Humber, Coast and Vale exceeds Government Apprenticeship target with hundreds of traineeships delivered across health and social care

The Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership has surpassed the Government’s target for recruiting apprentices in 2020 – which has led to the recruitment of an extra 110 trainee health and care professionals in our area. The Government’s Apprenticeship Levy, which was first introduced in 2018, sets public sector organisations the target of … Read more

Our commitment to apprenticeships is helping to attract many more into health and care careers as well as providing further talent opportunities for existing staff across Humber, Coast and Vale

In July 2020, NHS England published the People Plan, setting out ambitions around workforce, whilst focussing efforts on “rapid” recruitment across all health and care roles and professions. I warmly welcomed the plan, setting out our targets up to March 2021 and reflecting the incredible effort of staff across the Humber, Coast and Vale partnership, … Read more

Electronic system to improve patients’ end of life care shared nationally as best practice

Details of an electronic system supporting people who are receiving end of life care in the Humber, Coast and Vale Care Partnership area, have been published nationally, to share with other health and care organisations as best practice. The Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination System (EPaCCS) is a palliative care shared record, which enables different health … Read more

It’s no great secret that we are facing one of our toughest ever winters. This is why I wanted to send a message of thanks and encouragement to all health and care staff across Humber, Coast and Vale

Monday, 23rd March 2020 is a date which will live in infamy, to borrow a phrase from former US President Franklin D Roosevelt. It’s the day when the UK went into the first national lockdown in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus. While President Roosevelt’s Infamy speech signalled United States’ involvement in World … Read more

Despite Covid-19, partners across Humber, Coast and Vale have continued to deliver new services to prevent suicides. There has never been a more crucial time to have a conversation around suicide prevention.

Despite Covid-19, partners across Humber, Coast and Vale have continued to deliver new services to prevent suicides. We continue to work in collaboration with our communities, to train the public, reduce the stigma around suicide and remain innovative. There has never been a more crucial time to have a conversation around suicide prevention. I feel … Read more

Bump the Habit website launched to help pregnant women stop smoking to give their baby best start in life

A new website has launched in Humber, Coast and Vale to help pregnant women stop smoking – with their loved ones also encouraged to quit at the same time to help them succeed in kicking the habit. Humber, Coast and Vale, an area which includes the cities of Hull and York and large rural areas … Read more

One of the ways we are supporting pregnant women and their families is with the lauch of the new Bump the Habit website, which gives evidence-based and accurate information to women about the effect their smoking might have on their baby and the choices available to them if they want to do something about it

Our role in the Local Maternity System (LMS), as part of the Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership, is to make sure women, families and babies are as healthy and safe as they can be as they move through their pregnancy journey. A big part of our focus is on ensuring as few … Read more

This new, exciting Digital Fast Forward Plan has been developed by all our partner organisations which have come together on the digital agenda with passion, determination and talent to unleash our potential and ambitions for digital in our ICS

I am delighted to launch our Humber, Coast and Vale Digital Fast Forward Plan which sets out our digital ambitions, plans and opportunities for the Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership (ICS). This new, exciting Digital Fast Forward Plan has been developed by all partner organisations in our ICS which have come together … Read more

In the wake of rising numbers of Covid-19 cases, it’s more important than ever to learn from the changes we have already made in response to the pandemic

Regular readers of the Partnership’s blog series will know that as coronavirus become prevalent in the UK, the Clinical and Professional Leaders’ Group commissioned a report to capture the many changes and innovations made to health and care services in Humber, Coast and Vale in response to the pandemic. The reason for collating all these … Read more