Productive Community Services WebEx seminar

The NHS Institute has been holding on-line WebEx seminars to introduce The Productive Community Services (PCS) programme. The programme, being launched in October 2009, will provide an evidence-based approach to improve the way we work across the range of services and pathways of community care. The remaining online seminar will be held on: Thursday 10 September 1300-1400 hrs PCS: Preparing for Roll-out To register, please send an email to productivecommunityservices@institute.nhs.uk

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National online debate: 'Community Health Champions'

If you have an interest in community empowerment in health and well-being, you may be interested in contributing to the following national debate.
The Altogether Better Programme is working with the Department of Health and the Improvement and Development Agency for local government (IDeA) to provoke a national online debate around ‘Community Health Champions’. The debate will begin on the 15th of June and last for four weeks.
This debate will explore the scope and potential of building the capacity and confidence of individuals to become ‘Community Health Champions’ through voluntary activities to improve the health and well-being of their own communities. If the outcomes of this work not only improve the use and design of health services, but also sustainably improves health and well-being, why is this approach not systematically integrated into the way we deliver health and well-being services in this country?
It is hoped this will help to gather evidence on the scale and scope of activities across the country and help to develop a framework for moving to a situation where Community Health Champions are genuinely understood and valued by decision-makers and integrated into the way we tackle health inequalities in this country.
To help to ensure this debate is useful and moves forward, a wide range of contributions will be required. This could involve a commentary or adding a document/paper to the site. Community Health Champions, participation leads, officers, delivery agents, strategic commissioners, elected members policy-makers and academics are all welcomed to take part. Once the debate is finished, the information will be used to shape a national event in November. All contributors will receive a free invitation to this event.
This is a real one-off window of opportunity to raise the profile, understanding and support for one of the key potential contributors to unlocking the challenges around reducing health inequalities and civic participation. Please pass on this email to your relevant networks and mailing lists as appropriate.
To join the Communities of Practice, please visit http://www.communities.idea.gov.uk/, click on ‘register’ and enter your details as requested. Once registered, search for ‘healthy communities’ and apply to join the Healthy Communities Communities of Practice. If you have any difficulties in registering please contact Katrina Cottrill Katrina.cottrill@idea.gov.uk.
The 'Community Health Champions' discussion forum will start on Monday the 15th of June and continue to the 15th of July.
If you have any general queries, please contact: Roz Davies (Altogether Better Programme Director)Email: roz.davies@yorksandhumber.nhs.uk

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Community Therapists Network Annual Conference - 14th October 2009 Manchester.

Providing ‘Patient Centred Care’ continues to be a major objective for the Department of Health, measuring the effectiveness of the care has until recently focused on processes and clinical indicators. Now, this is set to change with the drive to monitor patient outcomes. To reflect this welcome development the Community Therapists Network invites you to learn more about the existing tools that you can access, the experience with those tools and the actual outcomes that patients desire! Click here to find out more and to book your place!

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NHS Leeds Innovation in Community Care - Transforming Community Services Conference 15th June 2009

The aim of this Conference is to showcase the innovation and exciting service developments that NHS Leeds Community Healthcare colleagues are undertaking as part of our ongoing commitment to quality. It is important that we share those experiences of improving patient experience in line with “Transforming Community Services” policy direction. This conference also provides the opportunity to hear from leaders in the fields of health care including the Chief Nursing Officer, Dame Christine Beasley.
For further information and to book your place click here!

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Primary Care Conference 2009

The Conference and Exhibition will enable you to update your skills, expand your knowledge, put you in touch with new research, treatments and initiatives and enhance your role. There are also plenty of opportunities for networking with colleagues from across the primary and community care spectrum as well as learning from examples of best practice. Primary Care 2009 is always informative, practical and above all, relevant. Its taking place on 20th - 21st May 2009 at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham and its free of charge to attend for practising health care professionals. Click here for further information and to register for your place.

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Further Local Involvement Networks (LINKs) Guides available

The sixteenth and seventeenth Guides in the LINks Guide series are now available.
Guide 16 - ‘Community development’ is designed to help people involved with LINks understand how LINks can contribute to community development around health and well-being. The guide has been developed in collaboration with the NHS Alliance and the Community Development Foundation.
Guide 17 - ‘LINks and Overview and Scrutiny Committees working together’ aims to clarify the
roles of Overview and Scrutiny Committees (OSCs) and Local Involvement LINks within the
framework for patient, service user and public engagement in health and social care and to
provide advice for OSCs and LINks that develops their understanding of their respective and
distinct roles, suggesting ways of joint working as a means of maximising their contribution to
public accountability of health and social care.
Click here to view all of the LINKs Guides!

Transforming Community Services and World Class Commissioning - Resource Pack

A resource pack has been produced by the Department of Health which sets out the principles of good practice when commissioning community services, showcases examples of existing good practice through case studies in 6 clinical areas and signposts commissioners to the most pertinent and relevant information. Download a copy now!

Institue of Innovation & Improvement Developing The Productive Community Series

The NHS Institute is setting up a NHS-wide Productive Community Services programme. It will be a partnership with NHS providers of community health services. The current estimated completion date is Summer 2009.
The aim of the Productive Community series is to produce a set of improvement tools and approaches that release time for clinical staff to care and release time for leaders to lead by improving the basic ways we organise and manage our work whilst improving quality, safety and patient experience. The tools will be flexible so that:
Local providers of community health services can adopt and adapt them to help accelerate the pace of change and get results for patients and staff
Local commissioners can utilise them to encourage best practice in community health pathways.
Find out more about the Productive Community and other Productive Series Programmes here.

Pandemic influenza: guidance for primary care trusts and primary care professionals on the provision of healthcare in a community setting in England

Pandemic influenza guidance for primary care trusts and primary care professionals on the provision of healthcare in a community setting in England. The purpose of this updated guidance is to assist primary care trusts (PCTs) in developing their plans for responding to an influenza pandemic. It is also intended to be a useful document for primary care professionals such as those working in general practice, community pharmacy and nursing, and for partner agencies providing services in the community setting.

Next Stage Review - Primary and Community Care Strategy Newsletter

Published on 2nd September the DH newsletter sets out the next steps on some of the key policies and programmes underpinning the vision for primary and community care. Read more here.

Community and City Pride Awards

Have you helped to make your local environment look cleaner and greener? Do you know someone who works tirelessly to improve their local surroundings? Do you want the chance to come to a glittering award ceremony and win great prizes? You need to enter the Community and City Pride awards! Now in its fifth year, this scheme is building on the successes of previous years, where over 20,000 people across 120 entries have shown the amazing things that the residents of Leeds do to improve the environment where they live, work, study or socialise. Find out more about the awards and how to enter here. Closing date for all competition submissions is the end of October 2008.

More responsive public services? A guide to commissioning migrant and refugee community organisations

A practical guide to commissioning migrant and refugee community organisations (MRCOs) to deliver public services. This guide reviews the commissioning process, why it should include bodies like MRCOs, what MRCOs are and what they can offer to commissioners of public services. Find out more here, where you can download a free pdf version.

Community Hospitals and Services Website

The CSIP Developing Community Hospitals website has been completely updated and re-written. The aim of this website is to help both commissioners and providers develop a new generation of community hospitals and services in the most effective way, in line with national policy.