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GPs and other health professionals are being invited to access NHFT’s Baby Loss Awareness Conference remotely.

The special Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT)conference, dedicated to baby and pregnancy loss and how people have been supported through their experience, is taking place on Thursday 12 October from 9am to 3pm at Duston Community Centre, Pendle Rd, Northampton NN5 6DT.

GPs and health professionals, who are not able to attend in person, can access the conference remotely via this link. 

Baby Loss Awareness Week 2023 runs from Monday 9 October to Sunday 15 October. The conference, on Thursday 12 October, will include talks from people with lived experience who will be sharing their personal stories and how they have sought support for their mental health.

It is open to health professionals and the public and will be hosted by the Maternal Loss Psychology Service (MLPS) – formerly known as the Maternal Mental Health Service.

The event will share more about the service, and what interventions are available for people experiencing mental health difficulties associated with baby/pregnancy loss. This includes anyone who is currently pregnant following previous baby/pregnancy loss, or who has lost a baby or pregnancy in the last 12 months.

Dr Kirsty Harris, NHFT’s Specialist Perinatal Consultant Clinical Psychologist said: “We’re inviting all professionals who work with parents and families, who have experienced baby/pregnancy loss, and those who have been affected by, or interested in developing their understanding of this to come along to this event and find out what interventions are available for people experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties associated with baby loss.”

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We are delighted to share with you that the Northamptonshire Care Record (NCR) is now available for GP practices and healthcare professionals across Northamptonshire.

You can watch a recording of the NCR launch event for Primary Care here. The event took place on Thursday 19 October, 2023:

The recording includes a demostration of the NCR in action and you can hear about the fantastic benefits of using the system.  Furthermore, you will hear from colleagues who have already been using the NCR as part of our testing phase. Finally, we introduce you to the communications resources we have produced for you and your patients.

What is the NCR?

The NCR is a new way of joining up patient records held by health and care providers across the county so that professionals can instantly access patient information held by other providers. More information can be found here.

What do I need to do to get access?

Access to the system is via Single Sign On (SSO) from either your EMIS or TPP system.

• You will need to undertake a small piece of configuration work to enable your access to the NCR.

Firstly, please email us at northantsicb.northamptonshirecarerecord@nhs.net to obtain the username and password for the SSO account.

Then click here for your SSO EMIS guide and here for the SSO TPP guide for easy-to-follow instructions on how to set up.

Once you have configured the SSO link, you will then have access to NCR for each patient you view. The NCR user guide will show you how to navigate NCR and including some FAQs – we recommend looking through these.

If you require any assistance with setting up the SSO link, we are more than happy to help you. Please contact us via northantsicb.northamptonshirecarerecord@nhs.net and we will arrange a short Teams call with you.

The Northamptonshire Care Record is a huge breakthrough for health and social care providers in our county. This innovative system will modernise the way professionals share and access information to improve the quality of care for patients.  

For more information about the NCR visit connectingyourcare.net.

If you have any queries, contact the NCR team at northantsicb.northamptonshirecarerecord@nhs.net

 

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As part of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and Inclusive Leadership Programme, Integrated Care Northamptonshire (ICN) is running two ‘Listening into Action’ events to understand more about how our organisations and leaders can create a safe environment for staff to speak up against bullying, harassment, and discrimination.

These events on 21 and 24 November will be facilitated by key executive leaders from across our integrated care system and region including:

• Jessica Sokolov –Medical Director and Chief Clinical Information Officer, NHS England
• Steve Morrison –Director of Workforce and OD, NHS England
• Alice McGee – Chief People Officer, LLR and Northamptonshire ICBs
• Matt Metcalfe – Chief Medical Officer Northamptonshire ICB

ICN recognises the importance of supporting staff to feel free to speak and challenge anyone, irrespective of authority, and encouraging people to admit mistakes or seek support. Sadly, our people do not always feel safe to do so. We want to work with leaders to understand:

• the barriers to speaking up and/or challenges that prevent staff from speaking up
• the challenges that leaders face to take appropriate action when staff raise concerns
• whether leaders understand the role they play in creating a safe environment for staff to speak up
• what changes leaders can make to improve the confidence of staff speaking up
• whether we have enough information about the barriers that prevent speaking up – and if we do… what are we not doing, as leaders, to break those barriers down?
• what actions need to be taken now to ensure that we bring about the change we want to see

Your voice is important to us and we value your contribution, so please spare two hours to join us to explore this very important topic.

The events are taking place as follows:

• Tuesday 21 November, 10am to 12pm – in-person event (location TBC)
• Friday 24 November, 1pm to 3pm – virtual event (MS Teams)

Register your interest at https://forms.office.com/e/E1UgTNCQf2

These events are relevant to the following groups:

• Senior leaders
• Members of the people board
• Members of the inclusive culture and leadership workstreams
• EDI Leads
• Human resources / employment relations leads
• Freedom to Speak Up leads, champions and representatives (or equivalent for organisations without Freedom to Speak Up)
• Trade union representatives / Staff side colleagues
• Staff network leads

(This list is non-exhaustive and you are welcome to share with leaders that you feel could contribute or benefit from the events.)

If you would like to be involved but are unable to attend, please consider forwarding this invite to someone who could deputise or attend on your behalf.

If you have any questions, please contact llr.academy@nhs.net

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We are delighted to welcome Dr Hannah Barham-Brown for our October Leadership Matters Conversations session, entitled See Me First – Disability Does Not Mean Inability.

The free online session is taking place on Tuesday 17 October from 10.30am until 12pm and will be hosted on Microsoft Teams.

Dr Hannah Barham-Brown is a GP registrar in Yorkshire, Council Member of the British Medical Association, and Deputy Leader of the Women’s Equality Party with the portfolio for ‘Making Change Happen’.

Alongside her clinical and political work, she is heavily in demand as a speaker and Chair, focussed on employment, disability and LGBTQI issues, in venues from the House of Lords to international publishing companies. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and works to support disabled and LGBTQI people in politics, employment, travel, health, and education.

To register for this event please complete the online registration form and the Leadership Matters Conversations team will send the details of the teams meeting directly to your inbox.

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The September 2023 edition of ICN Today, Integrated Care Northamptonshire's e-newsletter for health and care colleagues, stakeholders and the wider community, is now available to read online.

In this edition, we launch a brand new video highlighting the great work that's happening to support young people's health and wellbeing at the Teen Clinic Daventry – and you can find out how a travelling sofa is helping to spark conversations about mental health around our county.

There's also news of an award shortlisting for our Engagement Insight Library, an update on developments at Northamptonshire's crisis houses, a look back on some inspiring colleague stories from South Asian Heritage Month, plus opportunities to join Active Bystander training and our next Leadership Matters Conversation with Sam Allen. And this month it's West Northamptonshire Council CEO Anna Earnshaw's turn to take on our Three in 60 Challenge.

Find all this and more in the September 2023 edition of ICN Today.

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