From 2019- to October 2023 in West Yorkshire:
- 557,250 Personalised Care interventions have taken place
- 163,076 patients had a shared decision making conversation
- 252798 personalised care support plans implemented
- Over 5000 staff and volunteers trained in personalised care approaches
- 106,445 people referred into social prescribing services
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Following a free health check as part of the 'Find Out How You Really Are' campaign, Steve Whitaker, 55 from Halifax discovered he had very high blood pressure and is now on the road to improving his health.
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In a groundbreaking initiative, community champions across Kirklees have made significant strides in raising awareness about cardiovascular disease (CVD). (September 2024)
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Our 'Find Out How You Really Are' campaign is a great example of teamwork aimed at improving people's lives. The Get Set Goal team encouraged rugby league fans to get health checks.
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‘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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership’s Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) prevention programme delivered a successful campaign for know your numbers week. Know your numbers is a national campaign led by Blood Pressure UK, to increase awareness of the importance of blood pressure checking, monitoring and understanding what the numbers mean.
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A patient from Hebden Bridge contacted their Care Coordinator with concerns that they hadn’t received their bowel cancer screening kit, even though the patient’s spouse had received theirs. This Case Study follows a personalised care approach, with good communication with the patient to ensure the issue was actioned and resolved.
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Ella Fairbrother is the PGPA Social Prescribing and Care Coordination Lead for Lower Calder Valley PCN and a Personalised Care Institute ambassador