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Deborah Jackson-Howarth has been an integral part of NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS ML) since its establishment in 2013, transferring from the previous Primary Care Trust.
With a remarkable career in the NHS, Deborah’s journey includes significant contributions in waiting list management, specialised commissioning, continuing healthcare (CHC), contracting, and commissioning/brokerage services.
She played a key role in transitioning the CHC service into NHS ML and has led and managed multiple change programs and market management analyses.
Deborah holds a Masters Degree in Transforming Integrated Health and Social Care, and she is currently pursuing a professional doctorate focused on the impact of CHC assessments on integrated care systems and practitioners.
Her extensive experience and expertise make her an invaluable asset as the lead for contracting, commissioning, and brokerage services at NHS ML.
Delivering a wide range of support functions through transactional services, business partnering and transformation that drives efficiencies and releases value and time…
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Redesigning how health and care works across England - placing people at the centre of their own health and care and utilising…
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Supporting ICSs with approaches to design and deliver effective communication, engagement and behavioural insights as a key enabler for system change and…
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Acting as an independent and trusted partner within the system to facilitate working across stakeholders and integrate elements of the provider system…
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Digitising care and partnering with systems for the transformation of digitally enabled service delivery (and other supporting processes) across vision, planning and…
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Supporting systems to build a sustainable and integrated workforce, transforming systems, organisations and the workforce experience to improve resilience.
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Providing end-to-end funded care services, including patients as active partners in identifying their healthcare needs and then commissioning care to meet these.…
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Applying intelligence-led understanding of the health of the population to support the redesign of care and improve patient and financial outcomes across…
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Supporting providers to work together at a place and neighbourhood level to manage common resources, integrate community teams, improve health and reduce…
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