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Stephen Eames: 50 years in the NHS

There aren’t many things more important to me than my beloved Leeds United. My family, including my wife, Debbie, and sons Robbie and Ted is a given. And then there’s the NHS – this remarkable organisation I have been blessed to have been a part of for 50 years and counting. A bit like the … Read more

The Realities of Coproducing an ICS-wide Young People’s Mental Health Advisory Group

Never has coproduction been higher on the national agenda, and finally there is widespread understanding of the value and importance of lived experience, but are we really equipped for the collaborative involvement of young people in designing and delivering health services? To establish a young people’s mental health advisory group, representative of communities from across … Read more

Supporting your Muslim colleagues during Ramadan

“Ramadan is personal and is different for everyone so it is important to not make assumptions. Not everyone fasts and this doesn’t make us any more or less Muslim. Most people are happy to answer questions where these are approached with an open mind, a willingness to learn and from a place of respect.”

Dr Yasmin Zaidy (she/her) – GP Partner, Lifestyle Medicine Physician, Diabetes GPwSI and co-chair of the Primary Care Against Racism (PCaR) Network

Stress Awareness Month – Stress is anti-rest!

April is Stress Awareness Month and an opportunity to reflect on how we deal with pressure, cope with stress, and whether there are better ways that we can manage. Stress is our reaction to a challenging situation or life event bringing about feelings of worry, threat, or that things are out of control. In the … Read more

VCSE Collaborative Meeting Update – 13 March 2023 

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 (HNY).   The VCSE Collaborative meet on a monthly basis. Following each meeting we share an … Read more

Wellbeing blog

“Never before has taking care of our people across health and care been more important… We may not be able to put the breaks on the rollercoaster, but we can sit next to and support each other to ride out the highs and the lows. We can all commit to taking care of ourselves like we take care of those we’re here to serve.”

– Emma Marshall, Head of culture and transformation at NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB.

International Women’s Day 2023

Women across Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership came together this week to #EmbraceEquity and mark International Women’s Day (IWD). IWD took place on Wednesday 8 March, which also happened to be the day of our latest ICB board meeting, and as such our strong female representation came together to celebrate the amazing … Read more

Social Prescribing Day

Social Prescribing’ is changing lives and practices across Humber and North Yorkshire; linking people to local non-medical sources of support to improve their health and wellbeing.