The difference our Partnership is making

Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism (MHLDA) Programme Director, Keir Shillaker, and Public Health Consultant, Dr Emma Pearce, recently worked with NHS Providers to develop an in-depth case study that underlines the importance of provider collaboratives.

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust talks about their social responsibility and sustainability initiatives

Project Hope is an exciting initiative designed specifically to give 16-25yr old care experienced young people from West Yorkshire hope for a better future.

A new tobacco dependency service, which went live for acute inpatients at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust in September 2023, is helping patients on their journey to quit smoking and chewing tobacco. Tobacco Dependency Adviser, Sruthi Nair, tells us more.

Around one in ten young people has asthma in the UK and a child is admitted to hospital every 20 minutes because of an asthma attack, the majority of which are preventable.

The national HSJ Digital Awards 2023 are a special occasion to celebrate excellence in digitising, connecting, and transforming health and care and the website was a finalist at an award ceremony held in Manchester on 22 June.

West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership’s Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) prevention programme delivered a successful campaign for know your numbers week. Know your numbers is a national campaign led by Blood Pressure UK, to increase awareness of the importance of blood pressure checking, monitoring and understanding what the numbers mean.

A trailblazing suicide prevention project – believed to be one of the first of its kind in the country – has delivered potentially life-saving work with Gypsy and Traveller communities across West Yorkshire.

Zoe, Early Intervention Midwife at Airedale General Hospital, tells us about the work being carried out by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to reduce smoking in pregnancy

A patient from Hebden Bridge contacted their Care Coordinator with concerns that they hadn’t received their bowel cancer screening kit, even though the patient’s spouse had received theirs. This Case Study follows a personalised care approach, with good communication with the patient to ensure the issue was actioned and resolved.

Ella Fairbrother is the PGPA Social Prescribing and Care Coordination Lead for Lower Calder Valley PCN and a Personalised Care Institute ambassador

Pregnancy can feel a lot to deal with. You want to stop smoking, and you can – but you may need some help, it’s not easy. We hear from two young mums-to-be who were supported by their maternity health adviser to quit smoking.

The scheme, provides opportunities for learning and development sessions, mentorship and coaching. A celebration event was held with the first fellows to graduate from the two-year programme.

Libby Holroyd, a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Children’s Asthma at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, has recently been nominated for an award for her innovative work in reducing emergency admissions for children with severe asthma.

West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership are sharing stories from across our five places, Bradford District and Craven, Wakefield, Kirklees, Calderdale and Leeds about the work that our Learning Disabilities Challenge teams are doing.