New guide! Harnessing culture and sport to deliver social prescribing and improve health outcomes local.gov.uk/publications/h…

A ladder of participation is a model showing how we move up a spectrum from doing change "to" and "for" people to change "with" and "by" people. Here is a collection of participation frameworks, brilliantly collected and curated via Twitter by noelito: noelito.medium.com/how-do-you-dev…

A brilliant (& challenging) guide & slide deck on how to measure/demonstrate the impact of system change from Systems Innovation. Measuring system change requires a paradigm shift in our thinking, moving away from linear thinking about measuring "parts" of a system to understanding

New! A short guide: "Developing a systems thinking lens for collective leadership". It shows how we need to work with diverse opinions what the problem is/what we should do about it. It also encourages us to think critically about what we're including/excluding in the boundary

Great article! Be great to see ICSs develop a system shift to prevention strategy. We know it works! I think the analysis is spot on - some ICSs acting as a commissioning/monitoring function rather than strategically shifting towards tackling inequality, prevention & social care.

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The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, backed by more than £2.4 billion investment, sets out a series of interventions to train, retain and reform the workforce, and put the NHS on a sustainable footing into the future. See details in our media factsheet 🔻 healthmedia.blog.gov.uk/2023/06/30/nhs…

Discover 12 examples of how population health management is used in primary care from across the World Health Organisation European Region in this paper co-authored by Dan Alton (NHS England PHM Clinical Advisor). ow.ly/nJeE50PrVEP  #PopulationHealth #PrimaryCare

RPS and NALW webinar: Improving health and wellbeing through #socialprescribing October 17 @ 7:00 pm - October 18 @ 8:00 pm The webinar is free for RPS Members and APTUK members.  Registration here nalw.org.uk/events/rps-and…

#PopulationHealth initiatives can't rely solely on clinicians’ goodwill at a time of a workforce crisis. We spoke to ten clinicians to hear about what helps and what hinders their efforts in implementing a population health approach. Read more: kingsfund.org.uk/publications/l…

We recently updated our #HealthInequalities web resource. It now includes valuable insights on tackling health inequalities in children and young people, as well as a comprehensive section mapping NICE guidance against NHS England's #Core20PLUS5⬇️ nice.org.uk/about/what-we-…

Five principles for developing improvement approaches across a system that create the conditions for effective and sustainable change: 1) Define scope and goals together. 2) Build relationships and trust. 3) See diverse expertise as an asset. 4) Develop shared system leadership.

Addressing inequalities in health between socioeconomic groups is one of the most important challenges for public health. Commissioned by Public Health Wales this report brings together synthesised evidence about the effects of interventions, programmes & policies on inequalities.

Ten key elements to create a social movement to spread change on a massive scale. Here the methodology is applied to "Grand Challenges" - collaborative responses to significant social problems that demand large-scale change. The approach can be used for other kinds of social

Our evidence team hosted a fantastic webinar today on the latest evidence for social prescribing. This year we have published 4 evidence publications and we are resharing them today. Here's one, 'Building the economic case for social prescribing': bit.ly/3ForwkY

Happy Hanukkah from the National Academy of Social Prescribing!

One of the most impactful new change models of 2023 comes from Bill Bannear of ThinkPlace. We create value & make breakthroughs in our systems through the strength, number & quality of relationships. In complex change, we cannot design the model or predict the outcomes in

Belonging at work really matters. Employees with a strong sense of belonging outperform others on almost every metric, from engagement & retention to performance & wellbeing. Good leadership supports belonging: People with an effective manager are 6X more likely to feel this

I'm engaging in outstanding discussions with leaders of change in health & care from across the globe at #Quality2024. A big theme is how relationships & relatedness are increasingly becoming the primary focus of change methodologies. Read this blog from North East and North Cumbria NHS on how a theory

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