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Connect 4? Make that 7

Posted by: Jane Rintoul, Posted on: 18 December 2014 - Categories: Acute, Community care, Mental health, Primary care, Secondary care, Social care

A few months ago, two of our Connecting partners came along to one of our DG updates and spoke about their experiences of being part of the Connecting programme. One of the issues raised was that Connecting is usually arranged with one …

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Connecting to the vulnerable

Posted by: John Walsh, Posted on: 20 August 2014 - Categories: Community care

York Street Health Practice, part of Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust (LCH), is a nationally recognised model of health inclusion for marginalised and vulnerable people. We work with 1200 people in the Leeds area and seek to be a centre …

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‘An eye-opening experience’

Posted by: Liz Dyer, Posted on: 22 July 2014 - Categories: Community care, Mental health

...nurse supporting a service user facing eviction from his home. As well as supporting the service user to understand the situation, the nurse also liaised directly with the council on...

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Moving care closer to home: the realities beyond the policy

Posted by: Amy Galea, Posted on: 3 July 2014 - Categories: Community care

...away from connecting? My take home messages, which I will consider when thinking about the future delivery of health and care services, are: Moving care closer to home may be...

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A powerful reminder

Posted by: Tessa Ing, Posted on: 18 March 2014 - Categories: Community care, Third sector

When the Connecting programme was first set up, I admit to being a touch sceptical about what it   might offer beyond the normal way of doing business.  Like other colleagues in DH, I have always spent time visiting and making …

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Connecting reminds me why I joined the Department

Posted by: Siobhan Jones, Posted on: 11 February 2014 - Categories: A&E, Acute, Community care, Mental health, Secondary care

Connecting has been a fantastic opportunity to remind me why I joined the Department of Health, having recently come back after several years working in other parts of Government.  It’s also given me a very useful snapshot of the reality …

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A demystifying experience for all

Posted by: Derek Nicoll, Posted on: 22 January 2014 - Categories: Mental health

...also support at the point of transition back home to enable as early a discharge from hospital as possible. Staff from DH were able to go on home visits, as...

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Place2Be: A provider's perspective

Posted by: Ros Clarke, Posted on: 13 January 2014 - Categories: Community care, Third sector

It was great to be involved with DH’s Connecting programme, helping civil servants gain experience in a school-based early intervention mental health service like ours. We have always supported the recommendations of the Francis Inquiry to improve quality of care …

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A passion of staff at all levels to deliver quality

Posted by: Geoff Dessent, Posted on: 17 December 2013 - Categories: Community care

A passion of staff at all levels to deliver quality I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect on this particular connecting visit, having already done two connecting visits before in acute settings.  A group of us recently visited Central London …

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Super powers and super heroes in the fightback on dementia

Posted by: Tabitha Brufal, Posted on: 25 November 2013 - Categories: Uncategorized

...with an impressive degree of flexibility. For example, day care staff offered a personalised service and were able to get to people’s homes early in the morning when they wanted...

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