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Heart Attack Awareness Week

“It is important that everybody understands what a heart attack might be and what to do about it, so that we can help as many people as possible, the quicker the better.”

-Justin Ghosh, Consultant Cardiologist at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Winter Stakeholder Newsletter out now

Our latest stakeholder newsletter has been published. The winter 2021/22 edition includes: Professor Stephen Eames CBE appointed Designate Integrated Care System Chief Executive Humber Neurology Service launches A year of achievement for the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities and Autism Collaborative Programme Children and Young People’s Programme – what it aims to achieve Cancer Champion figures … Read more

Sunday, 10th October was World Mental Health Day 2021. This year, the occasion took ‘mental health in an unequal world’ as its theme. Anyone working in a health or care setting over the last 18 months will know that the pandemic has brought even greater imbalance to an already unequal world

Our Resilience Hub was set up as a direct response to the pandemic, to try to redress that imbalance, supporting health and care sector staff and their families. Although many of those who have accessed the service are struggling with the direct impact of Covid-19, others turn to the Resilience Hub in times of bereavement, … Read more

Making a commitment to grow and train our workforce, Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership sees the Learning Environments Assessments and Placements (LEAP) programmes first projects get underway.

Approved earlier this year with a £1.4million investment from Health Education England, the LEAP strategy aims to grow and train our people, working together differently to transform the way we deliver local, regional and national workforce priorities promoting a supportive education culture for the entire workforce. The vision is to create a healthier Humber, Coast … Read more

Humber, Coast and Vale Cancer Alliance is working with its partners to pilot new primary care Breast Pain Clinics, following an increase in the number of two-week wait referrals for suspected breast cancer

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and, as we continue to work with our partners to highlight the early signs of cancer through our Cancer Champion programme and other initiatives such as the NHS Help Us Help You campaign, we are pleased to have seen the number of urgent breast cancer referrals rise since the … Read more