Introducing NHFT Together: healthy communities
Happy new year and welcome to your brand new edition of NHFT Together, the Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) magazine for our service users, colleagues, stakeholders and the wider population of our county.
Before we get into the detail of what's inside this edition, we're very pleased to introduce you to Faisal Hussain - the new Interim Group Chair for our Trust and our colleagues at Leicestershire Partnership Trust (LPT).
The role of Chair is an important one - they are responsible for leading the Board, making sure the Trust is governed effectively, upholding our values and holding our leadership to account. Faisal is an experienced board-level leader and has been a Non-Executive Director at LPT for several years. He is also Chair of national charity the Spinal Injuries Association and was recently named as a 'Rising star' in the Health Service Journal's most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health. We're all delighted to have Faisal on board and know he has exciting plans ahead for our Trust!
Meanwhile, the focus of this edition of NHFT Together is Healthy communities. This is the second of the six strategic priorities in our Trust's THRIVE strategy, and is very closely linked with another of the three key shifts of the government's 10-Year Health Plan for England - moving NHS care from hospitals to the community.
So read on and you can find out more about the many different ways we support our service users in the community every day, including criminal justice teams working to reduce offending by addressing its causes, dental services reaching out to help vulnerable people, how we have delivered big improvements to waiting times for dementia diagnosis, and many more. We hope you enjoy this new edition of NHFT Together.
Angela Hillery, NHFT Chief Executive, and Faisal Hussain, NHFT Chair