• ASSIGNMENT QUESTION – 2000 Words Report
London North West Healthcare (LNWH) Charity supports its local community by providing healthcare services to London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust staff. Operating across Brent, Ealing, and Harrow in North West London, the charity plays a vital role in delivering healthcare initiatives.
As an external consultant, your role is to assess how shifts in the external environment influence LNWH Charity and its services. Your analysis should consider economic and political factors impacting service delivery.
You are required to write a 2000-word report. Marks will be awarded based on the following criteria:
• Introduce the report’s purpose, provide background on the case study organisation, and outline its structure (20 marks)
• Select two economic and two political factors and analyse their impact on LNWH Charity and its services within the external environment. Provide one recommendation for the economic factors and one for the political factors to enhance the organisation’s resilience (50 marks):
• Use of case study evidence, research analysis, synthesis, and evaluation to support discussions (20 marks).
• Demonstrate professionalism in academic writing with precise, formal language. Apply Harvard-style of referencing for in-text citations and the final reference list (10 marks):
All cited literature must be referenced, with a complete reference list included. The report should incorporate rigorous academic research and integrate Harvardstyle referencing throughout the discussion and recommendations.
READING REQUIREMENT
You are required to use the following core reading textbook for this module:
1. Barr, J. and Dowding, L. (2022) Leadership in Health Care. Sage Publications.
• Relevant chapter: Chapter 14: Leadership for Change (pp. 296-306).
Research LNWH Charity’s external environment using its website, the latest Annual Report, Ealing’s JSNA, and JLHWS to assess priority health and social care needs.
Relevant sources include:
Organisational Website and Reports:
2. London North West Healthcare (LNWH) Charity. (2025) London North West Healthcare (LNWH) Charity Website. Available at:
https://lnwhcharity.org.uk/ (Accessed: 4 June 2025).
3. London North West Healthcare (LNWH) Charity (2025) LNWH Annual Review Report 2023-2024. Available at: https://lnwhcharity.org.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2024/12/LNWH–Charitable–Fund–Annual–Report–2024FINAL.pdf (Accessed: 4 June 2025).
Health and Social Care Assessment Documents:
4. Ealing Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) (2025) Ealing Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. Ealing Data. Available at: https://data.ealing.gov.uk/jsna/ (Accessed: 4.6.2025).
5. Ealing Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy (EJLHWS) (2025) Together in Ealing: Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2023-2028. Ealing Health and Wellbeing Board. Available at:
https://www.ealing.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/18933/health_and_ wellbeing_strategy.pdf (Accessed: 4 June 2025).
In addition to the core readings, you must incorporate two relevant academic sources from the ARU Library to support your analysis.