Wakefield District Health & Care Partnership works to improve the health and wellbeing of local people, by reducing health inequalities, providing continuity of care and improving our services. More than 350,000 people live in the city of Wakefield and the ‘Five Towns’ of Normanton, Pontefract, Featherstone, Castleford and Knottingley. The district has a rich industrial heritage, rooted in the former mining industry. Wakefield has a strong cultural history and has produced some of the country’s most acclaimed artists including Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore.
The district has a progressive and forward-thinking approach to integrated working across health and care, led by the Wakefield Health and Wellbeing Board and delivered through the Wakefield Integrated Care Partnership, which links into the Wakefield District Health & Care Partnership. The Health and Wellbeing Plan includes a strong focus on tackling the wider determinants of health and building healthier sustainable communities.
Our partnership includes NHS organisations, Wakefield Council, Healthwatch Wakefield and housing, voluntary and community sector organisations. We are proud to be part of West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership.
The rich diversity of our backgrounds, experience and lifestyles is what makes the district a great place to live. However, these differences also have a big impact on our health.
There is detailed information about the district’s population in the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)
The Wakefield District Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022 – 2025 aims to help people across the district to live longer, healthier, happier lives. It describes how organisations will work together with local communities to improve the health of the population overall, as well as closing the gap between the health of people in the most well-off areas of the district and people who live in poorer areas.
Our priorities for health and wellbeing are based on what we know makes the biggest difference to improving people’s health.
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Interim Place lead, Wakefield District Health and Care Partnership
