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This World Suicide Prevention Day we reflect on a major milestone

Despite the challenges of delivering training and engaging with partners through the Covid-19 pandemic, since the start of the campaign in February 2020, over 11,000 people have completed free suicide prevention training provided by the Zero Suicide Alliance at www.talksuicide.co.uk According to the Office for National Statistics, there were 5,691 suicides registered in England and … Read more

Patients are being reminded that there are other ways to access GP services as Primary Care sees an increase in demand.

As patients feel more comfortable coming into the GP practice, pressure on primary care services is rising as more patients are coming forward who have avoided seeking help during the pandemic. Primary Care is working tirelessly to ensure that services are still here for patients. There are also high numbers of patients requiring support whilst … Read more

What Matters to You… Matters to Us

The Humber Acute Services Programme is a hugely complex and ambitious programme of work but with a very simple aim – to improve the lives and livelihoods of our population. Across the whole of the Humber region, we want to provide the best possible health and care services, we want people to be able to … Read more

The Covid Vaccination Programme has reached the milestone of one million first dose Covid vaccinations across Humber, Coast and Vale.

On Wednesday 19th May the Covid Vaccination Programme reached the major milestone of one million first dose Covid vaccinations across the Humber, Coast and Vale region. This is equivalent to 71% of the adult population. Combined with second doses 1.68 million doses of the vaccine have now been given. A breakdown of the various cohorts … Read more

International Nurses Day – Q&A with Michelle Carrington, Director of Nursing / Quality Lead, Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership

Nursing staff across Humber, Coast and Vale have shown continued hard work and perseverance throughout the pandemic. Today (Wednesday 12th May) is International Nurses Day, and to celebrate the hard work of all our nurses, and to recognise their incredible efforts, the Communications team spoke to Michelle Carrington, Director of Nursing / Quality Lead, Humber, … Read more

Over one million people across Humber, Coast and Vale have received their first dose of the Covid vaccine

While we steadily continue to progress on the way out of the national lockdown restrictions, in Humber, Coast and Vale we remain cautiously optimistic as we make good progress with vaccinating against coronavirus. Thanks to a combined effort of primary care teams, volunteers, vaccination centres, hospital hubs and local pharmacies, we have already vaccinated two … Read more

New service launched to support women with mental health issues relating to pregnancy and birth

The Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership’s Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Collaborative Programme continuously strives to improve services for people who experience poor mental health. One of the Programme’s aims is to introduce new systems that will help people to stay well and to manage their conditions confidently. This includes creating new … Read more