We need to understand whether the improvements and transformations made in response to Covid-19 are providing the quality of care required and improving the health and well-being of our population

If you’ve been following the Partnership’s blog series recently you’ll have seen several references to the great work and ingenuity colleagues from across all sectors have shown in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. At the height of the pandemic, it became clear there were a large number of rapid changes and service improvements taking place … Read more

New service launches to support people who have been bereaved by suicide

A new service has launched to support local people who have been bereaved by suicide across Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire. The new service, which officially launched in May 2020, has been launched by local mental health charities Hull and East Yorkshire Mind and North East Lincolnshire Mind. It … Read more

One of the biggest successes of dealing with COVID-19 has been the deployment of digital to the frontline across health and social care in Humber, Coast and Vale

One of the biggest successes of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic has been the deployment of digital to the front line across health and social care across the Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership. I accepted the Senior Responsible Officer role for digital across the Humber, Coast and Vale integrated care system (ICS) … Read more

Throughout Covid-19, our staff and partners have risen to the challenge of supporting people living with mental health issues in the Humber, Coast and Vale area. We’ve kept our focus on community support and found new and innovative ways of delivering our services

Mental health and wellbeing is vital in maintaining physical health and health in general and never has this been more apparent than during the last few months. I would like to start by thanking our staff, carers, volunteers, charities for maintaining services and supporting our communities. The response over the last four months from all … Read more

We believe that our communities will benefit for many years to come if we can learn from the changes we’ve made in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Thank you for all the hard work, enthusiasm and ingenuity that you have shown over the last three months.

It’s been 13 weeks since the country was placed into lockdown as the Government introduced measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the UK. On the one hand it seems like a lifetime ago, and on the other it feels like yesterday. It feels like an eternity has passed since lockdown measures were introduced, … Read more

More than 500 tablet devices help care home residents remain connected to GPs during COVID-19

Care home residents in Humber, Coast and Vale have remained connected to GPs during lockdown – after more than 500 tablet devices were supplied to the region’s care homes through a digital programme launched in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The UK government introduced strict lockdown measures in March to try to limit the … Read more

“We have a long way to go to achieve race equality. But the events of the past few weeks also shows that there is reason to be hopeful because we are now talking and taking action.”

Yesterday the funeral of George Floyd took place. As has been extensively covered in the news, George died after a white police officer was filmed kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes in Minneapolis, USA. I have been reflecting on what has happened, and continues to happen, with a sense of anger and sadness. … Read more

Reset, recovery or restoration… How do we build back better than before?

Over the past weeks and months, colleagues, partners and commentators from various perspectives and sectors have been talking about what comes next following the initial peak of Covid-19 cases and the rapid work that was undertaken to deal with the immediate pandemic response. Within the Partnership team we have been musing over the most appropriate … Read more

The next stage of our Covid-19 response will throw up many challenges but we will continue to work together and plan together as a collective – this is the power of the Partnership.

The impacts of this outbreak will be felt for many months and years to come and potentially in ways that we don’t expect. Amid this changing landscape, colleagues across the Partnership are working together to plan and implement the next phase of our Covid-19 response. The next stage of our response to Covid-19 within our … Read more