Survey
Have your say on how health services are delivered across West Yorkshire by Feb 20th
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (NHS WY ICB) is asking people and communities to come forward and share their views on how health services should be delivered to them locally, and across West Yorkshire.
With the passing of the Health and Care Act 2022, there is a requirement for integrated care systems (like the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership) to develop an integrated health and social care strategy and for integrated care boards to develop a joint forward plan to deliver the NHS components.
Building on the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership (WY HCP) Five-Year Strategy ‘Better health and wellbeing for everyone’ published in 2020, the Partnership has coproduced a refreshed draft strategy. The Partnership is now seeking people’s views on how its ambitions for the NHS will be achieved in a new joint forward plan for the area. The plan will be published by the 30 June 2023.
People can have their say by completing a short survey online at https://bit.ly/wyviews
or by contacting their local Healthwatch by Monday 20 February 2023 to answer a few questions. More information is available on the WY HCP website at wypartnership.co.uk/your-views
Calderdale Resident Perception Survey Vision 2024 – complete by January 31st
As we head into 2023, your views of our place really matter. They really do change where we’re going and how we get there. If you are 16 or over and live here, please take a few minutes to complete this survey and tell us about your life in Calderdale.
We are sticking by our Vision for Calderdale in 2024(opens in new window) – a place of hope and kindness, where everyone can realise their potential.
The Vision 2024 annual survey commissioned by Robin Tuddenham is now live and you are invited to complete it. The survey looks at areas of life in Calderdale that are largely absent from official statistics that could help shape future policy and planning.
After completing the survey questions, you’ll also have the option to enter our prize draw to be in with a chance of winning some great prizes: 4 tickets to a show of your choice at the Victoria Theatre in Halifax, or one of six three-month fitness memberships for Brighouse, Sowerby Bridge or Todmorden sports centres. Good luck!
This survey should take 5 – 10 minutes to complete. The live link is here: https://online1.snapsurveys.com/Vision24. The survey will remain live until 31st January.
2023 will be the 5th year of the survey and following the difficult pandemic years we’re really hoping to boost participation. The survey is mainly online for resource reasons but you may be able to find a copy of it in your local library.
New People’s Panel for West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Survey
People across West Yorkshire are being asked to help shape a new people’s panel which will play an important role in advising health and care services across the area. With already strong mechanisms in place to hear from people in Bradford District and Craven, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield District, West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership (WY HCP), want to build on this by giving people an opportunity to also have a voice at a West Yorkshire level.
Take the survey here : www.tinyurl.com/wypanel22 by November 11
or read to the end to find how you can complete a paper copy
WY HCP, which plans and delivers health and care services for people across the area, has asked West Yorkshire Healthwatch organisations, the independent health and care champions, to develop a new panel. The panel will be made up of people and communities from across the area. It aims to empower people to have their say about services and to put the voice of people at the heart of decision-making at a West Yorkshire level.
Working with existing and new networks across local areas, people will have the opportunity to get involved in influencing decisions made by the new NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Board.
Sharanjit Boughan, West Yorkshire Healthwatch said: “Ensuring diverse voices are heard from across the area is essential to help health and care services meet the needs of all our communities. We especially want to hear the voices of those who experience the greatest health inequalities and who we might not usually hear from. Please come forward and get involved”.
Cathy Elliott, Chair of the NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board said: “As the independent champion for anyone using health and care services, Healthwatch is a key partner within WY HCP and ideally placed to do this essential work on our behalf. We really want to reach as many people as possible, so that we can make sure people’s feedback and experiences of local services are heard at the highest level. This is ultimately all about making the right decisions and ones that make a positive difference to everyone’s lives”.
Anyone interested in helping to shape the panel is invited to take part in a survey and share their thoughts and ideas, including what the panel will be called and how people could be supported to get involved. The survey can be accessed at www.tinyurl.com/wypanel22 – alternatively, for a paper copy or to request alternative formats, or to be taken through the questions on the phone, contact your local Healthwatch. The survey closes for comments on the Friday 11 November 2022.
Request for Insight: Mental Health, Neurodiversity, Autism and Learning Disabilities
NHS Calderdale CCG is undertaking a mapping exercise to understand what insight we have of peoples experiences of services that provide support around mental health, neurodiversity, autism and learning disabilities. This includes services provided by the NHS, other health providers and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations.
If you have collected any insight, or are aware of any engagement / consultation activity that has taken place or reports developed across Calderdale about these services, please could you share this with kirsty.wayman@nhs.net by Monday 30 May.
Being Well Together – A health project for Calderdale
verd de gris arts are asking for your help in putting together a series of short films around the region’s experiences with Annual Health Checks for those who live with or are affected by severe mental illness.
If you have lived in experience of that, they’d love to hear from you!
If you or someone you know may be interested or if you would like more information please contact:
Jeff on 07926 978651
Email: jeff.vdg@btinternet.com
You may earn some money for sharing your experiences.
Active Calderdale Your Views Matter survey
Active Calderdale are gathering information on physical activity habits and opinions on how the local area can influence people to be more active.
No matter how active you currently are, this is your opportunity to express how you feel about being active in your local area so that the right changes can be made to support you, your friends and your family.
The survey takes 10 minutes to complete and can be found here: http://activecalderdale.org/YourViewsMatter2022
Complete the Your Views Matter survey before 6th June 2022 to be in with a chance of winning FIVE £50 Love2Shop vouchers! (terms and conditions apply).
Take the Healthy Minds Wellbeing Measures Survey
We are seeking views on how mental health services can record and measure what difference they make in people’s wellbeing.If you have had treatment or support from mental health services in the NHS or through organisations like Healthy Minds, you are likely to have been asked questions about your feelings and how well you’re doing on different areas in your life.We have launched a survey to get your views on two examples of these “outcome measures” that are currently being considered for use in mental health services throughout West Yorkshire (and possibly further afield). We want to gather views so that we can tell NHS England what people think, and they can take this into account in deciding what measures to use.
Please take a look at the two example sets of wellbeing measures on the webpage and complete the survey questions via the link.
It should only take a few minutes to complete the survey. You won’t be able to fill in the wellbeing measures – they’re just shown to illustrate the questions they ask. We would like you to compare the two sets of measures and tell us what you think. You might want to consider how they look, how easy they are to fill in, and the language they use – but you can say as much as you want and all comments will be useful.Please feel free to share this with anyone who might be interested. Please complete the survey by 11th April 2022. We will update this page with the results from the survey and news of any developments as this work progresses!Thank you for your feedback.
Calderdale Forum 50 Plus service survey
Welcome to our first survey – tell us what you want!
Our aim is to provide the over 50 population of Calderdale and their families and friends with information and advice to make their lives easier and now we’d like to hear what you think of our website and our newsletters.We’d also like to hear about the local issues that matter to you.
About the Forum
Calderdale Forum 50 Plus is a voluntary group that supports and represents people aged 50 and over in Calderdale and highlights information and issues which are useful and important to this age group. We also signpost and connect older people to local groups, clubs, societies, charities, as well as events and service providers. We collate guidance on key later life issues such as housing, benefits and finance, care of all kinds and physical and mental health.
Email: info@calderdaleforum50plus.com
Website: calderdaleforum50plus.com
Calderdale Forum 50 Plus is funded by Community Foundation for Calderdale and the National Lottery Community Fund.
Long Covid Peer Support Survey March 25
Calderdale Council Public Health are interested in the experience of people with Long Covid to help identify what support is needed.
If you think you have had any symptoms of Long Covid, we invite you to please share your experience by completing our short survey.
This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. The deadline for completion is March 25th 2022.
Your valuable feedback will help us to understand experiences of current Long Covid support and what is missing.
All answers are confidential and your information will be protected and stored securely in line with data protection rules. To access Calderdale Council’s privacy policy, please visit Our Privacy Notice | Calderdale Council.
If you have any questions about this survey, please email Laura Wilkinson at laura.wilkinson@calderdale.gov.uk.
Setting the standards we expect for good work in our region – consultation
West Yorkshire’s Mayor Tracy Brabin has committed to putting in place a Fair Work Charter for the region.
By signing up to the Charter, our region’s employers will be making a clear commitment to a range of good employment practices that actively tackle the significant disparities which are standing in the way of ‘levelling-up’ our region, and doing so will be a practical way in which the Mayor can give those leading and aspiring employers the public recognition, support and encouragement they deserve for their efforts in providing fair work.
We are very keen to hear your views, the views of businesses from all sectors, and of all sizes, and from all our communities and groups, including those voices that are seldom heard.
Your views will help to ensure that the Charter is:
• designed to be ambitious in terms of clearly setting out the Mayor’s expectations for fair work
• practically achievable by all our region’s employers and of tangible benefit to them, and not just those in specific sectors, or our largest employers
• of clear benefit and value to all, including our most disadvantaged communities and groups
By taking part in this consultation you will help us to understand what employment practices are most relevant to different types and sizes of employers, and which will deliver those tangible benefits to employers, employees, communities and West Yorkshire.
Details of the consultation and how to respond are here https://www.yourvoice.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/fwc
Please note that the consultation closes on 22 April 2022.
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