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WelcomeDr Christopher Browning

You said, we did

Dr Ed GarrattDr Roz Tandy

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Diabetes• A 22 week pilot project with diabetes nurses at

GP surgeries in Wickhambrook, Mildenhall and Brandon

• 250 patients attended • Shortlisted for two national awards• Over half of our GP surgeries supporting Type 2

diabetics • A new way to access the diabetic foot treatment

launches soon

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Working together

Care Homes• Health and social care services now meet monthly with care home staff • New role which links care homes across health and social care• We are working with residents, their families, care home staff, GPs and other

health and social care staff, for “in case of emergency” planning • Feedback to date has highlighted:

o Better links between care homes and health services;o Improved later-life planning;o Access to individual, personalised plans;o Open conversations;o Quality and consistency of planned care.

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Mental Health• Eating disorder service for young people• Dementia diagnosis improving, series of events held• New primary mental health link workers• Mental health strategy shaped with conversations with people• Topics raised at these 10 events included:

o easier access to serviceso community-based serviceso out-of-hours supporto services working better togethero improving educationo removing stigmao the need for a single point of access/one-stop-shop

• Children’s and adolescents’ mental health services now being shaped

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