Career Development Month Blog

“Recruiting the health and social care workforce continues to be a challenge for many reasons and some of our work focuses on what support we can give to people wanting to work in the sector and how those already employed can continue to learn, develop and progress in their careers.”

– Tina Jenkinson & Victoria Wilkins, Project Managers of the Grow and Train Team at Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership.

VCSE Collaborative Update

The VCSE Collaborative’s vision is to enable the potential and impact of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector to be realised by being fully integrated into the planning, design and delivery of health and care across Humber and North Yorkshire. The VCSE Collaborative meet on a monthly basis. Following each meeting we share … Read more

World Menopause Day 2022

“We all have a responsibility to learn more about what we can do to support people going through this stage in their lives.”

– Gursharan Panesar-Bell, Project Manager of Workforce Health and Wellbeing at Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership.

As I see it – the latest blog from Sue Symington

Harnessing the power of partnership to deliver better health services Our partnership, embodied in our Integrated Care System, will be measured by its ability to successfully work closely together, across all sectors, to provide and improve health and care services for all those we serve. Our partnership includes social care provided by local authorities, acute … Read more

World Mental Health Day 2022: Start Conversations, Break the Stigma.

World Mental Health Day is an opportunity for everyone to raise awareness of mental health and to engage in conversations to break the stigmas surrounding mental health and wellbeing. According to MIND, the mental health charity, each year, one-in-four people will experience a mental health problem and too many do not know where to reach … Read more

Health and care collaboration to ease pressure on urgent care services this winter

NHS and care services across Humber and North Yorkshire are under huge pressure – with more than 1,000 people a day attending emergency departments in the region. This pressure has significantly increased over the last week – especially in hospitals and GP surgeries – and is compounded by rising cases of Covid and flu. Despite … Read more

Black History Month 2022 Blog

“I’m calling on colleagues across Humber and North Yorkshire to embrace the month of October, Black History Month, as an opportunity to stand up. To move from being bystanders to upstanders, from allyship to action.”

– Jayne Adamson, executive director of people at Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership and executive sponsor of the Humber and North Yorkshire Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Staff Network of Networks.