“MEN! Brothers, please do not make the same mistake I made. Take every opportunity to present yourself for testing if you identify with the risk factors.’ Leaving it until it’s too late is not an option.” Victor has been a keen supporter of sharing information and health messages to his community peers for many years. […]
A new pilot scheme to provide cancer patients with excellent care from their GP and other local health and support services has launched in the Thames Valley. The Cancer Quality Award Scheme has been developed by Thames Valley Cancer Alliance in partnership with healthcare professionals and patient representatives. It describes what excellent care looks like […]
As part of the Better Births strategy, health organisations have been advised to offer women personalised care plans. Personalised care plans give women the opportunity to record their choices and preference for their maternity care. In order to produce plans that were useful and relevant to women, Thames Valley Strategic Clinical Network and the BOB […]
The Thames Valley Strategic Clinical Network’s perinatal mental health service matrix has been listed as a runner up for a NICE Shared Learning Award. The award recognises projects that use NICE guidance to transform how services are organised and delivered, and to impact patients, service users, and the wider health system. Shortlisted project teams presented […]
As ever, it has been another busy year for the Thames Valley SCN. With so much going on, we’ve put together a list of some of our most popular events, videos, reports, and workstreams from 2018. End of life The end of life network has been working away on their section of the website, which […]