Clinical leaders from across the Black Country attended a collaboration event in February, to share their views on how healthcare services can be improved for patients.
Hosted by Sally Roberts, Chief Nursing Officer for the NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Dr Ananta Dave, Chief Medical Officer for the NHS Black Country ICB, the event is the second in a series that are being held to support joint working across the system and to strengthen clinical leadership in the Black Country.
More than 70 clinical leaders representing a range of health and care settings - including acute trusts, West Midlands Ambulance Service, primary care, pharmacy, mental health and safeguarding - attended the event to explore new ways of partners can work better together to address health inequalities and other vital issues.
Attendees were given the opportunity to discuss the Black Country Pathology Service, the importance of distributive leadership in safeguarding and shared strategies and goals across the system, as well as network with colleagues throughout the day.
Dr Ananta Dave said: “I would like to thank everyone who attended our second clinical leadership away day.
“It was great to hear about some of the fantastic collaborative work going on across the Black Country, as well as sharing ideas about how we can work better together to reduce inequalities and improve care for patients.”
Sally Roberts said: “It’s important that as leaders we take the time to come together to support system-wide collaboration and strengthen clinical leadership at both system and place level.
“Feedback from the day was really positive with many people commenting on how useful it was to have discussions with clinical leaders from different organisations, all with their own individual experience, knowledge and skills.”
A third event is being planned for June 2023 and will focus on collaboratively reducing health inequalities starting at place level.
