Connect Health, working with the NHS in partnership for almost three decades, is the largest, independent provider of evidence based, clinically driven community musculoskeletal, including orthopaedics, pain, mental health/IAPT, rheumatology and physiotherapy in the UK.
MSK includes a range of different clinicians, including specialist consultants, helping to diagnose and treat problems with joints, muscles and tendons.
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See how Connect Health puts patient safety and quality first, and learn about easy access to services through the Patient Care Co-ordination team, telephone physio service, digital apps and more.
Read about academic partnerships, clinical research and expertise, MSK educational resources, MSK clinical guidelines, clinical focus areas such as Cauda Equina Syndrome.
See information about innovative MSK model pathways and mobilisation processes that aim to deliver quality outcomes, seamless care and value for money when working with the NHS.
Read about how we work with NHS partners and the outcomes being achieved along with innovations such as the Pain Revolution.
See how we use performance data to achieve up to 30% service efficiencies in newly mobilised contracts and more.
Read more about how Connect Health is working with NHS Partners to transform service delivery, using performance data, infrastructure and an established change methodology.
Find out how our we have taken our expertise and applied it to develop an exciting and innovative mental health and well-being model for supporting individuals in the community.
Connect Health is passionate about improving the lives for patients living with MSK and mental health conditions.
With a firm focus on delivering the right care, in the right place, at the right time, Connect Health is determined to raise the quality and efficiency of MSK, mental health and pain community service provision across whole systems.
Our innovative model of care and infrastructure minimises waste, using performance data to achieve 30% service efficiency across our newly mobilised contracts, reducing NHS patients’ average waiting times from 10-12 weeks to just 2-4 days for first contact with a physiotherapist, enabling better outcomes and relieving increasing pressures on primary and secondary care.
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Working in partnership with Nottingham West CCG and Nottingham North & East CCG (NW & NNE) to provide the MSK service since April 2016, Connect Health is proud to release updated figures relating to efficiencies and outcomes, up to April 2019.
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PhysioNow® in Wales: Evaluation summary, an innovative digital care project with the Welsh Government and NHS Wales Covid-19 Digital Solutions Fund.
As we celebrate International Nurses’ Day on 12 May and reflect on the achievements made over the last year, Connect Health’s Shamina Martin, Pain Nurse Specialist in Lincolnshire, shares how she came to work in pain services, the support received and the impact of the pandemic on effectively supporting people living in persistent pain.
With mixed reactions from pain sufferers and healthcare professionals alike, Connect Health’s latest Change webinar, leading pain experts hotly debated the study.
