NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (ERY CCG), including clinical leaders, has today (21 July 2017) been recognised by NHS England for its ‘exceptional leadership’ and has demonstrated improvements in a range of clinical areas in the 2016-17 annual performance assessment.
Against a backdrop of a very challenging financial position, the CCG has continually improved its performance, achieving a rating of ‘outstanding’ for mental health and ‘good’ for cancer. Improvements have also been made in dementia performance, with more people being diagnosed sooner.
The Old School House in New Walkergate, Beverley, has become the first registered council-run care home in Yorkshire to be rated as “outstanding” after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) conducted an unannounced inspection.
The East Riding of Yorkshire Council-run care home maintained its outstanding rating in the “Well Led” section when the CQC visited the premises on 21 and 22 March and the support provided was rated as “outstanding” in the “Effective” and “Caring” categories.
Thousands of spectators are expected to line the streets of the East Riding on Friday, 28 April as the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire gets underway in Bridlington before passing through East Yorkshire and taking in Driffield and Pocklington for the first time.
The ceremonial start takes place outside Bridlington Spa, at 12.35pm, before the riders leave the town, passing by East Riding Leisure Bridlington and out via the A614.
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is pleased to announce that following a rigorous procurement process Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) has been awarded a new five-year contract to continue running non-emergency medical transport services (previously referred to as patient transport service) across the East Riding of Yorkshire.
The new contract expected to start on 1 July 2017 will see YAS continue to support eligible local residents to access their routine health appointments, including patients requiring renal dialysis, chemotherapy treatments, and those needing transport following discharge from hospital.
The future of urgent care services in the East Riding of Yorkshire have today been confirmed, with three urgent care centres open 365 days per year set to be introduced in Beverley, Bridlington and Goole, replacing the current minor injury units across the region.
The decision was also made to create an integrated community and intensive rehabilitation centre in Beverley, which will be supported by Time to Think beds, meaning current community hospital beds in Bridlington and Withernsea will close. A number of Time to Think beds will be located in Holderness and Bridlington.
A final decision on the future of urgent care services in the East Riding of Yorkshire are due to be made next week, following a twelve week public consultation which finished in January.
These decisions will be made by the NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Governing Body, when they meet in public on Tuesday 21 March.
As plummeting overnight temperatures hit the region, local residents are encouraged to take simple steps to protect their health.
Night-time temperatures are set to dip below 0⁰C and it is likely that we will see several days of frost, fog and cold weather before the end of February.
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group, working with a number of partner organisations including Health Education England (Yorkshire and Humber) and Hull University, is looking to recruit two people.
They will join the Early Clinical Leadership Initiative starting from January 2017.
As we approach mid-January, NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is urging local residents to have their say on the future of urgent care services before the consultation closes on 17 January 2017.
Cllr Denis Healy says he never expected to see a slanging match between local politicians and the MP Graham Stuart.
The newly elected Liberal Democrat Councillor for St Mary’s Ward in Beverley was speaking after the protest that was arranged to highlight the possible closure of the East Riding Community Hospital.
MP Graham Stuart is says the East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group need to sit and with a map and bus time table following the experience of one of his constituents.
His comments have come after Withernsea resident Sandra Burns was sent a list of bus routes they could use when she asked how she would get to her nearest facility following the pending shake up.
Following a long and thorough procurement process NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has agreed to award a five-year contract, of around £27 million per annum, to City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP CIC) to provide community services across East Riding of Yorkshire from 1 April 2017.
The procurement of a new contract was created to address a number of challenges faced by the NHS in East Riding of Yorkshire, including the demands of an increasing, ageing population.
MP Graham Stuart and the Mayor of Beverley Cllr Robert Begnett are urging locals to protest against the possible closure of the East Riding Community Hospital Minor Injuries Unit even though it already looks likely to escape the NHS axe.
Plans for closures of the region’s MIUs are currently being debated by the East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group, and with millions of pounds needed to be saved, at least three of the region’s six units will be closed.
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has today had their plans approved to start a 12 week formal public consultation on proposed changes to urgent care services.
An activity group for cancer survivors has been awarded almost £2,000 to purchase new sports and recreation equipment to help them continue their recovery.
Children and young people across Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire who are experiencing a mental health crisis can now access around the clock support.