Boots joins forces with NHS
Obesity, diabetes and paediatric palliative care are among the patient-centred services being tackled by Boots The Chemists in partnership with the NHS as part of the Department of Health's NHS Live initiative.
The company, which is giving financial support to the Government scheme,
is already involved in five projects in development to help spread best
practice of services which have the patient at their heart. Boots will
be involved in up to 10 projects.
Boots commercial director health care Steve Hill said: “Health
care is absolutely at the heart of Boots. We believe in all that the
NHS stands for. We want to play our part in helping the NHS undertake
its ambitious programme of improvement.”
The projects supported by Boots are: a primary care obesity scheme developed
with Cheshire Primary Care Trust; a respiratory service in South West
Sheffield; a family health project with Halton Primary Care Trust in
Cheshire; a paediatric palliative care service in conjunction with Milton
Keynes Primary Care Trust and the Milton Keynes General NHS Trust in
Buckinghamshire; and a service devoted to helping improve services for
patients with diabetes run with Weston Area Health NHS Trust and North
Somerset Primary Care Trust.
Boots is one of six private sector companies supporting NHS Live, which
involves 349 NHS and social care organisations and which was launched
last week by health secretary John Reid and chief medical officer Sir
Liam Donaldson (PJ, 10 July, p41). Professor Donaldson said: “This
programme is all about utilising the know-how of NHS staff across the
country, with the aim of putting patients at the heart of services. It’s
all about giving staff the opportunity to learn from each other about
what works at local level.” |
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