Yearly Archives: 2017

Howbeck Met with Elemental Software who have created a social prescribing platform that makes it easier for social prescribing projects to monitor, track and support patients from the point of referral. This includes a patient portal, so they can keep track of the activities they are singed up to. We are investigating whether this works with

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Working at Scale Event

Mike Pyrah, Director of Howbeck Healthcare presented at the General Practice Working at Scale Event held on Thursday 7th December 2017 hosted by North Staffordshire Local Medical Committee and North Staffordshire GP Federation.  The event was well attended by GPs and Practice Managers from across Northern Staffordshire who were keen to hear of the approaches

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East Staffordshire Primary Care Partnership Logo

On the 30th November 2017, Howbeck Healthcare presented to the practices of East Staffordshire Primary Care Partnership on a range of innovative ideas to further support the Partnership in its development as a Federation.  One of its newest Federations, Howbeck Healthcare has provided management expertise to East Staffordshire Primary Care Partnership since April 2017. Presentations

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Working at Scale

Howbeck Healthcare is currently working with its Federations across East Staffordshire Primary Care Partnership, North Staffordshire GP Federation and South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance on developing its ‘Working at Scale’ project, taking on board views and comments of local practices of what’s important.  The ‘Working at Scale’ project will look at how general

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Medelinked

Howbeck Healthcare will shortly be meeting with the company Medelinked.  Medelinked is a secure mobile and online health platform that empowers you to take control of your health, from building your health profile to discovering, connecting to and sharing your health and wellness information with your trusted healthcare providers. With the recognised need for a

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AF Screening

AF screening appears to have become a hot topic again. Some would cynically say this is being driven by the pharma companies selling NOACs who always like to promote a disease that they have a drug for.  However, Public Health England appear to agree it’s a priority and there is a lot of evidence that

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First Derm Logo

FirstDerm is a company that crowdsources Consultant Dermatologists (Hospital Specialists in Dermatology) from the U.K. and Europe.  They have an app that is freely available to patients who pay privately for an opinion usually about a mole that they are concerned about. The South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance with Howbeck Healthcare’s support has worked

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