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We are delighted to share that our incredible Director of HR, James Leyland, and our CEO, Fiona Cleary, have successfully completed the Cambridge Online Business Coaching Programme. This programme is accredited to Award level by the Association for Coaching, and it’s a fantastic achievement for both of them! But wait, there’s more! Stay tuned for some electrifying announcements coming your way about our brand-new coaching business offer. This is just the beginning, and we can't wait to share all the details soon!

Fantastic day at the Dorset General Practice Alliance Spring Membership Event 2025 and it was great for Castleman to support the Alliance again with managing another great event! Around 100 primary care professionals came together to share ideas, collaborate, and explore new ways to strengthen general practice in Dorset. From improving patient access, to green initiatives, to patient safety - discussions were all about finding practical solutions that will make a real difference to both patients and practices. The energy, engagement and shared commitment to delivering the best possible care was truly inspiring. Now, when's the next one?!? Check out their website! News — Dorset General Practice Alliance

Castleman is supporting our PCNs and Practices to shape and develop Integrated Neighbourhood Teams. We are doing this by working collaboratively with all stakeholders and Dorset Healthcare and our initial focus is on developing integrated community nursing teams. INTs offer us all a great opportunity to work more closely together to improve the services and healthcare we provide our local population and to do this in a way that really matters. We are bringing together clinical and non clinical teams on the 13th March in a f2f workshop and together we are going to set in motion a plan to improve the way we deliver community nursing together. Wish us luck!

Castleman, working with Dorset Healthcare, facilitated the first INT workshop today March 13th with our focus on practice and community nursing teams. Great to get to meet so many people from Dorset Healthcare and the practices and find out what everyone does each day, what works really well and what things we can change to make a difference in patient care and our workload! Lots of great ideas and actions were suggested and a commitment by all to go away and make some small things happen. We’re looking forward to our next workshop & hearing how everyone got on!

Castleman is pleased to provide training for staff in Dorset with a leadership coach Emma Hackett on behalf of our practices and The Dorset General Practice Alliance. Our bespoke training course has been developed by a leadership coach Emma Hackett and over 3 hours participants learn strategies and gain advice on how to manage difficult situations at work and how to use these to support them both within and outside the workplace. Castleman knows the benefits of leadership coaching and has invested in this support for our practice staff since 2023 and are now happy to spread the training across Dorset.

Great work by Poole North for their innovative event supporting those local pensioners who may be struggling this winter. With support from: ✅ Citizens Advice and Age UK for advice ✅ Dorset Mind to help with loneliness ✅ Health Coaches and Social Prescribers ✅ Carer Leads for extra support https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dorset-general-practice-alliance_pcnsinaction-activity-7290373875878555648-xyh8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAADeLvMB2snHqa014C3Z4BlRFZw-PH4p8M4

Castleman is delighted to announce that we have appointed a new NED to help us develop a new business strategy and develop new business opportunities. Welcome to Bharti Patel who has over 25 years of experience at board-level in the public and private healthcare sectors.  Her expertise spans NHS commissioning, acute and community service provision, homecare, national and independent retail pharmacy, global medical technology solutions and life sciences, equipping her with a deep understanding of the healthcare landscape. ute and community service provision, homecare, national and independent retail pharmacy, global medical technology solutions and life sciences, equipping her with a deep understanding of the healthcare landscape.

Following the Castleman Healthcare AGM, we have published our 2023 Annual Report to update our member practices on what we have collectively achieved over the past 12 months.   This outlines our main achievements and our plans, as we embark on the next stage of our journey together.  We would like to actively encourage comment from all our stakeholders on our Annual Report. Please direct these to - info@castlemanhealthcare.co.uk .

Castleman is delighted to be supporting the development of the Dorset General Practice Alliance with programme management and business support since July 2022 and we are looking forward to continuing this support in 2024/25.   ​ The Dorset General Practice Alliance is  a collaborative group representing all general practices aligned to Primary Care Networks in Dorset. The Alliance is working to ensure the voice of general practice is fully represented within the new Dorset Integrated Care Systems (ICS) structure, at system, place and neighbourhood levels. ​ To find out more about the Alliance check out www.dorsetgpalliance.co.uk and you can find them on LinkedIn

Earlier this year NHS England and NHS Dorset funded the establishment of short term Acute Respiratory Illness Assessment (ARIA) hubs to help manage general practice pressures, including the rise in Strep A prevalence.     These hubs operated outside of typical GP hours and were set up so that people with respiratory conditions could receive the treatment they needed without having to go to A&E. Castleman Healthcare piloted an ARIA hub until the end of March for our 13 practices at St Leonards Community Hospital in Ringwood. We couldn't have done this without Dorset Healthcare and we were very fortunate to have their support in providing this site for our respiratory services.  ​ Conditions treated at the ARIA hubs: ​ Acute cough, acute pharyngitis, bronchiolitis, bronchitis, common cold, infective or non-infective exacerbation of asthma, infective or non-infective exacerbation of COPD, laryngitis, lower respiratory tract infections, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinitis, sinusitis, tonsillopharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infections and whooping cough. ​ Castleman Healthcare launched its hub at the beginning of January and ran until the end of March with the service operating from 9:15 to 13:15 Monday through to Saturday. ​ Castleman Healthcare hopes to be able to run the service again pending funding during the coming winter 2023/2024.