Acute Service Change: Engaging Patients and the Public Acute hospital service reviews are being undertaken throughout the country with the aim of delivering significant improvements to quality of care, patient safety and efficiency. This, along with more sustainable workforce and infrastructure, should be seen as positive by patients and service [...]
Charlotte Lawson on her 30 days at Attain Tell us a little bit about yourself? I have over 20 years NHS experience, working in a variety of performance management and commissioning roles across numerous organisations. Immediately prior to joining Attain, I was part of a CCG Locality Team [...]
A ‘Hub’ approach can improve quality, integrate care, and increase capacity Both the NHS Long Term Plan (2019) and the overdue government green paper on social care reflect integrated care as key to managing growing demand and improving patient access. Good models of integrated care will include prevention, self-care and [...]
Christopher Barron on his first 30 days at Attain Tell us a little bit about yourself? I'm a healthcare professional and my specialist areas are Urgent & Emergency care and complex programme and bid management, growing high performing teams. I have a broad range of experience in many [...]
Primary Care Networks: laying the path to success The readily awaited Primary Care Network Development Prospectus was released recently (August 2019) and clearly sets the tone, expectations and windows for achievement for networks in the coming years. The prospectus articulates the process and need for support based on two critical [...]
Integrated Urgent Care (111) services in Yorkshire and Humber project shortlisted in HSJ Awards 2019 Greater Huddersfield CCG and Attain Health Management Ltd are delighted to announce that their ‘Integrated Urgent Care (111) services in Yorkshire & Humber’ project has been shortlisted for the System Leadership Initiative of the [...]
Workforce in the NHS: addressing complex challenges Workforce is finally in the spotlight – but for all the wrong reasons. As the complexity of England’s health and care needs continues to increase so do the workforce challenges facing our health and care system. In a climate of growing [...]
Marianne Donnelly on her first 30 days at Attain Tell us a little bit about yourself I have been qualified as a registered nurse for 25 years. I am an Advanced Nurse Practitioner with significant experience in urgent and primary care. This experience ranges from long term [...]
Primary Care and the NHS in harmony With the release of the new GP contract at the beginning of the year there was immediate discussion about what it might really mean for GPs and the health and care systems they serve. Now the dust has settled, everyone has had a [...]
NHS Confederation 2019 - Our highlights We had a busy time in Manchester last month, at NHS Confederation 2019, with a perfectly positioned stand in a busy location and opposite NHS Confederation which was fantastic. The Attain team were armed with a variety of case studies that were aligned to [...]
