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…
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…
This week is Cervical Screening Awareness Week (19th-24th June) so we wanted to showcase the work that has, and will be done, across Newham to help more people to access cervical cancer screenings or ‘smear’ tests. Why are Cervical Screenings important? Cervical cancer is the most common form of cancer in women under 35 with…
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…
NHC Primary Care Recruitment Day We are delighted to announce that we are hosting another 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…