Ways to Wellness makes an impact, proudly featuring in several national articles, events and reports this month
On 3rd October it was great to see Prof Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard, Chair of the National Academy for Social Prescribing, talking about the massive impact of social prescribing in her recent blog. This included recognition of our Long Term Conditions service, helping people with conditions including diabetes.
Read Prof Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard’s blog here.
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Ways to Wellness Chief Executive Sandra Mitchell-Phillips attended the UCL Institute of Health Equity Network Conference in Birmingham on 8th November. The agenda featured an excellent array of speakers and a discussion panel. #HEN2024 was the venue for announcing the results of applications to the Health Equity Fund. Sandra was inspired to hear Sir Michael Marmot opening the the event, and as always, she was energised by the opportunity for networking. This was also a fantastic opportunity to also share how Ways to Wellness have been tacking health inequalities through our own unique brand of innovation and collaboration. Read more about our ambitious plans in our 2024-27 strategy.
On 8th November, Ways to Wellness Chair, Guy Pilkington, attended the launch of the Working Better Together in Neighborhoods report “combining community leadership and empowerment with the work of the statutory sector improves health across multiple dimensions." This new research with from NHS Confederation, in partnership with Local Trust and PPL, explores why England's health services must engage with communities. Find out more about our projects supporting individuals and communities to tackle health inequalities.
Ways to Wellness has worked with the local ICS and VCSE organisations to recruit and deploy invaluable maternal mental health support in four key neighbourhoods, connecting new and expectant mothers with local assets and support. Our prototype was used as a case study in the above mentioned NHS Confederation report 'The case for neighbourhood health and care: identifying the defining factors necessary to achieve effective, community-led health and wellbeing at the neighbourhood level. (In partnership with Local Trust and PPL.)
On 16th October Ways to Wellness featured in an interesting new report by Government Outcomes Lab, University of Oxford, on the evolution of social outcomes partnerships in the UK (including Ways to Wellness).
The report includes a section from Mila Lukic, of Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, on how personalised prevention can save money and reduce demand.
“For many complex, multi-faceted social issues, established approaches to prevention are not fit for purpose. More tailored, person-focused support is needed, and social outcomes partnerships offer a model for enabling a focus on personalised prevention across a wide range of social challenges from tackling homelessness to supporting individuals with chronic physical and mental health issues.”
Read the full Evolution of Social Outcomes Partnerships in the UK report here.
Ways to Wellness as featured as an outcomes fund case study in the above Evolution of Social Outcomes Partnerships in the UK report.