Rob Bellingham to support VCFSE sector to Influence Health Strategy
We are happy to share that Rob Bellingham, recently retired Chief Commissioning Officer at NHS Greater Manchester (GM), will be supporting the VCFSE sector in GM on a short-term piece of work.
The work, hosted by VSNW will involve supporting the GM VCFSE Leadership Group’s s ‘Influencing Health’ programme which aims to enable the VCFSE sector to play a meaningful role in the shaping and delivery of health strategies in the city-region.
By engaging with key leaders in the VCFSE sector and the GM Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), this work will enable understanding of the current level of input and involvement of the sector, identify best practice, provide tactical advice, and seek to gain concrete agreements regarding engagement and influence. Rob said,
"I am very pleased to have been asked to do this piece of work. Our VCFSE organisations play a central role in supporting communities across GM and I hope that this project will play a part in the further development of the relationship between the sector and the NHS."
The work will address four priority themes – the neighbourhood model, hospital discharge, equalities, and community services – and will aim to set out what the VCFSE sector can offer the health system for each theme, as well as the associated expectation of the ICP.
“We are delighted to have Rob on board for this piece of work. We want to ensure the sector can have maximum impact in influencing health strategies, and we think Rob’s expertise is perfectly positioned to support us to do so. It is in everyone’s best interests that engagement between our sector and the ICP is meaningful.” Anna Cooper, GM Programme Manager, VSNW
Rob has worked in Greater Manchester since 2010, initially at Bury Primary Care Trust (PCT) and then via a range of roles in the GM PCT Cluster, NHS England, the GM Health and Social Care Partnership and the GM Association of Clinical Commissioning Groups. His experience working in senior positions in Population and Health Inequalities means he understands the importance of the support delivered by VCFSE organisations, as well as their input into health strategies and expertise around preventative approaches.
Why this work?
We know that holistic support is most effective in improving health outcomes and improving the resilience of GM residents, with the VCFSE sector best placed to deliver that support
We hope this work will help to address these issues by providing a voice to the VCFSE sector – helping them to articulate the issues at a strategic level.
