Blogs

Rehana Kosar recently celebrated 10 years since a successful kidney transplant. The 52-year-old suffered from kidney infections from a young age and was diagnosed with glomerulonephritis (a type of kidney disease) in 2013. Rehana spent a gruelling nine months undergoing dialysis before she found a suitable donor.

Birth trauma awareness week runs from the 15 -21 July.  This is an annual event to raise awareness of birth-related trauma. As West Yorkshire’s new maternal mental health service – Paths recently launched we are pleased to share a timely blog from Dr Estelle Verdi, Principal Counselling Psychologist and Service Lead.

To mark the launch of the West Yorkshire Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub’s annual report for 2023-24, this week’s leadership message comes from Brendan Brown. Brendan, who is Chief Executive lead for the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership's People Programme, talks about the achievements and challenges in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of more than 140,000 staff and volunteers. We also have a blog from George Anderson, Head of Contracts (Clinical) at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, reflecting on his lived experience of healthcare and medical technology as someone with diabetes.

To mark National Co-production Week (1-5 July), this week’s leadership message comes from Arfan Hussain, Strategy and Transformation Programme Manager, and Colin Hurst, Insight, Involvement and Consultation Lead for NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB). For Clean Air Day, which took place on 20 June, we also have a blog from Maria Storer, Project Manager for Climate Change and Housing at the ICB.

This week’s leadership message comes from Shelley Russell, Programme Manager for NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board’s learning disability programme.

Hello, my name is Rob Goodyear I am the Associate Director for Strategic Operations in the Clinical and Professional Directorate, working for James Thomas, the ICB’s Medical Director, and Beverley Geary the ICBs Director of Nursing.

This week’s leadership message comes from Ian Holmes, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Strategy and Partnerships for NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Hayden Ridsdale, a Senior Strategy and Transformation Programme Manager working in the ICB. To mark 'What Matters to You' Day, which was on 6 June, we also have a blog from Katy Swinhoe, a project manager in the West Yorkshire Improving Population Health Programme.

This week’s leadership message comes from Kate O’Connell, Director of Leeds Health and Care Academy and Leeds Strategic Workforce. To celebrate the culture and history of our Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities and the contributions they bring to our society, we also have a blog from Ellie Rogers, CEO of Leeds GATE.

This week’s leadership message comes from Rhona Mulvihill, the new Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate for West Yorkshire and Harrogate. We also have a blog from Jo Baker, Associate Director for Strategy and Transformation at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, celebrating Volunteers Week 2024.