We want to ensure that you are kept up to date with the latest news, events and announcements from your local CCG. In this section you can find our latest media releases as well as events and campaign announcements.
Can Santa deliver for the NHS
All I want for Christmas is….integrated care wrapped around communities and individual patients. Here’s hoping Santa can help us out although he may have to fight dissenting elves and reindeers who’ve lost their bearing. My ideal present is simple enough. If it wasn’t for the Grinch who has stolen the one system spirit and bought […]
Tell me something I don’t know!
The Realising the Value programme is designed to ‘develop the field of person and community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing by building the evidence base and developing tools, resources and networks to support the spread and increase the impact of key approaches.’ To you and me this simply means that a bunch of folk, who […]
No such thing as ‘normal’
Personally, I’m not a fan of the word ‘normal’. Looking around the offices of NHS Leeds West CCG, I can’t see anyone who you could describe as “normal” in a more traditional sense; no two people are the same. As a total sum of their being – physically, mentally, hobbies, interests, I could go on. […]
Challenge accepted!
At the end of April I’m going to be taking part in another gruelling (for me) cycling challenge, but before I do that there’s plenty of challenges within the system we need to address. I recently attended a national briefing led by Simon Stevens, Chief Executive for NHS England and Jim Mackey, Chief Executive for […]
Various shades of pink
This is nothing to do with that notorious book or film, I’m afraid, but if you’re a Patient Leader it could be much more interesting! When you see an invitation to act as a Patient Leader on a particular topic that’s of personal interest and you think, “I’d like to do that!” the next natural […]
Local patients praise the support given at the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (1 to 31 October), a group of local women are encouraging Leeds residents who are living with cancer and beyond, to gain support from the Leeds Cancer Support team at the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre.
United we stand
If there’s one thing the current storm clouds circling the health and care system have taught us, it has to be the power of unity. United as a system, united by a sense of purpose and united by the sheer will to make sure we can do the best for the people we care for. […]
Carers partnership
It’s hard these days to find anybody who works in health and social care who doesn’t understand the vital contribution that unpaid carers make and there is some fantastic support across the City. But how many of us go the extra mile for our carers? We work in times of continued financial pressures set against […]
Collaboration is key…part two
It’s almost a year since I wrote my collaboration is key blog and in the time since then our partnership arrangements are proving to be crucial. This is being driven by the need to develop a Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) for Leeds and West Yorkshire. The STP will shape how the future commissioning and […]
What revalidation means for NMC registrants in non-patient-facing roles
The views of Gil Ramsden, Lead Nurse for NHS Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) The introduction of revalidation (NMC 2016) has created concern amongst some nurses currently practicing in non-patient-facing roles or who do not specifically have reference to active registration within their role title, job description or contract of employment. This paper serves […]