Health & Social Care

The voluntary sector has representatives who attend the following meetings regarding health & wellbeing.  By clicking on each heading you will find more information about the group, its role, agenda and minutes:

• North Yorkshire and York Health and Wellbeing Boards
• North Yorkshire Overview and Scrutiny Panel for Care and Independence
• North Yorkshire Adult Safeguarding Board

How the voluntary and community sector fits with health and social care

We have launched a new monthly briefing to fill you in on how the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) fits in with health and social care. You can download these below:

• Briefing 1: June 2020 explaining the changing health and social care environment in North Yorkshire
• Briefing 2: July 2020 summarising the NHS Integrated Care System (ICS) Leadership Training for the VCSE
• Briefing 3: August 2020 on the importance of developing a shared language, and NHS Harnessing the Power of Communities in Harrogate
• Briefing 4: September 2020 highlighting the aspiration of the NHS Confederation to work more closely with the VCSE sector through the Reset programme, and details on the VCSE Leadership Programme Steering Group

Useful resources

Social Prescribing

Social prescribing is not new, for many years voluntary and community groups have been providing activities and services which improve people’s overall health and wellbeing, and connect them to their local communities.  Our new Social Prescribing Guide provides an overview and checklist for organisations to make sure they have everything in place to provide support to people and take referrals from GP Social Prescribing Link Workers. Download an editable version here.

To talk about voluntary sector representation please contact Caroline O’Neill, Policy & Partnerships Officer at Community First Yorkshire on caroline.o’neill@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk  t: 01904 704 177.