System wide story
It is official the first step has been taken to establish Integrated Care System (ICS). Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG’s) are now part of an Integrated Care Board (ICB) from the 1st of July 2022. There is also the formation of a partnership board and other groups such as the Voluntary, Community, Faith, and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) alliance to establish partnerships to work across NHS, Local authorities and VCFSE sector for health and wellbeing.
Unsure what this means for your work?
Contact me either by email or book a 121:
midlands.thrivingcommunities@nasp.info
book a meeting with Sarah
Learning Together programme
In Birmingham, four providers individually got in touch with me,
Sarah, the Midlands Regional Lead, to ask how they could connect with the Social Prescribing Link Workers
(SPLW) in their area.
Sarah had helped Shelagh (whose testimonial was in the last
newsletter) to connect with SPLW and asked her to host a meeting with the
other providers. The head of Social Prescribing in Birmingham Voluntary
Service and the Community Ambassador Carol also joined.
The
group collectively agreed to meet bi-monthly to offer each other support
in connecting with SPLW and understanding the developments of SP in their area.
It is great to see providers coming together to support one another and be
supported by the programme to come together and have a resource they can tap
into.
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