th3design, Author at Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

We can’t be a health and care system without social care. We must continue to work together to support all partners in our system in the weeks and months to come

10 July 202414 April 2020 by th3design

As we continue in our ongoing battle against Coronavirus, I want to begin my message this week with a thank you to everyone who is working so hard across Humber, Coast and Vale in all parts of our health and care system. As a health and care system, we can only be successful if all … Read more

We have seen rapid and significant transformation in the way we deliver health and care services in a matter of weeks. Sustaining the positive changes is a challenge for both now and the future

10 July 20246 April 2020 by th3design

I want to begin my message this week with another huge thank you to everyone who is continuing to work around the clock to respond to COVID-19 across Humber, Coast and Vale. Colleagues and partners are continuing to go above and beyond to put in place additional resources and new ways of working to enable … Read more

Free online mental health support service launched to help children and young people in Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire

1 April 2020 by th3design

A free online mental health and emotional wellbeing support service has been launched to help children and young people living in Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. People aged between 11 and 25 in these areas can now register to use Kooth, a free, anonymous online counselling and emotional wellbeing service which can be accessed … Read more

We don’t know exactly how long the COVID-19 situation will last, but we do know that it is more important than ever for us to lean on one another and support each other through the current challenges

10 July 202430 March 2020 by th3design

I’d like to start this week’s message with a huge thank you to every single colleague working within our organisations across Humber, Coast and Vale. In our hospitals and GP practices; in community services and mental health; in our CCGs and Local Authorities; in hospices and across the voluntary sector; in care homes and home … Read more

These are testing times for us both individually and collectively – we must lean on our partnerships and relationships to ensure we can get through the coming weeks and months

10 July 202423 March 2020 by th3design

As we enter another week of uncertainty for many, I wish to continue to reiterate my message of thanks and encouragement to all of you working together on the frontline of our country’s efforts to tackle Covid-19. These are testing times for us both individually and collectively. We must lean on our partnerships and relationships … Read more

Covid-19 will affect the way in which the Partnership operates over the coming weeks and months. However, our work of supporting and enabling collaboration across Humber, Coast and Vale will not stop.

10 July 202417 March 2020 by th3design

Just a few short weeks ago, Sir Michael Marmot, the guru of health inequalities and public health, published a review 10 years on from his ground-breaking report on the health of the population and health inequalities in 2010. His review did not make for happy reading, highlighting the continuation, and in some cases exacerbation, of … Read more

“Our focus is on patients, on their outcomes, and on the quality of services… not on organisations” – Senior Responsible Officer Phil Mettam reflects on the Humber, Coast and Vale Cancer Alliance’s inaugural annual conference

10 March 2020 by th3design

I have been reflecting for a few days on our inaugural annual conference. It was a pretty big deal for the Cancer Alliance and a test of our ability to bring people together as part of the maturing partnership arrangements across Humber, Coast and Vale. We passed the test with flying colours. More than 150 … Read more

Learning from Aristotle, Henry Ford and others… this week’s blog from Professor Stephen Eames looks at patient safety and quality in an ever increasingly challenging climate

10 July 202428 February 2020 by th3design

There is a view that no amount of external focus can necessarily identify or solve problems inside an organisation and that real change has to come from within. Henry Ford once said: “Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” Many of our staff and organisations are grappling with this mantra in the … Read more

Clinical and social care engagement is recognised as an important element of the NHS Long Term Plan, so how are we faring in Humber, Coast and Vale on this front?

24 February 2020 by th3design

The need for engagement with health and social care staff is seen as a significant enabler for the Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership to deliver on its aims for our communities. What’s more it’s an important element of the NHS Long Term Plan, which states that: “(Integrated Care Systems) are a pragmatic … Read more

Building our workforce for the future requires investment in staff, leadership development and seeking out talent at every level

10 July 202414 February 2020 by th3design

Research shows that big organisations, such as the NHS, like to promote the idea that employees are their biggest asset. Yet many are as unprepared for the challenge of finding, motivating and nurturing talent as they were a decade ago. Why? It is largely because a deep-rooted conviction about people development and talent management requires … Read more