8th January 2020
More than 200,000 people took part in events and activities to improve mental health and tackle inequalities as part of the Thrive LDN movement in 2019. More than 35,000 Londoners have supported a citywide Zero Suicide London campaign by taking free, online suicide prevention training. 1,200 people participated in film-based outreach and events for Londoners […]
18th December 2019
Working together towards a stigma free city Despite all the advances in clinical care, we know that for people living with HIV life can be difficult because of stigma and discrimination. HIV stigma is often based on an outdated idea about HIV and compounded by discrimination of other characteristics such as gender, sexuality, race, sex […]
17th December 2019
On 17 December over 100 NHS clinicians and colleagues attended a major event to provide an update on the progress of Digital First accelerators across London – the NHS programme that supports delivery of digital access to NHS services and helps patients and carers manage their health. Presentation slides here Organised by the Healthy London […]
17th December 2019
A collaborative project between Healthy London Partnership, Accenture and NHS Digital has been shortlisted for an award in the ‘Best Consultancy Partnership category in the HSJ Partnership Awards for their work with the social care sector – empowering a digitally connected workforce. Celebrating this achievement, Jane Sproat, Ageing Well Senior Improvement Manager (EHCH) said, “Working […]
12th December 2019
The Personalised Care Collaborative Network links partners across the health and care system to share learning, templates and experiences, as well as hosting discussion boards. It also contains reference materials and guidance to help implement personalised care locally, as well as videos to help you start delivering personalised care today. Contact england.personalisedcaredemonstrator@nhs.net if you would […]
25th November 2019
Recruitment and retention of GPs is a key focus for the Workforce programme in Healthy London Partnership’s Transforming Primary Care team. Along with many other parts of London and the country as a whole, attracting and keeping GPs has been a major issue of concern in three boroughs in London; Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and […]
14th November 2019
Social prescribing involves helping patients to improve their health, wellbeing and social welfare by connecting them to community services. This can include activities such as art and singing classes. The National Academy for Social Prescribing will work to: standardise the quality and range of social prescribing available to patients across the country increase awareness of […]
16th October 2019
A guide to social prescribing in London has been launched to transform the health of Londoners enabling them to access not just medical treatments but also provide them with the support to access community-based interventions. At least 20 per cent of people visit their GP for non-medical reasons. Social prescribing is a way of reducing visits […]
15th October 2019
The Mental Health Transformation Team are delighted to launch resources on HoNOS and DIALOG, designed to promote the use of patient outcome measures in Mental Health. Measuring outcome measures provides a way for patients, clinicians and the health and care systems to understand the impact of the care provided. Outcome measures can be used to […]
10th October 2019
London’s citywide movement to improve mental health and wellbeing, Thrive LDN, has worked in partnership with the Mayor of London’s Peer Outreach Team to takeover City Hall for an all-day young Londoner-led festival to mark World Mental Health Day (WMHD) 2019. The festival, which took place throughout the public spaces of City Hall on […]
