The theme for World AIDS Day 2023 is ‘Let Communities Lead’, and for me, a vital way of building confident communities who are capable of leading is empowerment through peer support. On a personal level, I credit peer support in keeping me alive long enough through the 1990’s to be able to access effective HIV […]
“Educating and engaging” “Brilliant and insightful” “Enlightening and informative” Information for those thinking about patient engagement across healthcare or social prescribing services The Patient Voices for Social Prescribing programme was an opportunity for people with lived experience of social prescribing to share their experiences, build skills and confidence in telling their story and explore opportunities […]
Connie Jennings, Director of Stronger Communities, Walsall Housing GroupViv Marsh, Clinical Lead for Children and Young People’s Asthma Transformation, Black Country ICB Background We all know that asthma is the most common medical condition to affect children, but a lesser-known fact is that those experiencing poverty, from some minority ethnic backgrounds, and those living in […]
By Dr Katie Coleman As Clinical Director of the Community Led Prevention programme at Transformation Partners in Health and Care (TPHC), I am excited to bring my knowledge as a GP in Islington to help support the brilliant work of the community chests in London. I have already seen the power of this in Islington, […]
Transformation Partners in Health and Care has worked closely with a group of experienced clinicians and experts by experience to develop a set of guiding principles on disordered eating, and how to best support and meet the needs of this group. This blog has been published as part of a series to explore the topic […]
Episode 2 – Honey Attridge Sharing experience of birth trauma and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Listen to the podcast here: Podcast transcript The perinatal mental health team at Transformation Partners in Health and Care have created a series of podcasts that focus on perinatal mental health. The perinatal period is usually defined as the […]
Why do we ask people to share their stories? Is it for personal interest? Professional development? Meaningful change? These are questions that were on my mind as I engaged with more than 90 Londoners living with HIV, learning about their experiences of life, their condition, and how it affected their mental health. Over the course […]
Contents Undertaken by Transformation Partners in Health and Care, part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Report prepared by: With academic support from: And clinical SME support from: Introduction The Personalised Care (PC) agenda is a key part of the NHS Long Term Plan (NHS, 2019), and will be part of Business as […]
London is a vibrant and cosmopolitan city, attracting people from all around the world to live and work. However, five in every 1,000 London residents aged 15-59 years have diagnosed HIV, which is more than double the rate for England. MSM and black Africans are key risk groups. In 2020, more than 105,000 new Sexually […]
Other sections 1. Principles and context of personalised care 2. Health Inequalities, Population Health & Proactive Social Prescribing 4. Working in the wider system 5. Appendix 1 – Policy Context 6. Appendix 2 – You said, we did