The difference our Partnership is making

Charlotte Lay, 33, attempted suicide in 2019. She hopes that sharing her story will help others understand that they’re not alone, and that help is out there.

In 2023/24, NHSE’s Research Engagement Network funded a number of NHS Integrated Care Boards to develop a project around community-led research, which West Yorkshire ICB successfully received funding for and has received further to continue in 2024/25.

Following a free health check as part of the 'Find Out How You Really Are' campaign, Steve Whitaker, 55 from Halifax discovered he had very high blood pressure and is now on the road to improving his health.

In a groundbreaking initiative, community champions across Kirklees have made significant strides in raising awareness about cardiovascular disease (CVD). (September 2024)

We’re excited to share the outcomes of our work to review our maternity and neonatal services and support. This is a real example of co-production and collaboration in action leading to real change and improvements across our Local Maternity and Neonatal Services (LMNS) in West Yorkshire and Harrogate.

In June 2024 Andy West and Dr Frank Swinton met to record a podcast ahead of Clean Air Day on 20 June to discuss a new E-Bike pilot scheme in West and South Yorkshire.

The Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate is a new senior role being piloted to support women and families in England. We are one of 21 Integrated Care Boards taking part.

Our 'Find Out How You Really Are' campaign is a great example of teamwork aimed at improving people's lives. The Get Set Goal team encouraged rugby league fans to get health checks.

‘Together We Can’ is West Yorkshire’s long term campaign to minimise pressures on urgent and emergency services. This is the third year it has been rolled out as an area wide winter campaign.

‘Find Out How You Really Are’ is a health awareness and call to action campaign we are delivering in partnership with Bradford Bulls, Castleford Tigers, Halifax Panthers, Huddersfield Giants and Leeds Rhinos. We have also partnered with Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

Through our work on inclusive recruitment and through feedback at different forums across the Partnership, we were hearing feedback from our neurodivergent colleagues about challenges they face in their daily work life.

A pilot in-house stop smoking service has become the Pride of Airedale for their work to help pregnant smokers to quit, increasing the likelihood of a heathier pregnancy and a healthier baby.

Vaccinations have been delivered to eligible groups across GPs, walk-in centres and in community pharmacies.

Our fully integrated campaign ran throughout 2023 and saw increasing numbers of people from these groups take up roles with our Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Trusts.

Our health system is responsive to improving the health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities. We believe that it is everyone’s responsibility to ensure people with learning disabilities will be as healthy as they can be.