Musculoskeletal and pain services are joining up in North Kirklees
From 1 October 2019, Musculoskeletal (MSK) and pain services in North Kirklees will be joined up and provided by Connect Health. This joint service will cover: Orthopaedics (the area of medicine dealing with conditions affecting…
View articleInvitation to a workshop
Wellbeing Mental Health Support in Kirklees and Calderdale. Where are we now and what happens next…. Healthwatch Kirklees recently asked people about their experience of using the Single Point of Access (SPA) for adult…
View articleBoost for children and young people’s mental health services funding in Kirklees
CCGs in Kirklees are to receive additional funding to ensure that children and young people have access to emotional health and wellbeing support in schools and colleges. Last year, Kirklees was identified as a…
View articleNew provider of wheelchair services for Calderdale and Kirklees announced
Ross Care, specialist providers of wheelchair services and mobility equipment across the UK, will provide NHS posture and mobility (wheelchair) services across Kirklees and Calderdale from 1 October 2019. This follows a procurement process…
View articleFirst shared lay members appointed for local CCGs
NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG and NHS North Kirklees CCG have welcomed their first Governing Body lay members in a shared role. Beth Hewitt and Hilary Thompson have been appointed as members of the Governing…
View articleHealthwatch helps West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership hear the voices of local people
The NHS is increasingly making decisions more regionally, so West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership wanted to make sure that local people’s views about the NHS Long Term Plan were heard. They asked…
View articleKeeping Adults Safe in Kirklees – Adult Safeguarding Week (24th-28th June 2019)
Go along to the Keeping Adults Safe in Kirklees event which will be taking place on Wednesday 26th June 2019. We will be attending this event. The poster below gives you more information on…
View articleWest Yorkshire based sexual violence charity research shows its men’s teletherapy service works well
Survivors West Yorkshire, the Yorkshire region’s ONLY online specialist support service for male survivors of child sexual abuse, publishes independent evaluation of Ben’s Place. The organisation, which promotes the public awareness message, “sexual abuse…
View articleNew home oxygen service provider appointed
NHS North Kirklees and NHS Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have awarded the contract for the Home Oxygen Assessment and Review Service for patients in the Kirklees area to Baywater Healthcare. All clinical…
View articleWe are recruiting
Healthwatch Kirklees and Healthwatch Calderdale are recruiting 3 part-time Engagement and Information Officers. We are looking to employ people who are keenly interested in helping people to have their say about NHS and social care…
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