Together We’re Better Stakeholder Update
This week the Together We’re Better welcomes Prem Singh as the Independent Chair of the shadow Integrated Care System (ICS) for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. As Independent Chair, Prem will play a key role in…
View articleCovid-19 Mobile Testing Unit locations for November
Date MTU 1 MTU 2 Saturday 14th November Tamworth – Sir Robert Peel B78 3NG Sunday 15th November Tamworth – Sir Robert Peel B78 3NG Monday 16th November Lichfield WS13 6QG JCB – Cheadle ST10…
View articleJoin our Public Healthwatch Advisory Board meeting
Healthwatch Staffordshire will be holding their Public Advisory Board meeting on Tuesday 24th November 10.30am – 12.00pm. The CCG’s Medical Director, Dr Steve Fawcett, will be updating us about the future of NHS111 and what…
View articleTogether we’re better Stakeholder Update
On Saturday 31 October the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, addressed the nation and expressed his intentions of moving England into a second national lockdown. On Wednesday this week that intention was confirmed, as MPs voted…
View articleHelp us Help you ‘Abdominal Cancers’
Today, NHS England and NHS Improvement, together with Public Health England, are launching the ‘Abdominal Cancers’ phase of the ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign, to highlight that persistent tummy troubles could be signs of cancer….
View articleThe Dove Service, Covid-19 Grief and loss support,
The Coronavirus pandemic has meant more people are struggling with grief and loss, perhaps in isolation. You may not have been able to be with your loved one when they died or may not have…
View articleChildren and Young People’s Autism Service (South Staffordshire) update
Recruitment The team has been further bolstered over the past couple of weeks, with James Lafferty having joined us as an Assistant Psychologist – meaning we now have 4 full-time Assistant Psychologists in the service…
View articleTogether We’re Better Tier 2 Update
On Thursday, it was announced that from 00:01am tomorrow (Saturday 31 October) Staffordshire will be placed into the tier 2 ‘high’ alert category. Stoke-on-Trent has also been in this category for almost a week and…
View articleImprove hospital discharge now before winter to manage second peak of Covid-19, warn Red Cross and Healthwatch England
New report shows patients grateful to hard working doctors, nurses and care staff for continuing to deliver compassionate care in difficult circumstances. But investigation into new hospital discharge processes shows significant proportion (82%) of patients…
View articleTogether We’re Better Stakeholder Update
You will have no doubt already heard about the three-tiered COVID-19 alert levels, which were introduced last week and will be getting to grips with what they mean. On Thursday, Stoke-on-Trent City Council applied to…
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