel they have exhausted all options already? 

Ever wondered if other people might be finding and developing solutions to your most pressing problems? As they say, a problem shared is a problem halved. That’s why we’re delighted to be able to showcase our new video series which shares short 2-minute stories about our work with colleagues across health and care to address their current challenges. 

Without… user-centred design approaches, information requirements from users may not be well understood. Thus, there is limited evidence about the dashboard acceptance, frequency of use or whether dashboards satisfactorily met the needs of intended users.

- Murphy DR, Savoy A, Satterly T, et al 

This bank holiday weekend, in between stripping wallpaper and jet-washing the patio I finally read a book that had been sat on my shelf since the summer of 2021. The book, Vaxxers, is the story of Professor Sarah Gilbert and Dr Catherine Green and their teams in the development of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. I had heard Prof. Gilbert and Dr Green on Radio 4 and the feminist and science geek in me loved the fact that two women were at the forefront of spearheading the development of this vaccine, so I decided to take a look. 

This week (19-23 June 2023) is Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week. It has been running since 2016 and was designed to raise awareness of the existence and benefits of PR.

Now, unless you have first-hand experience of it, it is likely that you may not be too sure what PR is. So, allow us to set the scene…

We’re looking forward to showcasing the important work being done by our analysts at the Health and Care Analytics Conference 2023, University of Birmingham, on 11-12 July 2023. The sessions will explore how we’re using health and care analytics to drive impactful change.

SCW and assessment partner Neurosight were proud to win this prestigious award with ISE (Institute for Student Employers) for the progress that SCW has made to improving diversity through our annual graduate scheme. Our graduate scheme is highly regarded internally and externally and provides a fast-track route into management and leadership roles.

In addition to the National Capacity and Access Support Payment being paid unconditionally to all PCNs, an improvement payment will be available to PCNs able to demonstrate improvement or sustained high level of achievement across three key areas.