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.

Reflecting on my new-found interest in junior cricket coaching, I am struck by the similarities in approach to those I use in my working life, of putting the person at the centre of what I am doing.  In both avenues I want to help players and people to achieve their best, supporting them in the most efficient and effective way to do this. 

We always want to maximise our investments, so what is the best approach to introduce automation? Is it better to develop an automation unit that is focused on a small number of centrally developed and controlled automations, or to empower our teams to develop automations within service lines?  

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 the end of the financial year is finally within reach, all eyes are on the prize of efficiency – both operational and financial. But whilst budgets and finance come under the annual spotlight, we forget at our peril other areas where efficiency is crucial. One of those areas is communications.

As leaders facing today’s complex challenges how do you navigate this ambiguous landscape? We’ve all heard that collectively we can be a greater sum than our original parts, but how do we work to maximise these connections within and across health and care systems.  And can we benefit from having support and space to think creatively about our approach to this?