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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
When Simon Stevens took on the role of chief executive of NHS Englandlast year, he announced that the NHS must “become a better partner with voluntary organisations and local communities” if it is to fulfil its commitment to provide comprehensive healthcare for a growing, ageing population against a background of building pressure on services and budgets.
The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme is one of the most ambitious cross-sector partnerships to have emerged since that strategy was published. A joint equal partnership between NHS England, Public Health England and the leading charity Diabetes UK, it is working to develop and roll out a national diabetes prevention programme . If it succeeds it will be a global first.
Olivia Butterworth, head of public participation at NHS England, says that although the voluntary sector has had a long history of involvement in the health service, the arrival of Stevens and the publication of the Five Year Forward View “has absolutely given some real impetus and permission for people to build those partnerships”.
http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2015/nov/24/how-charities-can-help-the-nhs
The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme is one of the most ambitious cross-sector partnerships to have emerged since that strategy was published. A joint equal partnership between NHS England, Public Health England and the leading charity Diabetes UK, it is working to develop and roll out a national diabetes prevention programme . If it succeeds it will be a global first.
Olivia Butterworth, head of public participation at NHS England, says that although the voluntary sector has had a long history of involvement in the health service, the arrival of Stevens and the publication of the Five Year Forward View “has absolutely given some real impetus and permission for people to build those partnerships”.
http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2015/nov/24/how-charities-can-help-the-nhs