Really fantastic second session of our Pathway and Groundswell ICS programme today, supported by NHS England. Can't get enough of listening to dedicated people from ICSs all around the country, striving to do better on inclusion health.

Wonderful to hear our participants' feedback on Session 1 - the power of lived experience to ignite change. Lots of appreciation for Bridging Gaps, Surfing Sofas, Museum of Homelessness, James Dillon, as well as for the 'powerful sense of responsibility' communicated by Bola Owolabi

Published today, this CF Pathway joint paper looks at the lack of meaningful representation of #homelessness in NHS data, and how this impacts upon the care people experiencing homelessness have access to. Read more here 👉bit.ly/4atoidJ

GOLD 🥇

So proud of the Groundawell team for this achievement. As my colleague Rachel Brennan said, it means so much more because we’re measured against a framework of good practice that has been established by the NHS and developed with people with lived experience.

Yesterday, we were proud to be awarded a GOLD award of Charter status by NHS England and Career Matters at the #LivedExperienceCharter 2024 Awards event! 🤩

This award demonstrates the open and inclusive recruitment of people with lived experience.

#LivedExperienceCharter

📣Are you interested in the impact of the Cost of Living on those experiencing homelessness? Listen Up! has a new Insights webinar taking place on 3rd April on this subject!

⭐10:30 – 12:00, Weds 3 April

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🧵1/3 Huge thanks to all 21 #ICSs who applied to take part in the 2nd phase of our ground-breaking learning programme funded by @NHSE. It was inspiring to hear from so many leaders who want to maximise the potential of their systems to meet the needs of #inclusionhealth groups.

An absolute privilege to have worked with such an inspiring group of people from Groundswell & Sheffield City Council Changing Futures programme on the development & delivery of a webinar promoting lived experience involvement for Homewards thanks to all those who attended

Healthcare is in crisis for everyone, but for people experiencing homelessness the situation is urgent & life-threatening.

It was a privilege to work with Dee O'Connell, Rachel Brennan & others on this statement, but absolutely miserable that we had to.

Following its conference last week, the Faculty for Homeless & Inclusion Health has released a statement condemning the deplorable health & healthcare access of people in inclusion health groups bit.ly/3wWd030. We urge Wes Streeting MP & Victoria Atkins to listen & act🧵1/8

I wrote to The Times about prison releases to the streets, following up on Rachel Turner yesterday. If anyone can suggest what else can be done about this, please let me know! #EveryonesHealthMatters

Sadly discharge to the streets is a familiar concept for those of us working in inclusion health. Really pleased to see The Independent shining the spotlight on this issue alongside first hand experiences of the devastating impact this has on the individuals

Many thanks to Sir Michael Marmot for his support for our 1st of its kind Homelessness and Inclusion Health Barometer report. Published by Pathway & @Crisis_UK, it reveals the national crisis facing both our health and housing systems. Download a copy here: bit.ly/3PdTyF4

We're Launching the Lived Experience in Policymaking Guide today including reflections on the principles, behaviours, and mindsets that underpin lived experience work.

openpolicy.blog.gov.uk/2024/03/13/lau…

Words Vanessa Lefton and Alex. Huge thanks to Revolving Doors

& that’s a wrap on another Pathway conference. Especially exciting working with these wonder women of inclusion health (amongst others) on the co-design of a statement summarising what we have heard over the last 2 days & the changes we want to see #inclusionhealth2024

We need to stop commissioning & delivering services for mental health, substance use, rough sleeping, physical health separately. We need holistic services which see someone as a person - Jenny Drife doing a great job at Pathway #InclusionHealth24 #EveryonesHealthMatters

Let’s get angry not complacent & make some noise to shock those outside of the inclusion health sector is the plea from Jenny Drife let’s use what we’ve heard in the inclusion health barometer from Pathway & Crisis & make change #everyoneshealthmatters #inclusionhealth2024