As we approach the end of another year, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best for the upcoming holidays and thank you for your ongoing support. Whether you’re a seasoned Boost member, or have recently discovered us and the work we do – everyone is welcome in our collective journey to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in the North East and North Cumbria.
Throughout 2024, we have continued in our efforts to learn, connect, lead, and improve. There have been lots highlights and important work happening. Just some of these have included:
The list could go on, but we know – Christmas is coming!
As we look ahead to next year, we will be prioritising:
Growing our offer on addressing health inequalities. There are unfair and avoidable differences in health across the population and between different groups within society. In our region, we face some significant challenges in relation to health inequalities. You can find out more about these in our Integrated Care Strategy. We will be supporting, sharing, and building on the great work that’s already happening to create better health and wellbeing for all.
Over the next year we will be increasing our learning and improvement community membership – reaching more of you out there who are living and working in the North East and North Cumbria. We want to bring citizens into the work that we do, as we recognise that they often have the ideas and solutions that would work for their local communities. When we get it right, co-production can be extremely powerful in the context of improvement and innovation. Keen to develop your skills in co-production? Join one of our planned working with communities sessions…
We look forward to supporting you, and to the year ahead.
This time of year can be hard for many people, for a number of reasons.
The Staff Wellbeing Hub offers free, confidential support for all health and care staff: https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/staff-wellbeing-hub/
If you are experiencing stress related symptoms, take a look at 10 tips on how to feel better: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/self-help/guides-tools-and-activities/tips-to-reduce-stress/
The North East and Yorkshire Leadership Academy (NEYLA) are offering winter health and wellbeing support, ensuring individuals are well equipped to deliver the best patient care at any time. Tools such as the following are included:
Find out more and book your place here…
If you are an NHS member of staff, you can get:
Need urgent help right now? If you, or someone you know, are in a mental health crisis, you can now call NHS 111 and select option 2 for urgent mental health support at any time of day.
If you are deaf or have hearing loss, please use NHS 111 – SignVideo or use the 18001 111 Relay UK app.
