Solving Together

New conversations are live today! We're asking how can we best improve access to and experience of eye care services across the NHS? Join the Eye Care conversations on Solving Together and share your ideas and experiences - https://lnkd.in/erTn_xze Let's get #SolvingTogether Louisa Wickham James Palmer Thekshayeni Thanabalasingham Louisa Whait Paul James Manraj Phull sarah canning Carol O'Brien Elizabeth Wilkinson Jordan Marshall Paramdeep Bilkhu Rachel Thomas Vittoria Polito Peter Cavanagh Lynne D'Evelin Gemma Searle Bev Matthews The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) College of Optometrists British and Irish Orthoptic Society Association of British Dispensing Opticians Association of Optometrists General Optical Council LOCSU - Local Optical Committee Support Unit RNIB SeeAbility Sight Concern Bedfordshire Thomas Pocklington Trust Visionary_UK The Macular Disease Society Glaucoma UK Fight for Sight Vision Care for Homeless People BAME Vision Smerra Khan Leigh Kendall FRSA

Thank you Donna O'Brien at SeeAbility for sharing this idea about making eye care available for all. "Sight problems are the most common comorbidity that people with learning disabilities experience. There is a 'double whammy' in that levels of sight loss rise even further with severity of learning disability... some of these patients may not be able to say there is an issue, meaning there is a risk of "diagnostic overshadowing." " How can we help people with learning disabilities get the support to access sight care services that they need? Please share your ideas and experiences in the comments box below or get involved in the conversations here: https://lnkd.in/erTn_xze #SolvingTogether Lisa Donaldson Kath Evans Rachel Pilling Thekshayeni Thanabalasingham Jordan Marshall Vittoria Polito Peter Cavanagh Lynne D'Evelin Gemma Searle Smerra Khan Leigh Kendall FRSA Bev Matthews

What will help to make sure eye care services are set up to support, encourage and test children and young people appropriately? Join in the conversation by adding your ideas, experiences and perspectives below or at https://lnkd.in/erTn_xze Please share with your networks - let's get #SolvingTogether Annegret Dahlmann-Noor Rachel Pilling Kath Evans Kathryn Saunders Donna O'Brien Lisa Donaldson SeeAbility Louisa Whait Louisa Wickham Thekshayeni Thanabalasingham Paul James sarah canning Rachel Thomas Vittoria Polito Peter Cavanagh Lynne D'Evelin Bev Matthews Smerra Khan Gemma Searle Leigh Kendall FRSA Oliver Benson Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) Ronny Cheung

We can create more capacity and reduce pressure for hospital teams by delivering more eye care services in the community. Which services should we do this with and how do we do this without it affecting the quality of care that patients receive? Share your ideas, experiences and perspectives below or at https://lnkd.in/erTn_xze #SolvingTogether Dr Ketan Parmar Annette Ball Claire Roberts Michael Anderson Jeremy Wallman Dr Charlotte Keeble Jane Campbell Boxall Gray Natalie Fox-Bussell Luke A W Carine Carly Lawler Guy Mole Kerry Tinkler Richard Parasram Ella Preston Catherine Burns Mary Masih Roxanne CROSBY-NWAOBI Hilary Fanning MBE Jay Varia Peter Cavanagh Vittoria Polito Gemma Searle Lynne D'Evelin Bev Matthews Smerra Khan Leigh Kendall FRSA

Eye care services should be readily accessible for everyone. What ideas do you have for making eye care available for all? Add a comment below or join in at https://lnkd.in/erTn_xze #SolvingTogether Sarah Cant PhD Olivier Denève Gillian Rudduck Michael Bowen Sue Martin Julie Dennis Helen Doyle Robert Cooper Bhavini Makwana David Aldwinckle Fiona Sandford Ed Holloway Elaine Styles Vittoria Polito Peter Cavanagh Gemma Searle Lynne D'Evelin Bev Matthews Smerra Khan Leigh Kendall FRSA

Solving Together supports the NHS to tackle some of our biggest challenges by bringing together people with different perspectives to share experiences, solutions, and ideas through a range of crowdsourcing approaches: co-production, community building, online collaboration, and social influence. Join our space on FutureNHS to find out about how to get involved in new conversations starting soon! https://lnkd.in/eT4MQ4Bd #SolvingTogether

A big thank you to Alex Gibson, Data & Licensing Analyst at NHS.netConnect, who's sharing his story for #TimeToTalkDay ⬇️ "When I was 11 years old, I was in a car accident that left me teaching myself how to walk again. It was a devastating blow – I had to give up playing rugby, which I loved, and my confidence was completely knocked. For a long time, I didn’t think I was a physically capable person. I realised recently how big of an impact my accident had on the rest of my life, and I reached out for help with our employee assistance programme. I was able to speak with a counsellor and those conversations helped to trigger a seismic shift in my life." Read more: https://lnkd.in/ekDR6Whw #TimeToTalk

Preparations are underway for new Solving Together conversations starting soon! Join our space at FutureNHS to get notifications about the upcoming conversations and how to get involved: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ecbSdnZZ Solving Together is a partnership that enables lots of people with different ideas and views to put forward ideas for positive change. If you haven't taken part in a Solving Together conversation before, in our FutureNHS space you can also find out more about the Solving Together crowdsourcing approaches, and about previous partnerships where Solving Together conversations have contributed solutions to some of the most urgent challenges facing health and care. #SolvingTogether

Today, NHS England has published its national planning guidance for 2025/26.      This sets out the priorities for the NHS to transform services, cut waiting times and improve care for our patients across England, including:    ✅ Faster elective care, aiming to ensure 65% of patients receive treatment within 18 weeks.    ✅ Improved emergency care, with faster ambulance response times and shorter A&E waits.    ✅ Better access to GPs and dentists, including 700,000 additional urgent dental appointments.    ✅ Enhanced mental health services, with shorter stays in adult acute beds and services for 345,000 more children and young people.    Learn more about how we’re improving healthcare for everyone. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ejE6GCvA

Did you know you can access your NHS account online at your local library? Over 1400 libraries in England are offering people support to access online health services 👉 https://lnkd.in/enD4RSwJ #HIW2025 #HealthLiteracy