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‘CiC’king IT
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NHC presents at the Centre for Health and Equity event
On 29th November Rachel Ashworth (Head of Health Equity and PCN Transformation) Cliff McMahon-Docherty (Personalisation lead and social prescriber) and Khristle Absalud (Docklands PCN Manager) attended and presented at the Centre for Health and Care Equity event at the Old Stratford Town Hall. This event was an opportunity for system partners across Newham to share their health inequalities work. Up to 80…