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IWD 2024: Improving women’s health

IWD 2024: Improving women’s health Anja Hazebroek, Executive Director of Communications, Marketing and Media Relations, Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership This year’s International Women’s Day theme, ‘Inspire Inclusion,’ resonates deeply with my role as the Women’s Health Champion for our ICB. I feel privileged to hold this position and am committed to … Read more

IWD 2024: Female role models

IWD 2024: Female role models Kate Wood, Group Chief Medical Officer, Hull University NHS Teaching Hospitals and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust. My career in medicine as a doctor has been fulfilling and I am very proud to be the chief medical officer of one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. … Read more

IWD 2024: Women who inspire me

IWD 2024: Women who inspire me Louise Wallace, Director of Public Health at North Yorkshire Council It isn’t the women on the front page of a magazine; a social media influencer; a celebrity or movie star – it the women living everyday lives. When I was in my teens, it was the 90 year old … Read more

Blog: Allied Health Professionals Day 2023

Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) celebrated their 6th annual AHPs’ Day on 14 October 2023. AHP Day is a yearly occasion for AHPs in England and now internationally to unite and revel in their contribution. AHP Day offers a platform to spotlight the remarkable impact AHPs have on the delivery of care. The Humber and North … Read more

Blog: Enabling Innovation in Health and Social Care – Could this be the USP of Integrated Care Systems?

Dr Jacqueline Andrews, Humber and North Yorkshire Lead for Innovation, Research and Improvement Most agree that health and social care innovation is critical to improving patients’ and citizens’ quality of care and health and wellbeing outcomes. Where there is less agreement is where, in the never-ending challenges of funding and capacity, our appetite to prioritise … Read more

Talking people… let’s take pride in intersectionality

“We are all different and we are all the same, depending on the lens you use. But imagine a world where we are excited and enthusiastic about learning about our LGBT+ peers who have been ‘othered’ over the years… Imagine the enrichment in your life if you open your eyes and your heart to people … Read more