Here’s the latest update on key items from the recent Executive DLT meeting for Adult Care and Community Wellbeing. Substance misuse services across Public Health and Safer Communities A proposal to extend the current 12 month posts with We Are You through to the end of the current 12 month contract  in September 2023 has been supported, together with 2...

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT LEAD/CO-ORDINATOR – NHS CHARITIES TOGETHER PROJECT SALARY £18,000 PER ANNUM – 2.5 DAYS PER WEEK/OR ANNUALISED HOURS – 1 YEAR CONTRACT NHS Charities Together (NHS CT) launched the Stage 2 Community Partnership Grants Programme in September 2020 in recognition of the vital work that voluntary and community groups do to support the work of the NHS. This funding...

HWLincs’ suicide prevention programme ‘A Better Way’ has teamed up with MensCraft – the mental health and wellbeing charity for men and boys – to host a series of free mental health webinars for men. Three webinars, covering varied and useful wellbeing topics, will be available via Zoom and will be delivered in short, sharp sessions, in a supportive, informal...

Since its inception in November 2020, the Greater Lincolnshire Online Jobs Fair series has welcomed over 5,000 visitors to the live events, and over 180 exhibitors (a mixture of local employers, education and training providers and support services). In between live events, the website has attracted 10,000 individual users, who are able to browse the virtual exhibition stands, watch videos...

The Lincolnshire Autism Partnership Board (LAPB) is seeking the views of people within Lincolnshire on how to make sure that the right support is provided at the right time. They are keen to hear the thoughts of autistic people (both children and adults), their families, carers and professionals. The feedback from this survey, along with the workshops that have taken...

NHS Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will today begin a formal consultation exercise on the future of four NHS services. This 12-week public consultation runs from 30th September – 23rd December 2021 and is our biggest public consultation to date. It will enable people from across the county to have their say on how these services might be delivered in the future....

SENT ON BEHALF OF CLLR WENDY BOWKETT, EXECUTIVE COUNCILLOR FOR ADULT CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH CLLR SUE WOOLLEY, EXECUTIVE COUNCILLOR FOR NHS LIAISON, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, REGISTRATION AND CORONERS Adult Care and Community Wellbeing Executive update This is the first of regular updates we will be providing from our Executive DLT meetings. It’s important you are kept aware of important issues...

The Lincolnshire Health and Care system have launched a new website called ”It’s all about people” which will allow our health, care and wellbeing workforce to support the people of Lincolnshire live their best lives.  It can be accessed here: https://www.itsallaboutpeople.info This new and exciting site is a place where our staff can go to be informed, learn, share and...

Please find attached the Healthwatch Lincolnshire September 2021 Update. This Report is an opportunity to update Staff, Representatives, the General Public in addition to Providers and Commissioners of Health and Social Care Services to keep them informed on recent and current activities and what Healthwatch Lincolnshire have planned over the next few months.

Suicide Prevention in Lincolnshire – Suicide Prevention Fund Wave 2021/22 October 2020 saw the publication of Lincolnshire County Council’s suicide prevention strategy. This has been developed on a multi-agency basis and co-produced alongside people with lived experience to reach out and save lives. The vision is to recognise and support the aim that Lincolnshire is a place where suicide is...