Members and partners

Personalised care at the heart of transformation | Helen Hassell

12 / 9 / 2019 10.35am

Helen Hassell is a mum to Karl, a 23-year-old with complex physical and learning disability needs. A passionate advocate for personalised care, Helen is a member of My Life Choices and the NHS Assembly, where she draws on her experiences of Karl’s care to inform on transformation of our health and care services.

Lessons from Torbay: The journey to integrated care | Dawn Butler and Sarah Walter

10 / 9 / 2019 9.49am

Torbay has for many years been celebrated as a pioneer of integrated care and has a strong track record of investment in many of the priorities set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. But recent challenges have put the organisation under strain. Dawn Butler of Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and Sarah Walter of the NHS Confederation explore what we can learn from Torbay’s experience as an integrated care organisation operating within a challenged national context.

The importance of community engagement in primary care planning | Don Redding

05 / 9 / 2019 9.30am

As primary care networks assess their needs for development support, and their STPs and ICSs make plans to procure it, how many will feature ‘community engagement’ at the top of their list? Don Redding, director of influence and partnerships at National Voices, promotes the importance of including community engagement at the start of organisational planning.