A public walk through Bicester was were very much appreciated by wards and service users. also launched on July 5 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS, with health teams from the Bicester Community Hospital and Oxford Health Dentistry teams joining in. The national celebration in Westminster Abbey had two staff, Lizzie Coss and Jo Preston representing Oxford Health, both nominated by the Trust to attend and both being previous Trust award winners. Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections I confirmed last month that we had received the draft report from the CQC’s Trust-wide well led inspection completed in mid-April and were working on a detailed factual accuracy response. At the time of writing we have not received the final report, which is due to be published at the end of this week. I will update Board once the final report is received, but announcement of the outcome will need to await formal publication. I want to thank all teams for the commitment they have shown to this important piece of work. New Models of Care Work is continuing developing New Models of Care for Adult Eating Disorders and Tier 4 CAMHS, along the lines of the pilot in Secure Mental Health Services last year. Whilst arrangements for these have not yet been finalised, where it is possible to proceed with improvements to the clinical pathway in anticipation of the start of the NMoC, that is happening on an incremental basis. We will need to return to the Board for final agreement to commence the models in due course. The development of a NMoC for specialist dentistry is progressing in discussion with NHS England. Research & Development (R&D) Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) A routine update on matters concerning our AHSN is given below: Professor Gary Ford, Chief Executive of the Oxford Academic Health Science Network, has been identified as one of seven NHS research legends in the run-up to the NHS 70th birthday celebrations. Professor Ford’s work to develop stroke pathways and establish the FAST public awareness campaign earned him a place alongside such research luminaries as Sir Richard Doll and Sir Magdi Yacoub in the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) ‘I Am Research‘ campaign. More details here:
were very much appreciated by wards and service users. A public walk through Bicester was also launched on July 5 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS, with health teams from the Bicester Community Hospital and Oxford Health Dentistry teams joining in. The national celebration in Westminster Abbey had two staff, Lizzie Coss and Jo Preston representing Oxford Health, both nominated by the Trust to attend and both being previous Trust award winners. Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections I confirmed last month that we had received the draft report from the CQC’s Trust-wide well led inspection completed in mid-April and were working on a detailed factual accuracy response. At the time of writing we have not received the final report, which is due to be published at the end of this week. I will update Board once the final report is received, but announcement of the outcome will need to await formal publication. I want to thank all teams for the commitment they have shown to this important piece of work. New Models of Care Work is continuing developing New Models of Care for Adult Eating Disorders and Tier 4 CAMHS, along the lines of the pilot in Secure Mental Health Services last year. Whilst arrangements for these have not yet been finalised, where it is possible to proceed with improvements to the clinical pathway in anticipation of the start of the NMoC, that is happening on an incremental basis. We will need to return to the Board for final agreement to commence the models in due course. The development of a NMoC for specialist dentistry is progressing in discussion with NHS England. Research & Development (R&D) Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) A routine update on matters concerning our AHSN is given below: Professor Gary Ford, Chief Executive of the Oxford Academic Health Science Network, has been identified as one of seven NHS research legends in the run-up to the NHS 70th birthday celebrations. Professor Ford’s work to develop stroke pathways and establish the FAST public awareness campaign earned him a place alongside such research luminaries as Sir Richard Doll and Sir Magdi Yacoub in the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) ‘I Am Research‘ campaign. More details here: