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| 1 August 2024
Skills for Health and With-you Consultancy have partnered to work on a crucial project in North London. This new partnership will combine a peer-based approach, based on With-you’s mix of lived and learned experiences, with Skills for Health’s long-standing expertise of workforce planning and development.
Jon Freegard, Principal Consultant at Skills for Health said: “We’re thrilled to partner with the wonderful people at With-You Consultancy. Their breadth of experience, knowledge, and compassion for developing the healthcare workforce utilising peer-based and lived-experience approaches is unparalleled. Our organisations share values and a vision and together we’ll provide an outstanding service in the years to come”.
Together, Skills for Health and With-You Consultancy aim to:
- Empower healthcare professionals: By combining innovative approaches, healthcare professionals will be equipped with the skills they need to excel.
- Enhance patient care: Combined expertise will lead to better patient outcomes, improved services, and a more sustainable healthcare system.
- Drive positive change: Collaboratively approach workforce challenges, promote diversity, and empower organisations to foster excellence.
Marissa Lambert and Karen Machin, Co-Directors of With-you said: “We’re excited to partner with Skills for Health who have extensive expertise of workforce development across the whole workforce. As like-minded and collaborative organisations, within our complementary values, aligned approach to delivery and a successful track record of working together (developing the Level 3 Peer Worker Apprenticeship Standard) we are looking forward to being part of this critical programme of work.”
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