Refreshing the Carers Strategy - call for evidence
Posted: 29th July 2010
The Government is refreshing the Carers Strategy with a view to producing, before the end of the year, a plan for 2011 to 2015. This will set out the key activities upon which the Government - working in partnership with Local Authorities, the NHS, the voluntary sector, local communities...
Personal Budgets DVD Launch
Posted: 21st July 2010
The Personal Budgets DVD has been launched as part of the Putting People First (PPF) toolkit. The DVD is live on the PPF website. The Putting People First toolkit is an on-line resource to support councils to begin to plan and deliver the transformation of their social care systems,...
Don’t stay silent
Posted: 20th July 2010
Hepatitis C is often known as the silent killer but if caught quickly enough it can be effectively treated. Hepatitis C is an often silent infection that affects thousands of people across the north – with the vast majority of those not even aware they have the virus. In...
Alzheimer's Garden Party 2010
Posted: 19th July 2010
Below is an HD movie about the Alzheimer's Garden party 2010, filmed by Ruby and Evie and edited by Lucy. The garden party was held at Eileen Harrington's house in Doncaster and raised over £1700.
Avoidable overnight stays cost NHS £330m a year
Posted: 6th July 2010
There has been a large and avoidable rise in the number of overnight stays, which cost the NHS £330m annually, a report has said. The study, from independent think-tank the Nuffield Trust, said the increase was “unsustainable” and pointed to large variations between hospitals in how many patients were...
Video translations of the Mental Health Act now available free online
Posted: 28th June 2010
The Yorkshire and Humber Improvement Partnership (YHIP) have made video translations of patients rights from The Mental Heath Act available free of charge online. The videos, which feature translations into 28 languages, were originally produced onto DVD by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (with support from other organisations including...
Dementia Awareness Week 4th – 10th July
Posted: 24th June 2010
4th July marks the beginning of National Dementia Awareness Week. Throughout this week, the following events and activities are taking place across the Yorkshire and Humber region to raise awareness and reduce the stigma attached to dementia. Barnsley Friday 9th July the Barnsley Independent Alzheimer's and Dementia Support Group...
Important changes to CQC’s assessment of adult social care services
Posted: 1st June 2010
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) on Wednesday said it would work closely with the adult social care sector in developing a new system to replace quality ratings (star ratings) for registered services. The Commission said the current quality ratings system would cease ahead of the new registration system and...
YHIP Business Plan 2010/11
Posted: 1st June 2010
We are pleased to announce that our 2010/11 business plan has now been published. It is a useful guide to the high level improvement activity for the region being delivered by our programmes. This is our final year of funding within the current financial settlement and with a new...