What is the Access Partnership?
The Access Partnership established in 2001 is an NHS based healthcare consultancy which is commissioned by PCT’s, NHS Trusts, Strategic Health Authorities and the Department of Health. We are hosted by Harrow PCT and work with organisations across the UK to help improve access to services and to reduce unnecessary waiting.
Delivering World Class Services Conference
Improving access and the quality of services remains at the heart of the strategic direction of the NHS, reflected in numerous policy documents and in structural changes taking place locally to help ensure that we have in place effective arrangements to both commission and provide first class services to meet users disparate needs.
The Access Partnership is running a conference designed to reflect this theme which will help delegates to get a greater insight and understanding of the national imperatives and how this is being translated locally. We will hear from speakers from the Department of Health, local NHS organisations as well as front line practitioners in how they have made (and continue to sustain) changes to their services. This year we will also be hearing from practitioners on how to engage with users, general practitioners and other key stakeholders in planning and marketing your services.
The conference is due to be held on the 20th November 2008 at the Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury.
You can download an information sheet on the conference and a booking form for securing your place on this event.
Top Tip
- Philosophical notions around universal care are not the same as quality delivery. We can only deliver what we have planned and worked out clearly.
- 42 weeks of the year only are usable, minus annual leave CPD time and sickness. Work out how many hours per week you have to use in each team and plan the work around that.
Zac Arif & Sue Parroy
News
Gwent SLT Services win 1st prize!
May 13th, 2008Gwent SLT Services have been awarded (by Health Minister Edwina Hart) 1st prize for the first ever NHS Wales Awards, celebrating excellence in the NHS for Redesigning SLT Services to Effectively Meet Need! There were over 250 entries from across Wales; 19 entries were short-listed and 10 have been successful under 6 distinct categories.
Gwent SLT services worked with the Access Partnership to bring about these changes during 2007.
The Access Partnership and its Associates, would like to send our congratulations to Dr Alison Stroud and her team – Well Done!
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