NHC Annual Delivery Update
NHC has been busy in 2023-24 delivering Services to Newham Patients and GP Practices as detailed in the delivery update.
Similar Posts
History of the NHS in Newham
History of the NHS Launched in 1948 as part of the transformative post war Labour Government, Aneurin Bevan, the then Health Secretary sought to bring together the hospitals, doctors (fundamentally the GPs), pharmacists opticians and dentists into one umbrella healthcare organisation. The original announcement, detailed below, invited patients to sign up to their chosen doctor….
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…
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…
International Women’s Day – Meet Saadet
Wednesday 9th March 2023 is International Women’s Day #IWD2023 with this year’s theme being #EmbraceEquity. We spoke to some colleagues to find out more about what they do, how being a woman adds something different to the way they deliver their role, and what equity means to them. Firstly, we spoke to Sadeet, a practice…
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…