SCW wins highly commended again at the Government Opportunities (GO) Awards 22/23 in its seventh consecutive year as finalist.

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.

Delivering Running Cost Allowance reductions is going to mean one thing…a commitment to change.

And for everyone across the Health and Care sector, being great at change is going to be more important than ever.

The formation of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) has seen health and social care organisations and their partners coming together to view the delivery of care at a system level.

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. 

Nearly one in five children and young people in the UK are affected by anxiety disorders. In recent discussions with professionals, families and children, SCW Junior Consultant, Lydia Williams and I discussed the merits and issues of early interventions in children's mental health. 

May is bladder cancer awareness month and I felt compelled to write a short blog for both personal and professional reasons. Whilst not the most prevalent cancer in the UK, bladder cancer has around 10,300 new cases diagnosed per year, which equates to 28 per day.

This year’s Coeliac Awareness Week, running from 9-15 May, reminded me of a consultation that happened early in my career.

It was a contentious local consultation that gained national attention but brought about a solution through truly listening to and engaging with key stakeholders - meeting local people’s needs, as well as that of the public purse.

‘Together again: from evidence to reality’ is this year’s theme for International Day of the Midwife. This time of celebration honours the efforts of midwives and their associations to action critical evidence and highlights the importance of collaboration and using evidence-based practices to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes.