The difference our Partnership is making

‘Together We Can’ is West Yorkshire’s long term campaign to minimise pressures on urgent and emergency services. This is the third year it has been rolled out as an area wide winter campaign.

‘Find Out How You Really Are’ is a health awareness and call to action campaign we are delivering in partnership with Bradford Bulls, Castleford Tigers, Halifax Panthers, Huddersfield Giants and Leeds Rhinos. We have also partnered with Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

Through our work on inclusive recruitment and through feedback at different forums across the Partnership, we were hearing feedback from our neurodivergent colleagues about challenges they face in their daily work life.

A pilot in-house stop smoking service has become the Pride of Airedale for their work to help pregnant smokers to quit, increasing the likelihood of a heathier pregnancy and a healthier baby.

Vaccinations have been delivered to eligible groups across GPs, walk-in centres and in community pharmacies.

Our fully integrated campaign ran throughout 2023 and saw increasing numbers of people from these groups take up roles with our Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Trusts.

Our health system is responsive to improving the health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities. We believe that it is everyone’s responsibility to ensure people with learning disabilities will be as healthy as they can be.

The inspirational work of suicide prevention volunteers on the Partnership’s coproduction project

Care coordinators working for Trinity Health Group PCN are improving the way people living with dementia are cared for and supported as soon as they receive their diagnosis

Live Well Wakefield provides a range of self-management courses and workshops offering self-help tools and techniques to help you manage your wellbeing whilst living with any longterm conditions.

Pat and her husband David have been Extend exercise instructors and trainers for over 30 years covering the North of England including their home town in Leeds.

The Macmillan Prehabilitation project at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is a two year project to explore the feasibility of providing prehab to all newly diagnosed cancer patients.

Carl Hickman, project and service manager leading both acute inpatient and maternity pathways, tells us more about the challenges and successes over the first year, as well as what those using the service are saying and plans for the future.

NHS South Yorkshire recently partnered with West Yorkshire Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism (MHLDA) Workforce team to deliver a high quality live-stream ambassador session to local Psychology students in further education and sixth-form colleges.

Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism (MHLDA) Programme Director, Keir Shillaker, and Public Health Consultant, Dr Emma Pearce, recently worked with NHS Providers to develop an in-depth case study that underlines the importance of provider collaboratives.