Welcome to the Blogs section of our website. Here you can find regular updates from members of the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS). Keep checking back for new additions each month.
For the latest updates from the system, please visit our news and releases page.
Executive Medical Director Blog: March 2025 – Dr Frankie Swords
Welcome to my March blog – I hope you’re all well and enjoying the lighter evenings as spring heads our way. As many of you will be aware, a series of significant changes to the NHS were announced recently which came as a shock to lots of us. Suc…
Executive Medical Director Blog: February 2025 – Dr Frankie Swords
Welcome to my February blog, which takes a look at the new planning guidance, what we as clinicians can do to support prevention, changes and progress at the mental health trust, and the launch of our recruitment for the ICB’s clinical stewards. …
Executive Medical Director Blog: January 2025 – Dr Frankie Swords
As the weather remains cold but the evenings begin to lighten, I want to take a moment to reflect – the past few weeks, especially over the festive period, have been incredibly challenging, yet we are seeing improvements in performance thanks to you…
Executive Medical Director Blog: December 2024 – Dr Frankie Swords
The festive season is here – a time for togetherness, celebration, and for some of us, hopefully much-needed rest. With Christmas around the corner, I find myself reflecting on what an extraordinary year it’s been for our teams across Norfolk and Wa…
Executive Medical Director Blog: November 2024 – Dr Frankie Swords
Welcome to November’s blog. Last month, my attention centred around performance so this month, I want to change tack and take a closer look at the services we’re developing specifically for older people. A Growing Focus on Later Life Our missi…
Executive Medical Director Blog: October 2024 – Dr Frankie Swords
Welcome to October’s blog. This month, I wanted to dive into the data and share updates on our performance in three key areas: primary care, elective care, and urgent and emergency care. Primary care General practice has significantly increase…
Executive Medical Director Blog: September 2024 – Dr Frankie Swords
Welcome to my belated September blog. This month I focus on leadership and recent changes at the ICB and in the system, the ICB restructure, primary care collective action and clinical transformation. Leadership Updates We have some exciting c…
Executive Medical Director Blog: July 2024 – Dr Frankie Swords
Welcome to my July blog. You may have noticed but my regular updates have taken a little break over the last few months – that was because of the pre-election rules. So, it’s a bumper issue this time to capture all that I had wanted to cover in May …
Executive Director of Nursing Blog: April 2024 – Tricia D’Orsi
I wanted to start by saying how pleased I was to see so many nominations from our system for NHS England’s East of England Perinatal Celebratory Event which was held in March. There were over 100 nominations across the eastern region in categories r…