Community Health Services Digital Community of Practice (North East and North Cumbria)

The group sets out to:

• Enable and empower those working on digital support of community health services
• Offer meaningful insights into upcoming opportunities, developments and interfaces with other workstreams such as Virtual Wards, tech-enabled care, deterioration apps, digitisation of social care and more
• Support implementation work in line with the NENC Community Health Services Digital strategy and ensure that the strategy and plans remain updated
• Share knowledge and best practice including showcases
• Share funding opportunities and coordinate possible combined purchasing opportunities
• Provide networking opportunities for those working on similar agendas across the ICS and linking in with the wider North East & Yorkshire regional work
• Link relevant work and developments taking place in the Ageing Well, Digital and Community work streams across the ICS

Area covered:

North East and North Cumbria

Target members:

Those involved in digital aspects of community health services.

How to get involved/find
out more:

Paul Danvers, Senior Project Manager, Digital Transformation & Optimisation Service, NECS

[email protected]

1. iCare Community Health Services Digital Community of Practice

2. NHS North East and North Cumbria Digital Care

North Cumbria Integrated Care Occupational Therapy Community of Practice

The Community of Practice provides a networking opportunity for the occupational therapy (OT) workforce across NCIC. They promote interactive discussions to share knowledge and experience while building relationships with OTs across NCIC. This will lead to developing projects and practice improvement across settings. The quarterly sessions are themed around the AHP Pillars of Practice – clinical, professional, research and education. Each session will be linked to one of themes.

Area covered:

North Cumbria

Target members:

Occupational Therapists

How to get involved/find
out more:

Joni Mitchell – Head of Occupational Therapy, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

[email protected]

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