Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System

Ramadan in 2023 will run from on or around Wednesday 22 March for 29 or 30 days, ending with Eid al-Fitr, a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide. During the holy month of Ramadan, the Qur'an requires Muslims to fast from sunrise to s...

The NHS in Norfolk and Waveney has long standing guidelines on the treatment of hypoglycaemia which were last reviewed in September 2021 and are in line with national recommendations. These guidelines have not changed. Recommendations from NICE and ...

Dear colleagues, We are writing again to personally thank you all for your dedication and hard work you have shown over the last few days to help keep patients safe and minimise disruption during the junior doctor’s industrial action across Norfo...

Protect NoW used vaccination data to make text message contact with 103,543 individuals (500,000+ SMSs) encouraging uptake / signposting to vaccination bookings and walk-in opportunities. Cohorts in scope included the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable...

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...

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 - 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 - 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 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...

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...

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...

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...