Proud to be a partnership
Our strength comes from starting with people where they live, their communities and their places. The five local areas (Bradford District and Craven, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield) are the bedrock of better health and care across West Yorkshire. Working together these areas can enhance their unique strengths and draw upon trusted strong relationships across a wider area.
We know people’s lives are better when organisations who provide health and care work together. We also know that most of what keeps people healthy and well is a wider set of factors than traditional health and care services. This includes the house you live in, how warm it is, whether you feel isolated or alone, whether you experience poverty, the food you eat every day, how mobile and independent you are, whether you have a job and have access to parks and open spaces.
If we want to improve everyone’s health, we will have to target those factors that cause some people to experience significantly worse health.
People’s lives are better when we plan and invest in services that support mental and physical health at the same time. To do this we must also prioritise addressing health inequalities. We also know that sharing good ways of working makes the money go further, creates the best use of staff expertise, and increases the quality of what we all provide. By working together, it gives us the chance to create the conditions so that children get the best start in life and everyone’s chance of living a long, healthy life improves. This is what integrated care systems are all about, working alongside the likes of Healthwatch and voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations. We also work with national partners at NHS England and Improvement, Public Health England and Health Education England.
The five places that make up West Yorkshire are different. Each brings unique strengths and perspectives to our Partnership. However, they share challenges and have one common goal - to improve people’s health and wellbeing through delivering quality care and support when needed.
The five place-based partnerships are called:
- Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership
- Calderdale Cares Partnership
- Kirklees Health and Care Partnership
- Leeds Health and Care Partnership
- Wakefield District Health & Care Partnership.
We have five place-based leads:
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Place lead, Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership
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Place lead, Calderdale Cares Partnership
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Place lead, Kirklees Health and Care Partnership
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Place lead, Leeds Health and Care Partnership
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Place lead, Wakefield District Health & Care Partnership
Provider collaboratives
NHS providers in West Yorkshire work together in provider collaboratives to support work at both place and West Yorkshire level. The provider collaboratives are:
West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts
The West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts brings together the six acute trusts from West Yorkshire and Harrogate: Airedale NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. It is about local hospitals working in partnership with one another to give people access to the very best facilities and staff.
The CEO Lead for the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts is Brendan Brown. Brendan is also CEO for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts and Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust:
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- The Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Chief executives and chairs:
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Chair, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
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Chief Executive, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
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Chair, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Place lead, Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership
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Chair, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
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Chief Executive, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. ICB partner member, acute trusts and foundation trusts
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Chair, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
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Interim Chief Executive, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
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Chief Executive, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Chair, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Chair, The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
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Chief Executive, Mid Yorkshire NHS Hospitals Trust
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Interim Chair, Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
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Chief Executive, Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
West Yorkshire Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Collaborative
The West Yorkshire Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Collaborative brings together Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Leeds Community Healthcare Trust. The collaborative works to ensure everyone in West Yorkshire receives the best care and support possible, working with other partners such as the voluntary community social enterprise sector, local councils, and other NHS and Independent sector organisations.
The CEO Lead for the Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism Programme is Dr Sara Munro. Sara is CEO for Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Both collaboratives play an important role in decision-making at both a local and West Yorkshire level and in wider partnership development work. All work closely with Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust and also to the CEO and Chair.
Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Collaborative / service provider organisations:
- Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Chief executives and chairs:
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Chair, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Chief Executive, Bradford District Care NHS Trust
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Chair, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
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Chief Executive, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
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Chair, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (from 1 January 2023)
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Mental health, learning disability and autism trusts
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Chair, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Chief Executive, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Local councils
The role of councils as equal partners is essential if we are to join up care to benefit everyone working and living across West Yorkshire. Our local councils are:
- Bradford Metropolitan District Council
- Calderdale Council
- Craven District Council
- Kirklees Council
- Leeds City Council
- Wakefield Council
- North Yorks (on snag list)
Leaders of councils and chief executives
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Leader of Bradford Metropolitan Council
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Chief Executive, Bradford Metropolitan Council
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Leader of Craven District Council
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Chief Executive, Craven District Council
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Chair, West Yorkshire Partnership Board
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Place lead, Calderdale Cares Partnership
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Leader of Harrogate Borough Council
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Chief Executive, Harrogate Borough Council
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Leader of Kirklees Council
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Chief Executive, Kirklees Council
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Leader of Leeds City Council
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Local authorities
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Leader of North Yorkshire County Council
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Chief Executive, North Yorkshire County Council
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Leader of Wakefield Council
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Chief Executive, Wakefield Council
Community provider collaborative
Alongside our NHS Trusts we work with community care providers.
Chief executives and chairs:
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Chair, Locala Community Partnerships CIC
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Community health services
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Chair, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
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Chief Executive, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
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Chair, Spectrum Community Health CIC
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Chief Executive, Spectrum Community Health CIC
West Yorkshire Hospice Collaborative
All of the hospices delivering services across West Yorkshire work together within our integrated care system. Our hospices are using their influence, experience and expertise to improve palliative and end of life care services for everyone in the area.
Find out more: Visit the West Yorkshire Hospice Collaborative page on the Partnership website
Our hospices support thousands of people together with their families each year. Services are wide ranging and include much more than you might think. They offer palliative and end of life care, respite breaks, symptom control, pain and medicines management, carer support, family support, bereavement support, counselling and many other services which are often available in the hospice, in the community and at home.
Hospices have the expertise to support and manage a very wide range of conditions and so services are not limited to people with cancer. Our hospices are also able to provide expert advice to health professionals including education and training.