NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight News | January 2024
NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight
The statutory organisation responsible for setting the strategic plan for the NHS in Hampshire and Isle of Wight.
Welcome to the January edition of our LinkedIn newsletter.
We continue where we left off in 2023, with the consultation on proposals to invest up to ￡900 million to transform hospitals in north and mid Hampshire?now in full swing. You can find out more about what’s been happening and have your say from the links in the story below.
With the cold weather setting in, we've featured stories on helping parents keep winter bugs at bay and the importance of mental health awareness.
We also have stories on the launch of the Pharmacy First scheme and our first Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) podcast featuring the CEO of No Limits, Natalie Webb.
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Joining the nation’s biggest mental health conversation
Happening every year, Time to Talk Day is a chance for friends, families, communities, and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives.
NHS Hampshire and the Isle of Wight used the opportunity to urge people to remove the stigma around mental health and take this opportunity to start a conversation and talk. It could be opening up to a friend, relative or colleague, or by contacting one of the services available to people across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Sonya Mclean explains in our short video below.
A new hospital for Hampshire - consultation on proposals in full swing
Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust's CEO, Alex Whitfield, and Interim Chief Medical Officer, Dr Nick Ward, were on BBC Radio Solent this January for a live phone in. They took questions from the public on the proposed plans for up to ￡900m to be invested in Hampshire's hospitals. You can listen to the programme in full on BBC Sounds using the link below.
You can also find out more about the proposals in an open letter, published last month, from Hampshire doctors. The letter outlines the key aims and driving factors for the investment, the benefits to local people and the ways that they can get involved and make their voices heard.
Get involved and have your say
We’d like to hear what people think of these proposals and are running a public consultation.?To find out more, attend an event, or complete our questionnaire,?visit?www.hampshiretogether.nhs.uk.?The consultation is open until midnight on 17 March 2024.
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Help keep winter bugs at bay with Healthier Together
With the cold weather really setting in this January, partners in the NHS and across the system have been continuing work to promote how people can keep warm and well. Clare Joy, a school nurse working on the Isle of Wight, gives a few top tips for parents on how to keep winter bugs at bay and using the Healthier Together app for advice when little ones are poorly.?
We also hosted BBC South with the team at PHL at Lymington Urgent Treatment Centre. They spoke to patients about their experience and showcased the amazing work of staff there. The piece also carries the important message about when to use an Urgent Treatment Centre, rather than the Emergency Department, for urgent but non-life-threatening issues. You can watch the short news feature below.?
PODCAST: No Limits CEO talks Integrated Care Partnership and the voluntary sector
In this new short podcast, CEO of No Limits Natalie Webb, reflects on her experience working as part of the Integrated Care Partnership in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Listen from the video below. ?
No Limits is an award-winning, local, independent charity providing a combination of prevention, early intervention and crisis support to young people, based on a nationally evidenced model.
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Partnership brings together a broad range of partners from across different sectors and is responsible for setting the strategy for health and care in Hampshire and Isle of Wight to meet local healthcare, social care and public health needs.
Treatment straight from your local pharmacy
You can now go to a local pharmacy for advice and treatment for seven common conditions and your pharmacist may provide some prescription medicine.
Patients can do this without a GP appointment for conditions including earache, sore throat, sinusitis or even an uncomplicated UTI (urinary tract infection). Priya Littler, pharmacist at Laly’s in Portsmouth, explains how this will work and how they can help patients with a range of minor illnesses in our short video below.
Thank you for sharing all the important updates and resources! It reminds me of the saying by Helen Keller, "Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much." ?? It's impressive to see a collective effort in improving healthcare services. For those passionate about collective action and making a significant impact, we're excited about an upcoming sponsorship opportunity for the Guinness World Record of Tree Planting. Imagine the difference we can make together! Learn more here: https://bit.ly/TreeGuinnessWorldRecord ???
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