June newsletter Please see our latest newsletter which features the Memorial service for Ruby Marshall MBE , and research opportunities, but also progress on ICS which is a subject we have promoted for years! Our Project Lead, Wade Tovey, attended the ICS/ICB briefing on Friday 24th June and here is a link to the key animation to tell you how this is happening in the North East and North Cumbria.
See this short animation will give yo a good idea of what is happening. Animation on ICB NENC
And a general briefing
https://www.networks.nhs.uk/networks/news/what-are-integrated-care-systems
Interviewed by Matt Bailey at 7.10am on 29th July about NESCHA views on imminent Andy Burnham announcement later that morning. I was greatly encouraged by his feedback ( he said it was interesting and ran over time!) and wrote the paper attached.
I never dreamt that one day I would be living the system!.
Sadly Robert my co-author , died when I was in hospital some years ago but my wife visited daily and then she lived with a diagnosois mixed dementia for over four years, was admitted to hospital last October and, following a rapid discharge to a care home, died peacefully in December .
Despite a professional background in social work and years spent working on improving health and care systems, nothing fully prepares you for living that experience. It brought into sharp focus both the compassion of frontline staff and the frustrations families can face when services are not as joined-up or consistent as they should be.
NHS de-frazzle new book and brilliant review