Community Health Partnerships

Three CHP sites across London have received defibrillators. CHP have worked in partnership with LIFTco partners in the area, Infracare Facilities Management and Bellrock Group, to bring vital life-saving equipment closer to the communities that need them. The defibrillators are housed in specially designed enclosures that were installed on external walls at each Health Centre within agreed locations to allow easy access and visibility. As an organisation, CHP supports the roll out of defibrillators across our healthcare buildings which are in the heart of their local communities. Read more about the lifesaving equipment: https://buff.ly/4gY5sxT

It was fantastic to welcome NHS England Chair, Richard Meddings, and Primary Care Medical Director, Dr Claire Fuller, to Washwood Heath Health and Wellbeing Centre, Birmingham, last Tuesday. We are pleased to see how impressed they were with our building. We have been working closely with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Prime, Integral, Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust to deliver much needed facilities to an area of high health need. Washwood Heath Health and Wellbeing Centre has seen two major variations in recent years. The first saw a major refurbishment and remodelling commissioned by University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) via Birmingham & Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB), resulting in the establishment of a state-of-the-art Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC). Funded by NHS England’s CDC Programme, this £2.15 million investment significantly increased Birmingham’s diagnostic capacity, enabling an additional 2,000 patients to be tested per month. The second phase focused on providing a dedicated space for @Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB), a vital mental health support service for under-25s delivered by the Birmingham Women and Children’s Hospital Trust. Previously housed in an outdated facility nearby, FTB now benefits from a modern, fit-for-purpose space within the heart of the community. This £1.2 million investment, funded by CHP, showcases our commitment to providing accessible and high-quality healthcare and eliminates the need for travel to central Birmingham. To read more about the NHS England visit: https://buff.ly/4k5DBid For our case study, more information about the building and how CHP can help you: https://buff.ly/4bh1NtD

Last week the NHS Confederation published a report on capital efficiency which highlighted the urgent need for reform in the NHS capital regime across five key areas to enhance productivity and support economic growth. The report also recognised Community Health Partnerships (CHP) pivotal role within the system given CHP’s expertise in the LIFT (Local Improvement Finance Trust) estate. CHP CEO Wendy Farrington-Chadd FCPFA shares her reflections from the report, and emphasised that whilst the report makes practical recommendations and many agree NHS capital reform is much needed, it should not distract from what is possible and deliverable now with current assets. To read CHP’s response to the report here: https://buff.ly/4b8lsw7

It was fantastic to welcome Sarah Smith MP to Accrington Acorn Health Centre this morning. Alongside CHP CEO, Wendy Farrington-Chadd, Regional Director, Jeanette Leach, further colleagues from CHP, Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB), Eric Wright Partnerships and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. She visited the health centre which recently saw the minor injuries unit from Accrington Victoria Hospital moved into the building within the space of a week through successful partnership working and collaboration. More about the visit: https://buff.ly/4b78xu6 To read more about Accrington Acorn: https://buff.ly/4hZNDPQ #NHSEstate

A £480,000 reconfiguration project at Newington Health Care Centre in Hull has been completed, significantly expanding clinical capacity for the Haxby Group GP Practice. From Monday, February 17 2025, patients will benefit from three additional clinical rooms, resulting in improved access to primary care services. This expansion is a testament to the power of partnership working, bringing together Community Health Partnerships (CHP), Citycare Hull (LIFTCo), the Haxby Group, NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), and Sewell Construction. This is the second expansion of Primary Care services for the Haxby Group and includes three clinical rooms, an extra toilet, utility rooms and a storeroom were provided in January 2024. This project demonstrates our commitment to optimising space within our modern, core, adaptable NHS buildings, ensuring maximum utilisation and a better patient experience. The Haxby Group GP expansion project supports CHP’s commitment to the PACE (Productivity Acceleration in Community Estates) Programme, a national CHP initiative to prioritise the delivery of opportunities to increase productivity across the LIFT estate. Sewell Group Sewell Advisory Read more: https://buff.ly/4bkQsJr #NHSEstates #PrimaryCare

CFO Nafees Arif says CHP’s NHS LIFT estate is ideally placed to support the Governments mission for Neighbourhood Health provision across primary care and support the key three shifts. #hfma

We’re looking forward to the Estates and Capital conference 2025 today with HFMA CHP CFO Nafees Arif will also be speaking about how making effective use of existing NHS estate can support the shift of care from acute to community settings through Neighbourhood Health Centres. Do pop by and say hello if you’re attending!

Community Health Partnerships (CHP) manage a portfolio of healthcare facilities focussed on improving community-based health and social care services. The organisation are seeking experienced, values driven individuals to join their team of 5 Regional Directors reporting into their Strategic Business Development Director. Persuasive, diplomatic and skilled at building networks across a range of stakeholders, you will be strategically focussed, able to provide leadership and insight, and innovation, and evidence relationship development and stakeholder management in complex environments. Click here to learn more or to apply: https://lnkd.in/eA7BUrXQ #RegionalDirector #ExecutiveLeadership #HealthLeaders

Washwood Heath Health and Wellbeing Centre is a fantastic example of what can be done with collaborative partnership working to deliver services in our fit-for purpose buildings for the NHS.

Last week, a formal opening was held at the Enhanced Living Centre. The Hub, at the Bedford Health Village, is a partnership between Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, ASSEMBLE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP LIMITED, and The De Parys Medical Group (TDPG) alongside CHP. The Enhanced Services Centre, a building where CHP are Head Tenant, and Gilbert Hitchcock House currently provide services including GP services, retinal screening and phlebotomy for 40,000 patients. Working in collaboration, the new £7m NHS England capital funded variation sees two buildings refurbished to create a fit for purpose integrated Primary Care facility. The variation will allow TDPG to consolidate patient services from four of its six locations into the newly developed site. It will bring a wide range of services together in one location, closer to home for patients. To read more: https://lnkd.in/eE9c6DjE