Building on local feedback - our latest Health & Wellbeing Strategy review

Published on: Tuesday 27 June 2023

A review of the Health & Wellbeing Strategy for North Kensington is now available.

 This follows a period of extensive engagement with survivors, bereaved, the wider community and our Health Partners, building on the original Health & Wellbeing Strategy (2020). Although much has happened there is still much to do.

Cultural Competency is one area where the community’s valuable insight has resulted in additional training to support general practice staff, this has been recognised as good practice.

Following the latest engagement, we want to make sure that future service delivery is community driven and evidence-led, so plan to:

  • Provide additional primary care services to support the Grenfell affected community; these include Enhanced Health Checks & Grenfell-related appointment
  • Consult with children and young people directly with regard to their health and wellbeing, to gain additional valuable insight into their health needs and how they can be addressed. A peer to peer support group is in the process of being set up.
  • Continue to support Healthier Futures ‘Self-care’ services*, to support individuals and families. These services are regularly reviewed to make sure they are well used and meet the health and wellbeing needs of the community.

Mary Mullix, NKR’s director says: “The NHS is committed to the development of community resilience and recovery.

“This latest review reaffirms the NHS’s commitment to listening to, hearing from and acting to meeting the needs of survivors, bereaved and the wider community now and in the future.

“We have listened to people’s concerns and the points they have made and would like to express our thanks to the community, as well as our Health Partners, for their valuable insight.

“Looking ahead, we plan to ensure cultural competency is placed at the heart of service planning and delivery.”

Future health service provision will also be informed by engaging with and listening to community groups, as well as using information from the Grenfell Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. It will take into consideration:

  • The expressed views of the North Kensington communities including survivors and bereaved
  • The wider issues that impact on residents’ health within North Kensington, for example housing and economic factors
  • Consider best practice from disaster recovery literature
  • Critique and challenge existing provision and guidance on future services.
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