National leads from NHS England (NHSE) visited Hartlepool Hospital to meet with the Hartlepool and Stockton Clinical Commissioning Group and Partners on Tuesday 12th 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;
Name |
Title | Organisation |
Paula Swindale: | Head of Commissioning & Strategy | Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees CCG and NHS Darlington CCG |
Lynn Morgan | Senior Clinical Matron | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust |
Yvonne Cheung | Dementia Service Development Manager
Better Care Fund |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council |
Karen Hampshire | Clinical Educator | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust |
Eoin Carroll | Head of Service (Adult Social Care) | Hartlepool Borough Council |
Jill Foreman | Senior Clinical Professional for Community Integrated Assessment Team (CIAT) | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust |
Claire Evans | Social Worker | Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council |
Stacey Rutter | Clinical Care Coordinator for Acute Therapies | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust |
Lynn Sparrey | Senior Commissioning and Support Officer | North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) |
Bob Warnock | Senior Clinical Professional | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust |
Andrew Rowlands | Head of Planning and Assurance | Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees CCG and NHS Darlington CCG |