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International Women’s Day 2023 – Meet Arpana
Next in our #IWD2023 series, we spoke to Arpana Patel, a Newham GP and NHC Vice Chair to find out why she became a doctor, what she’d say to her younger self and what equity means to her. Why did you decide to become doctor? I love my job! And I can’t imagine doing anything…
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…
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…
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Mock CQC and the actions we’ve taken
NHC received CQC registration in October 2020 and, has been providing patient-facing services since then. We have yet to experience a formal CQC visit, but we conducted an internal mock CQC in August 2022 and another MOCK CQC assessment by an external expert in May 2023. The CQC inspector interviewed Senior Leadership Team (SLT), board…
A day in the life of a clinical pharmacist – Meet Deepika
Next up in our ‘Meet the team’ series is Deepika who works as a clinical pharmacist. Deepika has given us an insight into what a typical day looks like and provides some reflections about her role afterwards. If you’re a qualified pharmacist or you’re interested in a career in pharmacy come to our recruitment day…
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…