Showcase event proves a success!

National leads from NHS England (NHSE) visited Hartlepool Hospital to meet with the Hartlepool and Stockton Clinical Commissioning Group and Partners on Tuesday 12^th March 2019.

As well as the Chair of NHSE Lord David Prior, other visitors included;

Ruth Holt Director of Nursing/Independent Care Sector Regional Lead

Sharon Haggerty, NHSE Deputy Director of Nursing

Ken Haggerty, NHSE Independent Care Sector Lead

Kathryn Dimmock, NHSE Independent Care Sector Lead Nursing & Quality Team

Jayne Robson, Better Care Manager, NHS England Cumbria and the North East

The event presented the CCG with a great opportunity to showcase the excellent collaboration and partnership working that’s exists across the Hartlepool and Stockton on Tees to improve the delivery of health and care services for older people living in long term care.

Representatives from Hartlepool and Stockton Clinical Commissioning Group, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust, Stockton on Tees Borough Council, Hartlepool Borough Council and Tees Esk and Wear Valley Mental Health Trust participated in providing NHSE with an overview of the benefits experienced from working collaboratively across a number of areas of work including;

• Community Matrons and the Trusted Assessor process
• Integrated Single Point of Access (iSPA)
• Integrated Discharge Team #Home Safer Sooner
• North Tees Training and Education Alliance Team and Digital interventions
• The Capacity Tracker – Live Care Home Bed State Portal
• Red Bag Scheme

David Prior and other NHSE delegates were able to hear first-hand the challenges faced across organisations to deliver services to meet the growing needs of the population and how through closer working with primary care, acute trusts, local authorities, public health and community groups they were able to achieve success.

Event Presenters on the day were;