Community pain rehabilitation service (Greenwich CCG) for patients whose conditions have not responded to mainstream treatment. The service was created to develop and demonstrate the relevance of anthroposophic health care for the NHS when tackling conditions generally regarded as difficult…
Healthy Living Club @ Lingham Court
CoM Tags: Healthy living, lingham court, college of medicine, innovators network A self-managing Club of people with dementia, carers, other older adults with acute needs & volunteers meeting weekly in Stockwell, Lambeth. The Club’s main aim is to foster a…
Community Chronic Pain
CoM Tags: chronic pain, Alexander Technique, community, integrated health, Community Chronic Pain is a community based service in Kent helping people who suffer from persistent and severe pains to develop ways to self manage their pain.Their team of specialists in…
Timebanking UK
Timebanking UK is the national umbrella charity supporting time banks by providing inspiration, guidance and practical help. Time banks link people locally to share their time and skills to improve their health and wellbeing. Each member’s time is equal. With…
Living Medicine
Living Medicine is an educational charity which reskills people in how to use food and plants as medicine. It aims to develop self care learning and medicinal gardens as new resources for mainstream healthcare. The charity won a Gardening Against…
Nurture Development
CoM Tags: Asset Based Community Development, College of Medicine, innovations, Using the principles and practices of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) we support communities to identify, connect and mobilise their personal, associational, physical, economic and institutional assets. We also…
HELP
CoM Tags: community, Brian Fisher, medicine, healthcare, HELP bring residents and services together to create stronger communities, improved services and better health and wellbeing. It supports communities, community groups, practitioners, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Health and Wellbeing Boards and other public…
Centre for Self Management Support
The Centre for Self Management Support comprises a unique highly skilled expert team of clinicians, managers, researchers and patients.
Get Into Health and Social Care
CoM Tags: community health, connecting communities, College of Medicine, This pre-employment programme tackles the wider determinants of ill health (a key domain in the Public Health Outcomes Strategy). Health intelligence suggests youth unemployment is a challenge. During recessions there…
Prevention Plan Population Health Management
CoM Tags: ehealth, college of medicine The Prevention Plan™ is a ground breaking programme that enables individuals to determine their top health risks and receive a customised plan to lower those risks and become healthier. Health care costs are rising…
The TalkLab
CoM Tags: reading for health, get into reading, college of medicine, Adolescents and front line professionals have co-designed a web based ‘app’ to coach professionals in how best to meet the communication and health needs of young people. Everyone is…
Patient health record access through a Partnership of Trust
CoM Tags: health record, patient access, Haughton Thornley Medical Centres, Haughton Thornley Medical Centres have created a structure for as many patients as possible to access their health records via the internet. They are also encouraged to use transactional…
Altogether Better
CoM Tags: health champions, community care, self help, innovations network, College of Medicine, prizewinners, 2013 award Altogether Better has developed an evidence based approach to engaging, training and supporting individuals in communities to become volunteer Community Health Champions. Our…
The Green Dreams Project CIC
CoM Tags: community, GP The Green Dreams Project provides local, community-based solutions in East Lancashire to unemployment, isolation and reduced quality of life. The project prioritises those who other agencies have been unable to help. Our uniqueness is the triad…
Freshwinds Integrated Medicine programme
CoM Tags: Freshwinds, College of Medicine, Integrated Medicine programme Established in 1992 the Integrated Medicine Programme is based at Freshwinds, a unique charity based in Birmingham. Through the collective efforts of a strong team of medical and therapeutic professionals…
P.A.T.H.S – Promoting Access To Health Services
CoM Tags: community health, connecting communities, College of Medicine, C2, food, anti-social behaviour PATHS (Promoting Access To Health Services) aims to improve attendance rates for homeless patients at any appointment deemed helpful to their overall sense of well-being. This…
Fit as a Fiddle
CoM Tags: College of Medicine, innovations network, research, lifestyle fit as a fiddle is funded by the Big Lottery Fund as part of their Wellbeing programme 2013-2015. It is designed by older people for older people to help improve…
ExtraCare’s Wellbeing Service
ExtraCare’s Wellbeing Service supports older people to live as independently as possible and be proactive in managing their own health and wellbeing. Wellbeing Advisors (Registered Nurses) support residents to make informed decisions about their lifestyle and health via a…
Bromley By Bow Centre
The Bromley by Bow Centre is an innovative healthy living centre working in one of the most deprived boroughs in the UK. The Centre works with local people to empower them and transform the community. The Centre supports people…
Penny Brohn UK
CoM Tags: Bristol, Homeopathic Hospital, College of Medicine, innovations network, research, lifestyle Penny Brohn UK is an organisation that meets the support and information needs of people living with and beyond cancer and their supporters. We do this through a…
Cwm Taf complementary therapies for older people’s mental health
CoM Tags: Cwm Taff, older people, mental health The Complementary Therapy Service promotes physical, psychological and spiritual well being to service users over 65 within Older Persons Mental Health Services, as well as support to their carers where appropriate.…
Wester Hailes Health Agency
CoM Tags: community health, Wester Hailes Health Agency, College of Medicine The Wester Hailes Health Agency provides a unique holistic service to an economically and socially disadvantaged community of approximately 12,000 people in SW Edinburgh.What’s on offer is determined…
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
CoM Tags: hospital, integrated medicine, College of Medicine An NHS centre for integrated medicine, part of University College NHS Foundation Trust The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine (RLHIM) is the largest and, as part of University College London Hospitals…
A School Based Integrated Health Centre, Penair School
Information, advice and guidance for young people primarily under the headings of: • Mental Health issues • Sexual Health & Relationships • Nutrition, Diet and Self Image • Drugs and Alcohol issues There are three centres: Bywva (Place of…
Pathway homeless service
CoM Tags: homeless, beacon sites, hospital, UCLH, College of Medicine, London Pathway The London Pathway is a model of integrated healthcare for single homeless people and rough sleepers. Pathway is an independent charity. They have developed a model of…
