The Chinese delegation involved health professionals from the Pudong New Area Health Commission in Shanghai. This consisted of senior leaders in policy making including director and deputy directors with backgrounds in finance and maternity and child health.
Newham Deputy Head of Planned/Unplanned care, Ade Adeosun led the morning from 9.30am to 12pm. Newham staff gathered to present a segment each to the visitors to ask questions and interchange knowledge with a translator present.The morning began with introductions and refreshments before moving on to an introduction to our Newham Community Health Services with speaker Lucy Kwatia, Clinical Lead in District Nursing. The presentation covered the breadth of the services from their partners, to the approximately 460 staff working across four sites with 12,000 patients known across all services.
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Visitors were able to hear about the NHS 10 Year Plan before delving into neighbourhood working with both Co-chairs of the Working Together Group, Sandra Erskine and Dawn Hutcheon.
People Participation Lead, John Kauzeni, introduced the visiting group to our service that focuses on working collaboratively with our service users and carers.
Deputy Head of Clinical Services, Tim Hunter closed the presentation with a focus on digital tools.
Other staff present included Head of Allied Health Professionals, Alex Hadayah, Head of Nursing, Gavin Shields, Deputy Head of Centralised Services, Ram Padmanabhan, and Executive Assistant, Katie Humphrey.