Progress at Last at the Friends 2025 AGM
Our Chair, Sara Sabine announced that in Partnership with Buckinghamshire Community Wellbeing Hub and Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust we will open a Community Wellbeing Hub at the Hospital on 1st of December 2025 (now delayed until 1 Jan 2026)
Claire Tilson, Buckinghamshire Community Wellbeing Manager, explained how the Community Hubs in Aylesbury and High Wycombe, bringing Physical and Mental Health and Social Care professionals together with a range of Community Groups, to support health and wellbeing in the neighbourhood. Their success has recently been recognised by the “Health Creation Alliance” by the award of the ‘Health Creating Community Space of the Year’. We hope that with the support of Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust, the Friends and our many local community organisations we will see a similar impact on our health and wellbeing. For a copy of Claire's presentation see below.
Natalie Judson, who was recently appointed to coordinate the development of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams for people with Frailty with our local Primary Care Networks led by Dr Ran Hettiaratchi and Dr Tilly Siva explained this in more detail but the themes of both the Community Wellbeing Hub and Integrated Neighbourhood Teams is partnership and co-development of integrated health and care support for individuals and communities. We look forward to working with all the health and care staff and voluntary organisations in what Government and NHS policy may call our Neighbourhood Health and Wellbeing Centre. For a copy of Natalie'presentation see below.
A reflection on these developments and the impact u[ Social Prescribing as contributions to the development of a Neighbourhood Centre for health and Wellbeing is also shown below
Plans for our Future 2022
At our AGM on the 7th of November 2022 Sara, invited Jennifer Ricketts (Director of Community Transformation at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT)) to outline the current services and plans for the future agreed following the public engagement exercise by BHT and the Friends. These plans support the aims set out by the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment agreed by Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust and Buckinghamshire County Council. After discussing the aims and progress of BHT and the Buckinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership, she introduced plans for the future of the centre providing:
Start Well Services:
Supporting families and children with services including: Midwifery, Health Visiting, Child Health Clinics and Developmental Checks, School Nursing, and School Age Immunisation
Healthy Living support through: Outpatient Clinics: Audiology, Cardiology, Gynaecology and Sexual Health, Diabetes Support, Breast Screening, Phlebotomy) Physiotherapy, and Vaccination Centre (till Jan 23rd).
Age Well Services:
District Nursing, Rapid Response Intermediate Care and Urgent Care Services Podiatry, Ear Wax Removal
Further Services Planned to create a Centre for Health and Wellbeing
As an extension to these current services, from the 23rd of January 2023, once vaccination clinics are completed, Clinic Space will be made available for BHT and Wexham Park hospitals, Oxford Mental Health services and Bucks Social Care teams. These will be provided in bookable consultation spaces for confidential appointments, there will also be spaces for group interventions, Space will also be available for Community Support Groups for health and wellbeing. Teams working at the hospital will be able to book shared office spaces. Integrated multi-disciplinary working will be encouraged by a Communal Space for team members to relax and share ideas.
A Digital Health and Care Hub will be developed to help people use online health and care services to book services, attend online consultations and use mobile devices, which are increasingly available to monitor health conditions and emergencies.
A Start Well Hub will be introduced to support children and their families affected by physical or mental health and social care needs.
These integrated services will work with the Chalfonts Primary Care Network to provide whole person, community care in or near our homes, while supporting and enabling community groups and self-care.
Note that while services are described in 3 broad categories many are open to all patients.
