NECS success at Workplace Health Celebration Awards
Laura Edmondston and Kerry Jones from the Organisational Development and Continuous Improvement Team recently attended the County Durham Better Health at Work Awards (BHAWA) event to receive awards on behalf of NECS. The event took place at Glow, in Newton Aycliffe,...
International Women’s Day – 2025
Each year, International Women's Day takes place on the 8th March, and this year's theme is "Accelerate Action". It is all about the importance of taking swift and decisive steps to achieve gender equality, and it puts a call out for increased momentum and urgency in...
LGBTQ+ History Month 2025
This is the second week, so we thought we'd celebrate the long, rich and diverse history spanning the decades. The theme this year is 'Activism and Social Change' and with this in mind, we have included some of the most historic moments in LGBTQ+ History below: 1967:...
Finance team achieves Towards Excellence Level 2 accreditation
Earlier this month, the NHS Finance Leadership Council agreed that NECS should be re-awarded Towards Excellence Accreditation, at level 2. The One NHS Finance Towards Excellence Accreditation, is a dedicated framework that recognises organisations that have the very...
Primary Care Research Manager Helen Riding shines a light on research in podcast interview
Helen Riding, Primary Care Research Manager for NECS, recently took part in the latest Research Adjacent podcast, which shine a light on the people and professions that go into making research successful. Helen's role is to make research happen in the NHS,...
NECS ICT Service Delivery team rated 3 stars by the Service Desk Institute
The NECS Business Information Services ICT Service Delivery team has once again achieved a 3 star certification in their annual Service Desk Institute (SDI) Audit. The team achieved a score of 3.66 and a maturity rating of 'Customer-led', an increase from last...
Islamophobia Awareness Month
Today marks the start of Islamophobia Awareness Month, which runs for the entirety of November. Islamophobia can occur when someone or something is targeted, discriminated against or excluded in any way due to their actual or perceived Muslim identity. It can also...
NHS Providers Annual Conference 2024
The four NHS Commissioning Support Units (CSUs) will be participating in this year’s NHS Providers Annual Conference and Exhibition to share how we can support NHS leaders in addressing the current and future challenges in health and care. Taking place on 12 and 13...
NECS Consultancy team double MCA award success
Congratulations to our NECS Consultancy Team which received two awards at the recent Management Consultancies Association (MCA) Awards ceremony! We won Highly Commended in the Social Value category for the Bury Hospice project and Rebecca Barnes was the Winner of the...