Tender Results of North West London Integrated Care Board

Childhood Immunisations-Childhood Immunisations / Building on learning from the existing Camden childhood vaccinations health inequalities project, the programme intends to address low uptakes of childhood immunisations via 3 work-streams:
Offering training to and education to parent champions and community leaders: Providing community leaders and parent champions with access to education on immunisation and hesitancy. Challenges include language, culture, and confidence; the programme will seek to build a...

Leaving Care Counselling & Psychotherapy Service (Suicide Prevention)-Leaving Care Psychotherapy Service (Suicide Prevention) / • Proposal to continue the Islington Psychotherapy Support for Care Leavers including Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People post.
• Established in Islington in 2021 as a pilot led by local VCS partner, The Brandon Centre, the post provides additional support to care leavers aged 18-25 years old both directly or indirectly, through consultation and training.
• The aim of this post holder is to support 12-15 young...

Cancer Screening-Cancer Screening / This proposal plans to build on the outcomes of the current health inequality Community Research & Support Programme. Led by Healthwatch Islington, the programme is working with Diverse Communities Health Voice partners to gather views from minority ethnic communities and provide information regarding bowel and cervical cancer screening. The project provides an opportunity to listen to residents about barriers and access to screening services as well as provide health i...

Annual Health Check (AHC) Quality Improvement Project-Medical analysis services.
Strategic Health Facilitator for Learning Disabilities supporting Primary Care to deliver man

Islington Homelessness Health Inclusion Programme – Physical Health Needs-Islington Homelessness Health Inclusion Programme – Physical Health Needs / This pilot will seek to identify and treat the physical health needs of people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in Islington using a combination of engagement, diagnostic tools, health navigation, outreach nursing, and the provision of flexible GP appointments in at least one surgery in the four most deprived wards.

omplete Care Communities – Facilitating Mental Health Empowerment in Camden’s Bengali and Somali Communities-Empower mental health resilience in Camden’s Somali and Bengali residents, by their community for their community through community advocates. Using and enhancing the community’s assets by engaging them in designing a self-sustaining model to reduce stigma, engender resilience, increase access to mental health support and promote physical health.
This is through delivery of: educational sessions around Mental Health and Mental Health First Aid, Health and Wellbeing Awareness Days, w...

Patient-centred approach to improving lifestyle behaviours-Medical Practice and related services

Provides a joined up holistic approach to lifestyle changes working in deprived communities to promote physical activity through a course of Personal Trainer-facilitated exercise classes and a healthy diet through a course of nutritional therapy sessions. Advanced health check and intervention, in addition to signposting to other free resources out of the Living Centre and Council supported initiatives.

Islington Homelessness Health Inclusion Programme – Physical Health Needs-This pilot will seek to identify and treat the physical health needs of people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in Islington using a combination of engagement, diagnostic tools, health navigation, outreach nursing, and the provision of flexible GP appointments in at least one surgery in the four most deprived wards.

Kilburn Ward outreach-Medical Practice and related services
Pan-Camden outreach bus, focussed on the most deprived wards, with the aim to reduce the barrier of access to healthcare for people in these areas by partnering with Camden council. The Outreach bus collects info on: smoking status, BMI, blood pressure, Know Your Risk score. Clinicians onboard have conversations around diabetes/pre-diabetes risk, whether they are registered with a GP (and encouragement to do so), as well as providing onward foll...

Progression to adulthood-Progression to adulthood / •Ongoing delivery of the progression to adulthood post in the Brandon Centre – 1 WTE psychologist/ psychotherapist offering psychotherapy to young people aged 18-25 with an Islington GP and/ or address.
•Will treat 6 young people with moderate mental health difficulties - currently the post is 0.5 funded via LBI and 0.5 funded via Camden & Islington (C&I) •The post provides a link into the LBI progression to adulthood team working with young peopl...