23rd March 2020 Dear Provider For information I am receiving daily emails seeking assurances about payments and contingencies so I wanted to set minds at ease and confirm that with respect to our current financial commitments, any impact of Covid-19 on your service will not be an impediment to payment for your organisation. It is in our mutual interests that services remain sustainable and viable going forward – we understand that cashflow can be challenging for providers at the best…
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On 28th and 29th January I chaired what we have affectionately called our ‘Dragon’s Den;’ a panel of four: Suzanne Lowden (CEC), Liz Simpson (NHS Lothian), Ian Brooke (EVOC) and myself.
For those of you who could not make it to the showcase event on 23rd January, I thought I would capture a short write up of my presentation.
What started as a relatively small event to discuss our recent work on Outcomes, ended up being a large event with fifty people at City Chambers, with key stakeholders from NHS Lothian, City of Edinburgh Council, the Edinburgh HSCP and the Scottish Community Development Centre.
With funding from the EIJB, over the past 6 months, ECHF members have been working together to understand the contribution of their work to improving outcomes for people and communities and in addressing health inequalities. Alongside colleagues from the Edinburgh based organisation “Matter of Focus”(https://www.matter-of-focus.com/about-us/) they have developed a shared theory of change, identified relevant data and evidence and started analysing their data and information to tell the story of the contribution that each organisation makes. This work builds on…
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The EIJB Innovation Fund is now inviting applications for funding. The purpose of the Innovation Fund is to encourage creative and innovative ideas to tackle and progress the priorities of the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB).