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Whilst most people might be busy preparing for Christmas, Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership is calling on people to stay well this winter by promoting self-care and driving an uptake of pre-emptive health measures. There are many simple ways to stay well this winter, such as: Visit their pharmacist or access NHS … Read more

Vaccine hesitancy in pregnant women Despite national guidance, there is still a lot of vaccine hesitancy amongst pregnant women.  The Ask a Midwife service has seen an increasing number of messages come in from expectant mums, their partners, family and friends seeking advice and to gain reassurance that the vaccine is absolutely safe for them … Read more

I am pleased to announce that the 2021/22 Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership’s strategic objectives have been published. The strategic objectives, which have also been summarised into an infographic and a highlights video, set out the direction of travel of the Partnership over the next 12 months, which culminates in the HCV … Read more

Last month two key pieces of guidance relating to the proposals for Integrated Care System (ICS) development were published by NHS England and NHS Improvement. The documents can be found on the NHSEI website. The Integrated Care Systems: design framework sets out the next steps for how NHS leaders and organisations will operate with their … Read more

The Humber, Coast and Vale Low Calorie Diet Programme has gone from strength to strength since launching in September 2020, helping people who are overweight and living with type 2 diabetes improve their health. Since it was established as one of 10 pilot sites, the Low Calorie Diet Programme in Humber Coast and Vale has … Read more

Clinical commissioning groups across the Humber, Coast and Vale NHS have come together to coordinate and promote vaccine information videos featuring local GPs. These videos promote important messages in multiple languages to improve Covid vaccine confidence, by giving factual information about the safety and effectiveness of our UK vaccines, and to dispel any vaccine myths, … Read more

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, health and care staff have been working under tremendous pressure to continue to provide care and keep services open. We are all human, and we sometimes struggle with our emotions and feelings of burn-out. So when, on 9th December, we were able to offer the coronavirus vaccine to … Read more

Monday, 23rd March 2020 is a date which will live in infamy, to borrow a phrase from former US President Franklin D Roosevelt. It’s the day when the UK went into the first national lockdown in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus. While President Roosevelt’s Infamy speech signalled United States’ involvement in World … Read more

Regular readers of the Partnership’s blog series will know that as coronavirus become prevalent in the UK, the Clinical and Professional Leaders’ Group commissioned a report to capture the many changes and innovations made to health and care services in Humber, Coast and Vale in response to the pandemic. The reason for collating all these … Read more

One of the key legacies of the Covid-19 response across the Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership has been the role of the voluntary and community sector. In each of our six places, the voluntary and community sector has been integral to the response to our most vulnerable communities. The work they have … Read more