Over 300 colleagues from our PCN & 15 member practices joined our community and system partners for our inspiring 'Compassionate Communities' PCN Festival
On behalf of Nuneaton & Bedworth PCN we would like to thank all attendees for joining us and actively participating in the PCN Festival Compassionate Communities Event. It was great to see all our valued member practices and ARRS colleagues, joined by our system partners, all together in one space! The atmosphere, and witnessing the engaging conversations were a demonstration of the success of the event, and how well we can work together.
Key Topics and Speakers From the Day:
- Ageing Well Introduction: The Lady Who Waves (Cecily) Video created by Nettie Edwards
- PCN Festival Introduction: Dr Elouise Jesper, Dr Richard Nedjati, Clinical Directors Nuneaton & Bedworth PCN
- Getting To Know Your PCN Quiz: Claire Wood, PCN Manager & Brad Hough, Digital & Transformation Lead
- Compassionate Communities - What Matters Most, Circles of Care: Dr Julian Abel
- My Story: Sioux Watkins, CEO of the Guardians Grow Charity, The Makery
- Volunteer Friends - Patient's stories: Mannie Kalsi, CEO Volunteer Friends
Some Key Points to Take Away
- Social Relationships have a more significant impact on our health than obesity, CVD and alcohol consumption.
- Loneliness in heart failure patients increased risk of death by nearly 4 times.
- Social isolation increases risk of dementia by up to 50%.
- Poor social relationships is associated with a 32% increase risk of heart disease and 29% increases risk of stroke.
- Loneliness is associated with higher rates of depression, anxiety and suicide.
- We are social beings and we need social connections to thrive. Without quality social connections, our health will suffer.
- Good quality social connections can act as a protector and improve health behaviours and outcomes.
- Models where there has been a focus on community interaction and building social relationships reduce emergency admissions and improve health outcomes.
- Chronic pain is closely linked to social isolation with approx. 30-50% of people living with chronic pain and similar figures for loneliness.
Next Steps
The PCN are currently in the process of collating feedback from all attendees, once reviewed we will share the feedback along with some of the great photos taken during the course of the afternoon.
We are keen to develop Compassionate Communities across our PCN, involving staff from ALL roles across our member practices. We look forward to exploring these opportunities over the coming months and strengthening our relationships with our member practices and colleagues.
