A photo of Rachel Ashworth, Cliff McMahon-Docherty and Khristle Absalud with Public Health colleague Ysabella Hawkings. They stand smiling in from of some of the A1 Healthy Inequalities posters
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NHC presents at the Centre for Health and Equity event

On 29th November Rachel Ashworth (Head of Health Equity and PCN Transformation) Cliff McMahon-Docherty (Personalisation lead and social prescriber) and Khristle Absalud (Docklands PCN Manager) attended and presented at the Centre for Health and Care Equity event at the Old Stratford Town Hall. This event was an opportunity for system partners across Newham to share their health inequalities work.   Up to 80…

A graphic that says 'Celebrating Black History Month: Ilma and Marjorie's story'. To the right of the graphic there are 3 photos - two show Marjorie as a young nurse and the third is a black and white photo of her and her husband
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Black History Month – Ilma and her mother Marjorie’s story

As we celebrate Black History Month, our Care Coordinator, Ilma, shares her and her mother’s inspiring stories of their experiences in healthcare. My mother (Marjorie Turner) left Barbados at the age of 19 in 1956 to come to England to train as a nurse, not knowing anyone here in England. It was on the journey…

Mock CQC article image - the image shows text that sats ' Mock CQC inspection and the actions we've taken'. There is a graphic of some people sitting waiting to see a doctor. There is also an inspector with a clipboard observing them.
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Mock CQC and the actions we’ve taken

NHC received CQC registration in October 2020 and, has been providing patient-facing services since then. We have yet to experience a formal CQC visit, but we conducted an internal mock CQC in August 2022 and another MOCK CQC assessment by an external expert in May 2023. The CQC inspector interviewed Senior Leadership Team (SLT), board…

A graphic which says ''Health and Wellbeing Coaching: A case study''. It also features an illustration of two women talking. One has dark hair and the other is a Muslim woman wearing a hijab.
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Health and Wellbeing Coaching: A case study

This week is #HealthCoaching Awareness Week so we’re taking a close look at the role of a Health and Wellbeing Coach. Health and Wellbeing coaches are one of the three personalised roles in GP practices along with social prescribers and care coordinators. But what do they do and how can they help patients? Newham based…

The Queen opening Newham General Hospital
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History of the NHS in Newham

History of the NHS Launched in 1948 as part of the transformative post war Labour Government, Aneurin Bevan, the then Health Secretary sought to bring together the hospitals, doctors (fundamentally the GPs), pharmacists opticians and dentists into one umbrella healthcare organisation. The original announcement, detailed below, invited patients to sign up to their chosen doctor….

Some of Newham's ARRS staff meet for a personalisation roles meeting.
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Personalised Care roles in Newham

Personalisation is a key driver to how we work with patients and three roles in particular are designed to work holistically to address what matters most to patients. NHC has a team of 18 social prescribing link workers, health and wellbeing coaches and care coordinators who together make up the organisation’s personalisation team, working in…