Local Humber and North Yorkshire Stroke survivors support Act F.A.S.T campaign

The Stroke Association and NHS have recently relaunched the Act FAST campaign which aims to reduce the amount of time between someone having a stroke and accessing emergency healthcare. There are around 100,000 strokes in England, Scotland, and Wales every year, with around 33,000 stroke related deaths each year, as well as being a leading … 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

New digital record system set to revolutionise maternity care in Humber and North Yorkshire.

NHS Trusts across the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership which provide maternity care are rolling out a new digital system for expectant mums to register their pregnancy and access their care notes. The new system, called BadgerNet, is provided by a company called Clevermed. BadgerNet is a full electronic patient record, which … Read more

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

Health and care staff and volunteers can gain new qualifications with DN Colleges Group

DN Colleges Group is offering staff and volunteers across Humber and North Yorkshire (HNY) Integrated Care System, the opportunity to gain new skills and qualifications through a bespoke online learning portal. This exciting offer is fully funded and open to all health, care and VCSE staff and volunteers across our system. The qualifications available are … Read more

Humber and North Yorkshire VCSE Communications Webinar

Staff and volunteers in communications roles from across Humber and North Yorkshire’s voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) Sector are invited to join a free webinar on 14 March, from 10am – 12pm.   The online webinar, organised by Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership’s VCSE Collaborative, will provide an introduction to the … Read more

Winners of the Humber and North Yorkshire Sheep Shed Green Award programme announced

An initiative to support structured conversations about asthma care and encourage a shift towards lower carbon inhalers, a project to help protect the environment calling on people to recycle tablet blister packs and an ingenious solution to power vehicles with used cooking oil are some of the winners of the Sheep Shed Green Award. We … Read more

180 Days of Action on Workforce: taking care of our people, the Partnership’s most valuable asset.

In December 2021, key partners from across our system came together to develop the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership People Strategy. This ‘One Workforce’ vision sets out how we support and develop our current workforce, and how we will shape and grow our future workforce. To support the strategy, in September 2022, … Read more