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Long-term plans to improve NHS dental services in Norfolk and Waveney
NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) has published its Long-Term Dental Plan for NHS services using feedback from over 2000 local people. The plan lays out the key areas of focus and priority commissioning activities for the ICB ov...
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Major boost for mental health services in Norfolk and Waveney with announcement of new NHS Talking Therapies service
People in Norfolk and Waveney experiencing anxiety and depression are to benefit from an enhanced new NHS Talking Therapies service providing tailored care and support as close to their home or place of work as possible. The new service, which ha...
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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...
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Have your say on how Benjamin Court could be used in future
Local people are being asked for their views on how Benjamin Court in Cromer could be used in future. NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) is working with Healthwatch Norfolk to gather and listen to views from local people during a...
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Have your say on how Benjamin Court could be used in future
Local people are being asked for their views on how Benjamin Court in Cromer could be used in future. NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) is working with Healthwatch Norfolk to gather and listen to views from local people during a...
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Decision made to approve Holt Medical Practice’s application to close its branch surgery at Blakeney
NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board’s Primary Care Commissioning Committee has today approved an application from Holt Medical Practice to close its branch surgery at Blakeney. The committee reviewed the application and information prov...
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Executive Medical Director Blog: April 2024 – Dr Frankie Swords
As we start the financial year, we have spent a lot of time and energy focusing on our short-term financial challenges. This is clearly important, as our budget is limited and we need to do the best and most we possibly can for our population with w...
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Support for People Living with Dementia
Purpose: To contact patients of participating GP Practices who are coded as living with dementia. Objective: To complete an initial triage call with the patient/and or their identified carer or person with Power of Attorney. This aims to establis...
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Executive Director of Nursing Blog: March 2024 – Tricia D’Orsi
As many of you will be aware, our system moved to a new ambulance offload process in November 2023 in response to significant handover delays and risk to patients waiting in the community for emergency care if an ambulance was unable to reach them i...
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Have you been diagnosed with a Serious Mental Illness (SMI)? – Share your story
Healthwatch Norfolk is working with the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) to discover more about the support people received from community mental health services. We would like to hear from adults living with a Serious Mental Illness w...
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Executive Medical Director Blog: March 2024 – Dr Frankie Swords
Spring is finally here – the sun is shining and the daffodils are up and in bloom. This month, we received formal notification that Norfolk and Waveney has been removed from “special measures” (national oversight framework 4) which is a huge caus...
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Success at Healthcare Science Week Event
Students from over 30 schools and colleges across Norfolk and Waveney joined a recent Healthcare Science Week event to explore career opportunities in healthcare science. From physiological sciences like audiology, to physical sciences such biome...