General practitioners (GPs) across the region have filmed an important message in multiple languages to encourage vaccine confidence. Across England, GPs have raised concerns over a low uptake of coronavirus vaccination among patients from ethnic minority backgrounds – warning that misinformation has left some patients reluctant to come forward. NHS…
The Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership is one of just seven health and care partnerships in the country to secure £500,000 as part of a two-year national scheme aimed at helping the mental wellbeing of communities hardest hit by coronavirus. The ‘green social prescribing’ project has been…
Everyone over the age of five is now able to be tested for Covid-19 if they have symptoms, after the Government announced plans to extend testing eligibility on Monday (18th May 2020). Symptoms of Covid-19 are: a high temperature, a new continuous cough, or a loss or change to your…
Less than three weeks since work started, NHS Nightingale Yorkshire and the Humber opens today (Tuesday, 21st April). Based in Harrogate Convention Centre, it will provide some 500 more beds for coronavirus patients, if local services need them. The new facility is one of seven Nightingale hospitals to be set…
A new website has been launched to help improve heart health among people living in Humber, Coast and Vale. The Healthy Hearts website is designed to help people reduce their risk of stroke and heart attack, and help to lower the number of people dying prematurely from cardiovascular disease –…
GPs in Humber, Coast and Vale will no longer usually prescribe medicines that patients can buy over-the-counter for a range of minor health concerns, including hay fever, coughs and colds, aches and pains and sunburn. Patients are instead encouraged to visit their local pharmacy for advice and treatments. There’s no…
The Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership has appointed a new Independent Chair, Professor Stephen Eames. Stephen Eames will be joining the Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership (HCV Partnership) in a part-time capacity from June 2019 as its Independent Chair. Working alongside the current Partnership…
