Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System

The Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS) is a term for a number of organisations who are working together to meet the needs of the local population within Norfolk and Waveney. These organisations include NHS Trusts, GP Practices, Volunta...

Purpose: The ICB’s Population Health Management (PHM) team is supporting Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s Community Voices project to increase uptake of the NHS Lung Cancer Screening (LCS) programme among marginalised and disengaged communities in G...

NHS help, care and support will remain available across Norfolk and Waveney during the period of industrial action by resident doctors from 7.00 a.m. on Wednesday December 17 to 7.00 a.m. on Monday December 22. This latest round of disruption com...

Hello and welcome to my December blog. As we approach the end of the year, I want to begin by acknowledging the significant organisational change we are navigating across both NHS Norfolk and Waveney and NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICBs. The...

People in Norfolk and Waveney are being encouraged to order their repeat prescription medications now and think ‘Pharmacy First’ this festive period if they need health help or advice. Pharmacists can offer advice on a range of illnesses, such as...

The NHS is facing a challenging winter ahead according to an East of England health leader, with flu cases on the rise and planned strikes by resident doctors coming at a time of year when demand on NHS services is already typically high. Latest ...

Purpose: To help people in Norfolk and Waveney understand Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) and take steps to manage it. FH is an inherited condition that causes very high cholesterol levels. Around 4,400 people in our area may have...

NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board’s (ICB) medical director says winter pressures have already arrived and that seasonal illnesses like flu, COVID-19 and norovirus are rising, meaning NHS services are likely to be very busy in the coming ...

Welcome to my November blog in which this month, I’d like to focus on research and innovation. With so much pressure on our NHS and social care, it is absolutely essential that we keep innovating and evolving. And when we try new things, we must pla...

To mark World AIDS Day, NHS and local authority public health teams across Norfolk, Suffolk and north east Essex are urging people to talk openly about HIV, get tested early, and help challenge remaining stigma. This year’s global theme — “Overco...

The NHS is making it as easier than ever for people to come forward and get their flu vaccine in the run up to the festive period. With cases rising earlier than expected and winter just around the corner when flu spreads the most, if you are eli...

With the Met Office predicting some very cold weather this coming week the medical director for the NHS in Norfolk and Waveney is urging people to check in with older and vulnerable relatives, friends and neighbours to make sure their heating is wor...

People in Great Yarmouth and Gorleston are being invited to find out more about a potentially lifesaving lung check at an event over the coming days. The event taking place at Asda in Great Yarmouth during Lung Cancer Awareness Month is hosted by...