Next up in our ‘Meet the team’ series is Deepika who works as a clinical pharmacist. Deepika has given us an insight into what a typical day looks like and provides some reflections about her role afterwards. If you’re a qualified pharmacist or you’re interested in a career in pharmacy come to our recruitment day…
In the lead up to the Newham Primary Care Recruitment Day we’re speaking to different staff members to find out more about their roles, how they started working in primary care and what they enjoy most about their roles. Today, we speak to Maham, receptionist and call handler, who is also completing her biomedical sciences…
We are delighted to announce that we are hosting another Newham Primary Care Recruitment Day following the success of our event last year. As part of our support to GP Practices, we help recruit a wide variety of roles within primary care with some roles hosted by us, and others hosted by practices, primary care…
Over 500,000 Muslims call north east London home and the NHS is here to help you enjoy a healthy and safe Ramadan. Here, Dr. Muhammad Naqvi, a GP in Newham, gives tips and advice. For more, please visit the NHS North East London website.
Today, 9th March 2023, is Social Prescribing day. Earlier we posted an article written by social prescriber Chanel about her role, and now we’re sharing Uchenna’s story of how social prescribing helped her during a difficult period. Gardening together was a lifeline What do you do when your flat is being flooded from upstairs, your…
9th March 2023 marks Social Prescribing day! Social prescribers play a key role in primary care, supporting patients to become less socially isolated, and improve their wellbeing and health by accessing activities and services in their local community. Hear from Chanel as she explains what her role involves and why she gets so much satisfaction…
Next in our #IWD2023 series, we spoke to Arpana Patel, a Newham GP and NHC Vice Chair to find out why she became a doctor, what she’d say to her younger self and what equity means to her. Why did you decide to become doctor? I love my job! And I can’t imagine doing anything…
Wednesday 9th March 2023 is International Women’s Day #IWD2023 with this year’s theme being #EmbraceEquity. We spoke to some colleagues to find out more about what they do, how being a woman adds something different to the way they deliver their role, and what equity means to them. Firstly, we spoke to Sadeet, a practice…
Newham Health Collaborative has just become a Community Interest Company or CIC (pronounced kick!). Unless you are a governance enthusiast (I know our Medical Director, Dr Subir Sen is…) or just keen on company structures you probably would see this and think so what? And in some respects you’d be right – as not much…
Summary: NHC were delighted to be the recipients of not one, but two awards at the North East London NHS Primary Care Workforce Awards on Thursday 1st December 2022. The Awards ceremony, organized by North East London training hubs, celebrated the achievements of primary care organizations and individual colleagues. Our NHC Chair, Dr Nadeem Faruq,…