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Psychological Professions Week

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This week (November 13 - 19th) is Psychological Professions Week. Our Psychological Professions Workforce leads Gail Harrison and Kath Davies have written this blog sharing an update on their work.

  • This week’s leadership message comes from Tim Ryley, Accountable Officer and Place-lead for Leeds Health and Care Partnership

    Posted: 17th November 2023

    This week’s leadership message comes from Tim Ryley, Accountable Officer and Place-lead for Leeds Health and Care Partnership. Tim is also part of the NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board Executive Management Team. We also have a blog from Adele Bunch, Head of Portfolio for health inequalities, mental health and patient and public involvement in West Yorkshire.

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  • This week’s leadership message comes from Sasha Bhat

    Posted: 10th November 2023

    This week’s leadership message comes from Sasha Bhat, priority director for healthy minds for Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership and deputy director of integration at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

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  • This week’s leadership message comes from Heather Smith and Kirsty Bramley-Dove

    Posted: 3rd November 2023

    This week’s leadership message comes from Heather Smith and Kirsty Bramley-Dove. It is all about the work of the NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber (formally YHAHSN) and the polypharmacyprogramme.

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  • This week’s leadership message comes from Richard Webb, Corporate Director for Health and Adult Services at North Yorkshire County Council

    Posted: 26th October 2023

    We also have two blogs. One is about Yorkshire and Humber Care Records by Zoe Richardson and Rochelle Featherstone from the ICB Digital Team. The other is about National Cholesterol Month by Pei-Theng Aizlewood, an advanced pharmacist in the Medicines Optimisation Team for the ICB in Leeds.

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  • This week’s leadership message comes from Ian Holmes, Director of Strategy and Partnerships for the ICB, and Hayden Ridsdale, a Programme Manager in the Strategy and Partnerships Directorate responsible for dentistry and oral health.

    Posted: 19th October 2023

    We also have a blog from Dáša, Laura and Nick, colleagues at the Wakefield District Health & Care Partnership

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  • This week’s leadership message comes from Jo Butterfield, West Yorkshire Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Programme Manager

    Posted: 13th October 2023

    This week’s leadership message comes from Jo Butterfield, West Yorkshire Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Programme Manager. To mark Allied Health Professionals Day on 14 October we have a blog from the West Yorkshire Allied Health Professionals Council, plus we have a blog from Charlotte Goulding in collaboration with Kirkwood Hospice about World Hospice Week.

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  • This week’s leadership message comes from Dr Miriam Isaac, Consultant Psychiatrist for Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    Posted: 6th October 2023

    This week’s leadership message comes from Dr Miriam Isaac, Consultant Psychiatrist for Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. We also have blogs from Ester Jamera, founder of the Black & Minority Ethnic Staff Network at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and from Charlene Sibanda and Sarah Warburton, Assistant Psychologists for the West Yorkshire Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub.

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  • Black History Month 2023: Esther's journey

    Posted: 5th October 2023

    The West Yorkshire Strategic Race Equality Network would like to support the ‘Saluting our Sisters’ theme for Black History Month by sharing an inspiring blog by one of our members. The blog charts Ester Jamera’s amazing journey into leadership and beyond following a move from Zimbabwe many years ago. Ester shares her story through the lens of diversity, transition and ambition. We hope you find it an insightful read.

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  • This week’s leadership message comes from Dr James Thomas, Medical Director for NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Beverley Geary, the ICB's Director of Nursing

    Posted: 29th September 2023

    This week’s leadership message comes from Dr James Thomas, Medical Director for NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Beverley Geary, the ICB's Director of Nursing. We also have blogs from Becky Malby, Non-Executive Member of West Yorskhire ICB and Haris Sultan, non-executive development placement, and from Caroline Andrews, Project Manager for the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership's Adversity, Trauma and Resilience Programme.

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  • This week’s leadership message comes from Mahmud Nawaz, Non-Executive Director at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

    Posted: 22nd September 2023

    This week’s leadership message comes from Mahmud Nawaz, Non-Executive Director at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. We also have blogs from Amritpal Reyat, Strategic Programmes and Health Inequalities Lead at Wakefield place and Lisa Stead, North East and Yorkshire Clinical Associate for mental health support teams

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