West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership Improving Population Health Programme update Friday 11 September 2020 Introduction This update is intended to support the sharing of key messages across the Improving Population Health Programme. The update provides a consolidated place for partners to receive useful information, including the sharing of good practice. It also provides shortcut links to shareable content to support consistency and efficiency. You are receiving this information so we can help to support the local response to COVID-19. Please do let us know if you’d rather not receive this update or if we’ve missed any contacts. You can find previous editions of this newsletter and the resources referenced in them here. Please note this information has not been produced for the public. It is intended for internal use only. For more information please contact: Programme Director Sarah Smith – [email protected] To include information in this summary please contact: [email protected]; [email protected] >>> News from West Yorkshire and Harrogate Sharing information and ideas about vulnerable groups We are holding a discussion on Approaches to engaging with communities who are vulnerable to wider social, economic and health impacts of COVID-19, Tuesday 15th September, 9-10.30am Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a range of approaches has been used across West Yorkshire and Harrogate to engage with groups who are often overlooked, or particularly vulnerable to wider impacts of COVID-19 and the control measures. This discussion is an opportunity to share approaches and ideas on engagement across the West Yorkshire and Harrogate region, and identify work required at a system level across the region. This is taking place as a part of the regular meetings on supporting groups who are vulnerable to wider social, economic and health impacts of COVID-19. The discussion will be held on Microsoft Teams. Anyone is welcome to attend to share ideas and learn from colleagues. Please contact Pippa Bird ([email protected]) for information. Inequalities Webinar: Tailored Approaches for Addressing Health Inequalities during COVID-19. Wednesday 23rd September 2020, 13:00- 14:30pm The webinar will seek to provide examples of innovative and pragmatic applications of behavioural science to address health inequalities with a focus on vulnerable groups including BAME and adults with learning disabilities. More information and registration here. Suicide prevention Great Minds is a new collaborative project launching initially in Wakefield and Harrogate on 21 September. Part of the Partnership’s broader suicide prevention work, it is being carried out in association with State of Mind Sport. State of Mind Sport was first established in UK Rugby Super League in 2011 and is a charity that harnesses the power of sport to promote positive mental health among sportsmen and women, fans and wider communities, and ultimately to prevent suicide. The charity delivers education on the subject to all levels of sport, business, education and community groups, and signposts people to where they can receive care and support in their area. The West Yorkshire & Harrogate project is a set of workshops aimed at men at risk of suicide and serious self-harm. It will link into other national and local public health initiatives that are directly concerned with suicide prevention specifically for men. The project aims to work alongside public health leads to help them provide an alternative support in the Partnership’s six places (Bradford district and Craven; Calderdale, Harrogate, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield), reaching out to the most vulnerable via social media and direct contact with sporting groups, clubs and communities. Great Minds will deliver initial sessions online in an eight-week process covering basic mental fitness, stress management, building resilience, exploring emotional intelligence, problem solving and anger management. Former professional and successful, recognisable sportspeople will share their stories and the coping strategies that they have used when faced with life changing events such as mental health challenges, bereavement through suicide, mental fitness challenges and other mental health conditions that have affected their wellbeing. For more information about Great Minds email [email protected] and watch our video. Suicide Reduction Campaign Co-creation Workshops The latest data from ONS, published on 1 September, shows that Yorkshire and the Humber has the highest rate of male and female suicide in England. Reducing suicide by 10% across West Yorkshire and Harrogate by 2020/21 and achieving a 75% reduction in targeted areas by 2022 is one of the Partnership’s 10 big ambitions. This ambition supports and complements the work taking place in our six local places. Behaviour change agency Magpie has been commissioned to work with organisations and stakeholders to co-create a suicide reduction campaign targeting staff across the Partnership. To develop the most effective campaign, 2-hour virtual workshops will take place in order to learn from experts and experiences across West Yorkshire and Harrogate. The workshops are open to all staff working at all levels in all organisations in the Partnership and we are looking for more participants to join us. If you can spare time to add value and share your views to this important campaign, please sign up to a co-creation workshop below and feel free to share with colleagues. Each session will include a specialist working in the field who will provide details of local support services should colleagues need them. Colleagues from the Samaritans will be also be available. The workshops will comprise a series of questions and exercises to help determine: Messaging Intervention methods Language, message display and accessibility Intervention ‘look and feel’ Pre-existing tools and resources to adopt Media and media placement Delivery methods GROUP A: SPAN and/or professionals with experience running suicide reduction initiatives Session option 1 (Max 6 attendees): 15.09.20 at 10.30am – 12.30pm - RSVP Session option 2 (Max 6 attendees): 17.09.20 at 3pm – 5pm - RSVP Session option 3 (Max 6 attendees): 21.09.20 at 9am – 11am - RSVP GROUP B: People with lived experience and/or affected by suicide Session option 1 (Max 8 attendees): 16.09.20 at 4pm – 6pm - RSVP GROUP C: A group made up of WY&H Communication and Engagement Network Session option 1 (Max 8 attendees): 21.09.20 at 1pm – 3pm - RSVP GROUP D: Staff (especially those working in areas of high risk) Session option 1 (Max 8 attendees): 22.09.20 at 10am – 12pm - RSVP Session option 2 (Max 8 attendees): 23.09.20 at 3pm – 5pm - RSVP GROUP E: Organisation policy makers and HR leads Arranged telephone interviews - RSVP Help map West Yorkshire and Harrogate’s suicide reduction campaigns and resources Regardless of your availability for the co-creation workshops, you can still help inform this campaign by sharing examples of, and best practice, suicide reduction campaigns and resources you have seen. We want to amplify the good work taking place in our areas, and not unnecessarily reinvent the wheel. Click HERE to share your initiatives or initiatives and resources you think are effective. Each session will include a specialist working in the field who will provide details of local support services should colleagues need them. Colleagues from the Samaritans will be also be available (please feel free to tailor support available to suit your organisation or local area). Black History Month 2020 Celebrated annually, Black History Month (October), will recognise the important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. Please let us know if you are planning activities to mark the month, with a view to promoting this activity more widely. We would also be interested to hear about your case studies of people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds who have made a significant contribution to your work – perhaps in achieving more diversity and encouraging greater inclusivity. Please contact [email protected] . Diabetes We are working in partnership with the Women’s Activity Centre on Hope Street in Halifax to run a nationally recognised diabetes education programme. The programme is aimed at around 2,000 women with South Asian backgrounds who live within one mile of the centre. The Women’s Activity Centre has been helping raise the quality of life for South Asian women in Calderdale by running initiatives to improve their health and wellbeing, alleviate loneliness and isolation since 2011. We know that people from the black and minority ethnic background are at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes even at a lower BMI and this Partnership initiative will empower women to adapt healthier lifestyles, get fit and stay fit through a specialised programme of diet, physical activity and emotional health support. The programme will be delivered by qualified and trained practitioners. The initiative supports the National Diabetes Prevention programme in providing a place for local GP practices to refer women with problems such as weight management, social isolation and mental health issues and staff offer activities in a socially distanced way and follow government coronavirus guidelines. Photo shows: Project Officer, Adele Brearton and Centre Manager, Sajeed Mahmood. Welcome to Donna Hamer, the new communications lead for the Diabetes programme. Donna joins us having worked in the public and social sectors for over 25 years including the NHS, National Probation Service, local government and the Department for Work and Pensions. “I’m delighted to be joining the Diabetes Programme and looking forward to getting involved in some of the fabulous work to reduce risk and improve the health and wellbeing of local people.” “In my first week here I’m already impressed with the ambitions to reduce health inequalities and the initiatives in place or in the pipeline to reduce the occurrence of diabetes and improve how it is managed in the long term.” .