17 October 2023

ICB staff get stuck into community events

NHS workers from the local Integrated Care Board have spent the weekend in the community as they got stuck into two big local events in Luton and Milton Keynes. Chief executive…

13 October 2023

New video explains how sharing health and care records helps provide a better service for…

Share for Care is a confidential, electronic system for sharing health and care records to improve health and care across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. Information is brought together from all…

11 October 2023

Connecting more of the Capital’s neighbours to the London Care Record

To support more joined up care for people from outside London who have been referred for treatment and care in the Capital more neighbouring areas will be connected to the London…

11 October 2023

Pregnant women urged to get their flu jab this winter

Pregnant women in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes have been urged to come forward for COVID-19 and flu vaccinations this winter. COVID-19 and flu vaccination appointments are now available for booking…

11 October 2023

Digital Social Care Records bring benefits to local care home and its residents

Noticing a shift towards digital record keeping within the care industry, a care home in Bedford decided to trial Digital Social Care Records (DSCR) with its staff. DSCRs allow care home…

9 October 2023

New strategy to reduce suicides could save up to 80 local lives each year

As World Mental Health Day (Tuesday 10 October) approaches, NHS leaders in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes have welcomed the publication of a new national strategy which could prevent many of…

6 October 2023

Raizer chair cuts A&E visits by local care home residents

An emergency chair which helps lift people after falls has led to a 27% reduction in the number of people admitted to hospital unnecessarily – saving the NHS more than £100,000…

6 October 2023

NHS invites people in Luton and Central Bedfordshire for life-saving lung cancer checks

More than 39,000 people across Luton and Central Bedfordshire have been invited for a potentially life-saving free lung check, as part of the biggest programme to improve early lung cancer diagnosis…

2 October 2023

New NHS strike action begins, with residents urged to use services wisely

Industrial action by both junior and consultant doctors which began this morning has prompted NHS leaders to warn of further potential disruption to local health services, with patients and the public…

29 September 2023

Kathy’s award triumph rewards her innovative cancer work in Luton

There were celebrations last night (Thursday 28 September) for a local NHS worker after she was presented with a prestigious national award for her innovation in researching the experience of cancer…

27 September 2023

Stoptober: “When you stop smoking, good things start to happen”

Stoptober is back this October, calling on smokers in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes to join the 2.5million others across England who have made a quit attempt with the campaign since…

26 September 2023

Live Well Newsletter Issue 6 2023

Welcome to our sixth issue of 2023 of Live Well, the partner newsletter for the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Health and Care Partnership. To be added to our mailing list…

22 September 2023

Inspirational local nurse shortlisted for national award

Local nurse Blenda Correya has been shortlisted for an award at the prestigious Nursing Times Workforce Summit and Awards 2023 after colleagues nominated her for her inspirational work. Blenda was shortlisted…

21 September 2023

New community garden in Dunstable provides a path to better mental health

A brand-new community garden has opened in Dunstable to give local people the opportunity to improve their mental and physical wellbeing through volunteering in a natural setting.  The project has been…

21 September 2023

Share for Care: Providing residents with better, safer and quicker care

Residents across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes are receiving better, safer and quicker care thanks to the confidential, electronic record sharing system called Share for Care. Share for Care enables health…