Coaching for Health
In 2020, North West London embarked on a large programme of work to develop care for and around the whole person: working to ensure patients are at the centre of planning and decisions for their health and care, shifting…
Based on our prior work across North West London, Hillingdon CCG and GP Federation commissioned Osca in 2019 to deliver a large programme of work to support a range of primary care staff in Coaching for Health and wider…
In 2019 Coaching for Health lead trainers Nick Nielsen and Dr Doug Hing were commissioned by the Nesta Health Lab to produce an essay – ‘Power and Safety in Health Conversations’ – that explores the dynamics on both sides…
In 2018, Osca was originally commissioned to deliver two Coaching for Health two day trainings to integrated teams across the three boroughs. The courses themselves were filled within days of advertising and an additional course had to be organised…
Following on from the work with Health Education England – North, Central and East London, we were recommended to Barts Health for the provision of a health coaching training with health professionals across the Trust. This work began in…
In 2018 and 2019, the East London Foundation Trust commissioned Osca to deliver a train the trainer programme for their educators to build in the internal capacity to deliver the programmes themselves. This involved training and then quality assuring…
In March 2018, Coaching for Health Lead Trainer Doug Hing was a keynote speaker at Nesta’s Future of People Powered Health event. It was an event aimed at exploring the dynamic of power in the health system, and how…
As described in our NWL Coaching for Health programme, we use a model for sustaining impact co-developed with the Tavistock institute – our Delivery Template. This demonstrates the importance of encouraging and supporting Leaders/Champions of this approach. These Champions…
The Coaching for Health programme across North West London began in March 2016 and, since then, we have trained hundreds of health professionals from across the eight boroughs. In addition to previous trainings we have run in the area,…
The role of clinical pharmacists in GP practices is a key strategic aim for NHS England. Following a successful pilot in 2015, they have invested over £100 million to support an additional 1,500 clinical pharmacists to work in General…