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Newham Health Collaborative has just become a Community Interest Company or CIC (pronounced kick!). Unless you are a governance enthusiast (I know our Medical Director, Dr Subir Sen is…) or just keen on company structures you probably would see this and think so what? And in some respects you’d be right – as not much…
Social Prescribing Day – How gardening helped Uchenna
Today, 9th March 2023, is Social Prescribing day. Earlier we posted an article written by social prescriber Chanel about her role, and now we’re sharing Uchenna’s story of how social prescribing helped her during a difficult period. Gardening together was a lifeline What do you do when your flat is being flooded from upstairs, your…
Meet the team – Maham, Receptionist and call handler
In the lead up to the Newham Primary Care Recruitment Day we’re speaking to different staff members to find out more about their roles, how they started working in primary care and what they enjoy most about their roles. Today, we speak to Maham, receptionist and call handler, who is also completing her biomedical sciences…
Black History Month – Ilma and her mother Marjorie’s story
As we celebrate Black History Month, our Care Coordinator, Ilma, shares her and her mother’s inspiring stories of their experiences in healthcare. My mother (Marjorie Turner) left Barbados at the age of 19 in 1956 to come to England to train as a nurse, not knowing anyone here in England. It was on the journey…
Cervical Screening Awareness Week
This week is Cervical Screening Awareness Week (19th-24th June) so we wanted to showcase the work that has, and will be done, across Newham to help more people to access cervical cancer screenings or ‘smear’ tests. Why are Cervical Screenings important? Cervical cancer is the most common form of cancer in women under 35 with…
Health and Wellbeing Coaching: A case study
This week is #HealthCoaching Awareness Week so we’re taking a close look at the role of a Health and Wellbeing Coach. Health and Wellbeing coaches are one of the three personalised roles in GP practices along with social prescribers and care coordinators. But what do they do and how can they help patients? Newham based…