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Dear colleague,

Welcome to our very first issue of the Health Anchors Learning Network newsletter in 2024! From everyone involved in the Health Anchors Learning Network, we’re wishing all readers a joyful, and impactful, Happy New Year!

Incredible things were achieved in 2023 through anchor approaches (take a look at some case studies here), so we would like to thank all of the brave, bold, passionate colleagues delivering this important work and inspiring others across the UK. We’d also like to thank everyone who engages with the network, playing a critical role in the growth of the anchor movement. We are proud to see our network grow; please do keep spreading the word.

To start off the year, we’re sharing a range of exciting case studies on reducing environmental impact, expanding healthcare opportunities, and reducing local unemployment! If you have delivered a piece of work which we can add to this growing evidence bank, please submit a case study here.

Take a look below, and don’t forget to pass this newsletter along to a colleague for even more growth in 2024!

New Case Study: Biodiversity, Health and Wellbeing

An innovative project from Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust aiming to reduce environmental impact by developing a baseline for the value of the Trust’s greenspace for biodiversity and staff/service user health and wellbeing.

Read the case study

Halton Health Hub: Outpatient services from a shopping centre

Utilising Town Centre funding made available through the devolved governance at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, the Trust has created an out-of-hospital clinical unit to provide outpatient services from a local shopping centre within a deprived community.

Barts Health Extended Placement Scheme

Through this placement scheme and targeted activities, “Barts Health NHS Trust has made a significant impact in enhancing the lives of local young people experiencing deprivation and inequalities, support economic and social recovery and levelling up.”

Read the case study

Recommended for this month:

📅Event: 16th January - Commission for Healthier Working Lives

📚Read: Social determinants of health and the role of local government

📝Learn: The role of the University of London as a civic anchor

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