Happy New Year from Turning Point! In this blog, our chief executive, Julie Bass, discusses the exciting activities and initiatives we have planned for 2025. From starting the year with our wellbeing reset campaign, to innovative health and social care projects, there’s a lot to look forward to as we continue to make a positive impact in our communities.
Happy New Year to you all.
The beginning of a new year tends to be a time to reflect, and it can be a good opportunity to think about changes we might want to make. Invariably, my mind turns to my health and wellbeing, and I look for ways in which I can create a wellbeing reset to support me as I try to create new and better habits.
It can be a good time to focus on several different elements, such as how we manage stress, how we engage with the local community, and our relationship with alcohol and exercise. Colleagues at Turning Point will be providing many useful tips throughout January on our social media and we hope these are helpful should you decide to make some changes. Whatever you decide, we encourage you to be kind to yourself as these early few months can be quite challenging.
As we look forward to the year ahead, we at Turning Point are also focusing on the future of health and social care with the forthcoming publication of our Health and Social Care Future’s essay collection. After hosting a series of webinar discussions with a range of incredible panellists on some of the most pressing topics facing health and social care, each panellist wrote an essay on a variety of themes. These included the future of mental health in the UK, how to adapt to the changing drug supply and how best to get people out of long stay hospitals. We are seeking ways to collaborate and come together with others across health and social care to consider possible solutions to most effectively meet the huge demand that we are experiencing.
Themes that emerge from the essays are the critical role of both political and personal leadership, of collaboration and partnership, of the importance of strong guiding values – social justice, solidarity and inclusion. They also highlight the resilience of individuals in the face of adversity, their courage, their determination and their strength.
It is incredibly energising to feel the hope and optimism that is woven throughout the collection which inspires possibility and is galvanising as we seek to collectively respond to these challenges.
The essay collection highlights pressing issues that will need to be addressed in 2025 and the years to come. With the government’s NHS 10-year-plan expected in the spring of this new year, we encourage the government to remain steadfast in ensuring that adult social care, mental health and drug and alcohol services are supported as well, to ensure that these services can continue their vital work to support the most vulnerable in society.
For us here at Turning Point, 2025 will see us continue to advocate for a wider analysis of how social determinants impact public health, and through the work with the APPG on Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis, advocate for trauma-informed, innovative and integrated approaches for those with complex needs who so often slip through the net.
We wish you happiness and health throughout the year and beyond. No year is ever without its ups and downs, but through the power of resilience, community and connection, there is so much that we can support each other with and together I have no doubt we will continue to have significant positive impact.
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