Primary Care Latest Updates

Join ICB senior nursing team for informal #NursesDay event

Nurses team meeting

On Friday 12 May 2023 it is International Nurses Day.

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) will be hosting a virtual ‘Coffee, Cake & Conversation’ session for all nurses and midwives (currently on the register or retired) who would like to join Northamptonshire ICB Chief Nurse Yvonne Higgins and ICB Directors of Nursing Fiona Barnes and Mandy Staples to celebrate the profession. The open session on Microsoft Teams will be informal and there will be an opportunity to meet the senior nursing team at Northamptonshire ICB and acknowledge the ‘theme’ of this year’s celebrations – #NursesDay – the vital role that nursing makes.

All nursing colleagues are welcome to join Yvonne and the team on Friday 12 May between 10am and 11am. Please contact Anish Shah at anisha.shah1@nhs.net for the Teams invite.

Please can we ask that you forward on this invite to any nurses and midwives who may be interested in attending.

Read Join ICB senior nursing team for informal #NursesDay event…

High Performance at Headfest - Ticket Offers

Phone call centre

Royal and Derngate have reached out on behalf of High Performance, who are taking part in BBC’s Headfest next month. They would love to be able to offer some tickets to NHS staff to come and watch.

They are offering 2 tickets per booking (so two per member of staff).

The code for this offer is: NHSHF23

The show is on Sunday 7th May at 7:30pm at Royal and Derngate.

More information can be found here: https://www.royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/high-performance/

 

Read High Performance at Headfest - Ticket Offers…

Headliners announced for Virtual Wellbeing Festival 2023

A graphic showing the six headliners for the 2023 Integrated Care Northamptonshire Virtual Wellbeing Festival (3-7 July). The headliners are Gok Wan, Paul Merson, Harnaam Kaur, Vex King, Debra Searle and Ayo Sokale

We are excited to announce that SIX headline speakers will be topping the bill at this year’s Northamptonshire Virtual Wellbeing Festival – and you can save the dates to your calendars right now!

Taking place from Monday 3 to Friday 7 July, the Virtual Wellbeing Festival 2023 (VWBF23) will feature a different headliner each day plus a double bill on the Monday. Joining us for this year’s Festival will be:

  • Gok Wan – style guru, TV presenter, DJ and chef who strives to inspire people to love their curves, their heritage and anything that makes them unique.
  • Paul Merson – professional footballer turned TV pundit who speaks openly about his struggles with addiction and mental health issues.
  • Harnaam Kaur – TV personality and fearless body positivity activist who has embraced her body in all its glory to become an international icon for self-love.
  • Vex King – bestselling author and mind coach who overcame a difficult childhood to rise to fame on social media and become a major voice in the world of personal development.
  • Debra Searle – professional adventurer and serial entrepreneur who has successfully rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean and was recently ranked the top female motivational speaker in the world.
  • Ayo Sokale – BBC presenter and civil engineer who has a diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome and is an inspirational keynote speaker on neurodiversity, mental health challenges and how to overcome them.

Our VWBF23 headliners are just part of an exciting programme of entertaining, inspiring and informative events taking place throughout Festival week. All sessions are hosted online and completely free of charge – exclusively for health and social care colleagues in Northamptonshire.

To add any of our headliner sessions to your online calendar, just visit the VWBF23 website at www.wellbeingfestival.live and click on the Headliners page.

Further details of the remaining Festival line-up will be announced soon and you can be among the first to find out more if you register for updates now.

Read Headliners announced for Virtual Wellbeing Festival 2023…

April edition of ICN Today newsletter now published

Image of a large lake with trees surrounding it and the sun setting in the background

The April 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 month's packed edition, we bring you news of a new Chair for Kettering and Northampton general hospitals, how local stakeholders are being invited to shape the future of Northamptonshire's short breaks services, the appointment of a new Digital Director for our Integrated Care Board, and the launch of ICN's brand new Engagement Insight Library.

We're also very excited to reveal for the first time the SIX famous faces who will be headlining this year's ICN Virtual Wellbeing Festival from 3 to 7 July – all of which you can save to your calendars now. Plus, it's Northamptonshire Carers CEO Mark Major's turn to take on our Three in 60 Challenge.

Read the April 2023 edition of ICN Today.

Do you want future editions emailed directly to your inbox?  Become an ICN Today subscriber .

Read April edition of ICN Today newsletter now published…
Newer articles Older articles