One Year of Connect – Watch the Celebration
Over the past 12 months, residents, community groups and public services in Barking and Dagenham have been building something extraordinary together.
Community Care
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Let’s Talk Differently About Medicines: A New Approach to Polypharmacy Conversations
Read our evaluation of a story-based approach that helps older adults prepare for meaningful, proactive conversations with their GPs about medicines and polypharmacy.
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Celebrating Impact: From Kit4Care Pilot to Award-Winning Innovation
In the final chapter of our Kit4Care blog series, we reflect on the impact, learning, and legacy of a pilot that empowered care professionals, improved outcomes — and just won a major award.
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Designing Better Health Visiting Support: Listening to Mothers’ Voices on Perinatal Mental Health
A co-designed workshop with mothers facing perinatal mental health challenges reveals vital insights for creating more compassionate, proactive, and supportive health visiting services. Read more in Vedika Lall’s blog below.
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Care City Co-Authors Major Report Unlocking New Era of Digital Care in Care Homes
A new white paper reveals how a digitally enabled model of care in care homes can improve outcomes, reduce hospital admissions, and save the NHS millions—offering a blueprint for truly integrated, preventative care.
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Scaffolding choice and control – What We’ve Learned from &Thrive and How We Want to Take It Forward
Introducing &Thrive: A co-produced platform to help people confidently take control of their own care — and a blueprint for a more empowering future of self-directed support.
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Lessons from The Attic Project: Creating Spaces That Truly Support People
Heather Howarth shares her visit to The Attic Project. Their approach to building belonging, confidence, and connection offers valuable lessons for our Connect project in Barking & Dagenham.
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Proactive Care Pilots in Barking and Dagenham: Shaping Holistic, Coordinated Care
Evaluating the Proactive Care Pilots, an ambitious initiative led by local Primary Care Networks and schools to transform how health and care services work together.
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Empowering Care Staff: Training, Recognition & Collaboration in Kit4Care
Pia Barna‘s latest blog focuses on building skills, strengthening relationships, and boosting confidence to transform care through the Kit4Care programme.