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Leeds launches novel approach to improving palliative and end-of-life care
People in Leeds are set to experience better palliative and end-of-life care as experts launch an unprecedented partnership approach to improving it, which will also help the city’s Covid-19 recovery.
Liz Mear to lead regional digital programme for health and care
Dr Liz Mear, Leeds Academic Health Partnership Managing Director has agreed to be Senior Responsible Officer for the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership Digital Programme.
BUILD: the new 12 week programme to support aspiring entrepreneurs build a better tomorrow
Businesses across the Leeds City Region could realise their global ambitions for growth through BUILD, a new support programme launched today.
Online via Zoom Wednesday 11 November, 9:15am till 12 noon and Thursday 26 November, 1pm till 3.45pm
Academic Industry Meeting day: Grow MedTech Diagnostics
10 December 2020, online event.
Whenever we use health and care services, the people who care for us record information – or data – about us. This helps them provide that care in the best possible ways. But how else can we use that data in ways that benefit the people of Leeds?
Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research
Yorkshire Cancer Research is investing at least £100 million to reduce the number of cancer deaths across the region by 2,000 a year by 2025.
Leeds Centre for Personalised Medicine and Health
Personalised medicine and health means taking a closer look at a person’s unique biology and tailoring healthcare to meet their individual needs more effectively. It moves away from the more conventional ‘one size fits all’ approach.
The involvement of our universities will position the Academy at the forefront of learning, with a portfolio based on world-leading evidence and research.
Leaving with pride, arriving with drive, vision and insight
After seven and a half productive and happy years at the Innovation Agency, I am moving on to be the Managing Director of Leeds Academic Health Partnership. This is a similar role to my current one and I applied for it as I have a passion for working in collaboration with partners to achieve better health and well-being for the people we serve.
Leeds’ people to help our city be research-ready
At NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), we organise NHS services for the city. We work with 97 GP practices serving around 870,000 people. Those services are for everyone, in all our communities. But life is not the same for everyone. As with most big cities, there are health inequalities in Leeds and many reasons for those inequalities.
As Jo-Anne Wass prepares to step down as chief operating officer for Leeds Academic Health Partnership, she reflects on the fascinating challenge and achievements of the last five years.
This month, a study was launched in Leeds which could improve the care of men with prostate cancer. But the study is about more than the cancer itself. It looks at the complexity of what makes each of us who we are and how that can help us to find the best healthcare approach for each person. Professor Rory O’Connor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation at the University of Leeds explains how it works.
New healthtech agreement to help solve Region’s hardest health challenges
Now, more than ever, we are surrounded by help and advice about how to stay healthy and well. Most of us carry around in our pockets a world of online resources and information via our smart phones, as well as gadgets and gizmos we can use to measure and monitor things like our diet and exercise levels.