29th February- 1st April 2016
Once again this month I am getting really bad at keeping up
to date with my blog posts! It has again been another busy month for me at the
CCG with me being involved in a wide variety of projects and tasks.
At the start of the month I presented at the monthly staff
briefing which was quite a nerve racking experience for me! After having my
monthly reviews with my manager it became evident to both of us that I needed
to develop my confidence when presenting to large audiences. It was
decided that myself and the other placement student at the CCG, Katie Hall,
would make and deliver a presentation on ‘Our Experience so Far’ at the CCG
which would be presented at a staff briefing. I was very reluctant at first to
do this presentation as it is something that I have never been completely
comfortable with. However, as the presentation was relating to a topic that I
knew in great detail as it was my experience at the CCG, I was slightly more
confident when going into the presentation. Once it came to the time to present
I did it to the best of my ability and I received lots of positive feedback
from other members of staff, which reassured me that I did a good job!
Also this month I was asked to be involved in an exciting
project called CATCH which stands for ‘Common Approach To Children’s Health’. This
project is particularly focusing on children aged 0-4 years old and their
parents. After some research that has been carried out by Public Health into
A&E attendances for children and young adults in Eastern Cheshire, it was
discovered that there is a large number of attendees to A&E between the
ages of 0-4 years. Also a considerable proportion of these attendees were sent
away from A&E only with advice and this was causing the figures for A&E
attendances to be quite high amongst this age range. This prompted the CCG to
look into this further and ways in which they can look at reducing these
figures. They came up with the idea of producing an app which would promote
self-care amongst parents who have children within this age bracket. I am working with the Benefits Realisation
Manager at the CCG to identify the benefits that the app could produce.
However the app was only allocated funding for a period of 6
months after it was launched. It was decided that the full potential of the app
cannot be reached during this short time period, so additional funding would be
required in order to see the true benefits of the app for the local population.
So this month I have been working with
Katie Hall, to produce a project mandate for the further investment that is
required from the CCG to ensure that the app is a success in the long term.
Finally it was time for me to select which modules I would like to
study in my final year at university. As the degree I am studying is Business
Studies it means that the first 2 years of study has been quite varied which
has allowed me to have exposure to lots of different aspects of business.
However in the final year of my degree, I have the opportunity to specialise in
the certain areas of business which I enjoy and also feel are my strengths. I have decided to choose both modules relating
to Human Resources and Finance as I feel that these are my strongest areas of
business through studying them at university and also having experience whilst
on placement.
