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The Chair and Chief Executive of NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board have sent a letter to Frank Hester OBE on behalf of the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership to express "our profound disappointment" at remarks he allegedly made about the Rt Hon Ms Diane Abbott MP.
Comments attributed to Mr Hester in an article in The Guardian newspaper were, in our view, racist, misogynistic, and wrong. In the letter signed by Sue Symington and Stephen Eames, we asked Mr Hester to "reflect on those alleged remarks and why they are considered so offensive and hurtful to a large number of people".
More than 200,000 health and care staff from diverse backgrounds work across Humber and North Yorkshire. Many will use healthcare technology developed by TPP, the company founded by Mr Hester.
In our Partnership, we promote a fully inclusive working environment. We proudly celebrate the rich diversity within our workforce. And we expect our suppliers and providers to uphold the same values.
Click here to read the full letter. |
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Prepare for a healthy Easter Bank Holiday |
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Health leaders in Humber and North Yorkshire are encouraging people to get prepared for Easter.
With the long weekend fast approaching, NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) says there are proactive steps we can all take to ensure our healthcare needs are met.
The ICB's Clinical Lead, Dr Nigel Wells, said: "With many GP practices closed for the long bank holiday weekend and changes to usual pharmacy rotas, it's important people are prepared."
Click here to read more. |
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Humber and North Yorkshire residents visit Parliament on No Smoking Day to share their smoking survivor stories |
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Last week, residents from across Humber and North Yorkshire visited Parliament for No Smoking Day to tell their stories about the impact of smoking on their lives – and why parliamentarians should back proposed new legislation to create a smokefree generation.
Hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health, the event at Westminster was attended by those who have lost relatives to smoking, people whose health has been harmed, health professionals who have cared for people sick from smoking, and young people who want to grow up in a smokefree country.
Supporting people to stop smoking is a key priority in the Humber and North Yorkshire region, which has areas with some of the highest levels of smoking in the country.
Click here to read more. |
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VCSE Collaborative Meeting Update |
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The latest meeting update from the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership's VCSE Collaborative is now available to view. The update provides an overview of the meeting, which took place on Monday 11 March 2024 and covers the following topics:
- Social Prescribing Conference and Networking Event
- Research Engagement Network Update
- Connecting the VCSE sector with the wider Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership
- Volunteering for Health Funding Application
- 2024-25 Planning
- Humber and North Yorkshire VCSE Expo
Click here to read the latest update. |
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10 years since Cheshire West ruling |
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Tuesday 19 March 2024 marks 10 years since the Supreme Court gave its judgement in the Cheshire West case. The Court held that the 'acid test' to establish a deprivation of liberty was whether an incapacitated person’s care arrangements amounted to being under continuous supervision and control, and not free to leave.
The Court made clear that it did not matter that those cared for in this way were living lives which might be described as 'normal' for people with their degree of impairment or disability. What mattered was whether their lives were normal for people of a similar age who did not share those impairments/disabilities. In other words, the judgement was predicated on the belief that people who cannot make decisions for themselves should enjoy the same rights as others; infringements of the right to liberty should be judged by the same standards for all.
Applying the Cheshire West judgement in practice has presented significant challenges over the last 10 years. One of those challenges is ensuring that staff across health and care understand how the judgement applies to their area of work. It can be equally challenging for staff to explain to those using their services how the judgement applies to them, or someone they care for.
Staff across health and care are asked to take the opportunity presented by Cheshire West’s 10th anniversary to:
- Ensure they know how to recognise and act on a potential deprivation of liberty
- Ensure their training on this topic is up to date. You can find out more about free training from Quest.
- Utilise the support tools for staff and managers to help embed the learning from training. This area also includes access to a new Deprivation of Liberty Handbook containing detailed guidance.
- Help those who are using services to understand the deprivation of liberty by directing them to information on LiveWell.
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Integrated Care Partnership meeting to take place on 20 March |
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The next meeting in public of the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) will take place on Wednesday 20 March 2024. Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting virtually via YouTube from 2:00pm.
The meeting will be an opportunity to hear from members of the Board and learn more about the work of the Partnership. The ICP brings together local organisations with a duty to understand how the health and wellbeing of local people can be improved, agree priorities and strategies for achieving this, and plan different ways to deliver care.
Click here to read more. |
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Latest Free Cancer Champion Awareness Sessions Announced |
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Would you recognise the signs and symptoms of cancer?
1 in 2 people will develop cancer at some point in their life. Being aware of the signs and symptoms of cancer and detecting it early can save lives.
The Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance’s free cancer awareness sessions can teach you about what signs and symptoms to look for, cancer prevention, the national cancer screening programmes, and much, much more.
Dates for sessions – virtual part one (90 minutes):
- Thursday 4 April at 1:00pm
- Tuesday 9 April at 2:00pm
- Wednesday 17 April at 10:30am
- Friday 26 April 2:30pm
- Monday 29 April at 10:00am
Join over 5,693 others and sign up for a free face-to-face or virtual awareness session or organise a bespoke session for your team or organisation.
Click here for more information. If you have any queries, please email the team at hny.cancerchampions@nhs.net or call 07519 120809. |
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Bowel Cancer Awareness Month - Calling all parkrunners |
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April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and the Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance will be marking the month by participating in parkruns across our region.
Members of the Cancer Alliance team will be wearing weird and wonderful fancy dress to help raise awareness of bowel cancer. The team would love to have as many people as possible supporting them at the following parkrun events:
- York Racecourse – Saturday 6 April
- Beverley – Saturday 13 April
- Hull Peter Pan parkrun – Saturday 20 April
- Cleethorpes – Saturday 27 April
If you would like to get involved and support the Cancer Alliance team, please contact comms.hnycanceralliance@nhs.net. |
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News From Across The Partnership
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Spare uniforms put to good use in Nairobi |
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After running the hugely successful mass vaccination centre during the pandemic, City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP) were left with a lot of surplus uniforms.
As a social enterprise, CHCP is always keen to make a positive social impact. Rather than sending them to landfill, these uniforms have been donated to the Swanland Education Africa Trust.
John and Shirley Waters from Swanland helped to set up the project supporting three schools in and around Nairobi and took the uniforms over on a recent trip.
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Mayor to raise funds for breast unit in 24-hour dance-a-thon |
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The Mayor of North East Lincolnshire will be putting his best foot forward to drum up money for a breast unit at Grimsby Hospital.
Councillor Ian Lindley, who works in Grimsby Theatres as an Operating Department Practitioner, was elected as Mayor last year and chose The Pink Rose Suite as one of his charities to raise money for, through The Health Tree Foundation.
Mayor Lindley will be taking part in a 24-hour dance-a-thon at Grimsby Town Hall starting at 9:00am on Thursday 21 March.
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Young Health Champions Together volunteers making an impact |
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Last month, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust launched its new volunteering project in partnership with City Health Care Partnership (CHCP).
The 'Young Health Champions Together' project offers students the opportunity to gain valuable insight into different areas and specialisms on offer in the health sector.
Students are not limited to volunteering in the hospital setting alone. With CHCP’s involvement in the project, students will have the option to volunteers in community-based healthcare facilities such a community hospitals and care facilities too.
The Young Health Champion Volunteer programme for 16-25-year-olds has been operating successfully within Hull Hospitals for a decade now, delivering a proven model that has yielded powerful outcomes.
Click here to read more. |
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Scarborough Hospital expansion construction praised in inspection report |
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Constructors working on the new state-of-the-art Urgent and Emergency Care Centre (UECC) have been applauded for their overall approach to the £47 million project.
After six years of planning and a two-year construction period on the Woodlands Road hospital site, the UECC is expected to open in the summer. It is the largest investment ever in the Trust’s history.
The principal contractor of the new UECC, Integrated Health Projects (IHP) has achieved a remarkable 100% in every quality check under the 'Considerate Constructors' scheme, whose inspectors recently visited the site.
The report demonstrated their strong commitment to the aims of the flagship project and for their exceptionally high level of attention. Inspectors were impressed with the close and supportive working relationship with York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Capital Project team and builders working on the site.
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Nurse Director receives Gold Award |
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Sheila Lloyd, Director of Nursing at Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) has received the coveted Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for England's Gold Award for her outstanding service to nursing which includes nurse development and patient safety.
Sheila was presented with her CNO Gold Award at an online ceremony by Dame Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer for England on 1 March 2024.
The Chief Nursing Officer Gold Award recognises the exceptional achievements of nurses in their clinical practice, education, research and leadership.
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Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust shortlisted for two HSJ Digital Awards |
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Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for two Health Service Journal (HSJ) Digital Awards.
The nominations come as a welcome recognition of the hard work achieved by the Trust’s Neurodiversity Team, who are in our children and young people’s division; and the Interweave team, who are involved in the integration of shared care records across Yorkshire and the Humber and beyond.
The awards the Trust has been shortlisted for are:
- Optimising Clinical Pathways through Digital for the Hybrid Neurodiversity Assessments project
- Digital Clinical Safety for Championing Clinical Risk Management and Safety Culture
Click here to read more. |
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