Primary Care Strategy consultation
Croydon Primary Care Trust is consulting on plans to modernise primary care services in the borough and to provide a greater range of services in the community. Members of the public and key stakeholders are being asked to give their views. Copies of the consultation document and an invitation to submit a response have been sent to all Healthy Croydon Partnership members. You can download a copy of the consultation document in Word format from the Primary Care Trust website at www.croydon.nhs.uk. The consultation lasts until 25 May 2007.
Healthcare for London
NHS London has commissioned Professor Sir Ara Darzi one of London's most eminent clinicians and academics to lead a review of the capital's healthcare services. Over the next three months, Professor Darzi will be looking at healthcare systems around the world, at what works and what doesn’t, and at best practice in the United Kingdom. Healthcare For London: A Framework For Action will focus on patient pathways rather than buildings or institutions. It will develop a series of illustrative models of care and care pathways. It will draw on international examples of service delivery and evidence-based best practice.
The review will look at six key stages in a person’s life and the type of care and assistance they may receive at those times. They are:
- Birth
- Staying healthy
- Sudden severe illness
- Long term care
- Planned care
- End of life care
For more information about the review and how to comment visit the Healthcare for London website http://www.healthcareforlondon.nhs.uk
Beacon Awards
Croydon has been successful in the Beacon Awards scheme for the third year running. The scheme began in 2000 and is run by the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA). It aims to identify and disseminate excellence and innovation. Each year ten themes are selected, with intense competition to become a Beacon. Whilst the Beacon is awarded to the local authority the golden thread in all of Croydon’s successful bids has been the strength of its partnership working. This has been recognized by the IDeA in our six Beacon awards over the years. The credit for Croydon’s awards lies with all the organizations who have worked together to plan and deliver services for local people.
Increasing Voluntary Sector Delivery Beacon
The Healthy Croydon Partnership considered the key role of the voluntary sector at its meeting in November 2006. Croydon has based its work with the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) on developing and sustaining mature working relationships. This has ensured that as a matter of course the VCS is actively involved in, and influences, joint working in all aspects of delivery. This culture of strong partnership has paved the way for the development of appropriate structures to which all sectors are committed. There is a shared belief that the partnerships in Croydon are based on treating all sectors as equal partners. A change in the political administration of the authority has left these relationships unaffected. This has ensured that the VCS at a political level are prepared, and able, to act as a critical friend to ensure delivery of joint outcomes. This is underpinned by a commitment to a ‘Compact Way of Working’ which depends on a strong and established culture of good communication between all stakeholders. Commissioning arrangements have a strong focus on developing capacity within the VCS and the integration of Local Area Agreement blocks into the structures of the LSP have the voluntary sector as a key part.
Delivering Cleaner Air Beacon
Croydon has developed new and innovative solutions to the problem of air pollution, putting Croydon on the map both nationally and internationally. The council was the first to set up an airTEXT service, designed to support those sensitive to air pollution, providing air quality alerts and health advice on how to manage their symptoms. The London Borough of Croydon was the first council to implement regular idling vehicles enforcement patrols to help to improve the local air quality.
Previous Beacon Awards
2001
Local Health Strategies Beacon
Town Centre Regeneration Beacon
2005
Getting Closer to Communities Beacon
2006
Improving Housing Services by Involving Tenants Beacon
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