• Increasing referrals to IAPT Wellbeing Services

    Increasing referrals to IAPT Wellbeing Services - reducing inequalities and unwarranted clinical variation. Protect NoW identified and contacted patients who had been prescribed anti-depressants or anxiety medication by their GP, but had not acce...

  • Increasing uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening – reducing inequalities and unwarranted clinical variation.

    Protect NoW worked with practices to identify patients with no recorded cervical screening, or none in last 3-5 years, and most at risk through smoking and lifestyle characteristics were identified and contacted directly with an offer of support to ...

  • Diabetes Prevention

    Diabetes Prevention - reducing inequalities and unwarranted clinical variation and increasing referrals to lifestyle change support. 15,000 pre-diabetic patients have been identified through their recent GP blood glucose results. Protect NoW cont...

  • Increasing uptake of Flu Vaccination

    Increasing uptake of Flu Vaccination - targeted Virtual Support Team (VST) to patients that had not been vaccinated against flu in the preceding 12 months. In response to the anticipated rise in flu in 2021 and before the COVID-19 vaccination was...

  • COVID-19 Protect

    COVID-19 Protect was the first large-scale Population Health Management (PHM) initiative undertaken across Norfolk and Waveney. It was nominated for six national awards in 2021 and won the Health Service Journal’s Connecting Services and Information...

  • Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS) colleagues hopped onto a new Wellbeing on Wheels (WOW) bus.

    The bus gave colleagues the opportunity to go on board and meet the teams who deliver a range of health and wellbeing services such as vaccination, health advice and guidance as well as vital opportunities to signpost people to relevant local health...

  • Anchor Pilot in Norfolk & Waveney

    James Paget Hospital, in Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, has collaborated with the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board and East Coast College to develop a project with community organisation The Bread Kitchen, aimed at regenerating a garden space o...

  • Residents in Norfolk and Waveney advised to choose health and care services wisely as industrial action continues

    People in Norfolk and Waveney are being urged to use health and care services wisely over the coming days to help ensure that care is available to patients who need it most. Health and care services in Norfolk and Waveney are seeing high levels o...

  • New health and care record system to help improve care across Norfolk and Waveney

    The Norfolk and Waveney Shared Care Record (ShCR) officially launches soon as health and care organisations work together to improve care services for the people and communities across the area.  The new digital record viewing system is part...

  • Most vulnerable to be offered spring COVID-19 booster

    The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has confirmed its advice for a 2023 spring coronavirus (COVID-19) booster programme. In January 2023, the committee advised preparations should begin for potential booster programmes in s...

  • Hay fever – not to be sniffed at

    The NHS is urging people to start taking their preventative hay fever medicines now to help build up their resilience for when the pollen count rises this month and into the spring.   Hay fever affects one in four people in the UK and is an ...

  • Plans for investments in primary care facilities in King’s Lynn area

    As partner organisations within the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS), NHS Norfolk and Waveney and Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk have been working together to drive forward improvements in healthcare and general prac...