About us

In West Yorkshire and Harrogate, we can be proud of how our health and care systems have made major improvements to services across our area over the past decade. Our health care services are treating more people than ever before, providing services faster, safely and in better environments.

We are seeing health services delivering world leading new treatments at the forefront of technology. We have a number of pilot areas that are joining up health and social care, and seven new schemes like the West Yorkshire Urgent and Emergency Care Network and Connecting Care in Wakefield that are developing new ways of working that better meet people's needs in care homes, hospitals and communities.

We currently face the most significant challenges in health and social care for a generation. We know that we must keep innovating and improving if we are to meet the needs of our local population in a tough financial climate. Demand for services is growing faster than resources.

From our discussions with local people, we know that people want things to be better, more joined up, and suiting their needs. We want to achieve this in West Yorkshire and Harrogate and we want everyone to have the best possible outcomes for their health and wellbeing.

At the heart of this are the following ambitions:

Healthy places

We will improve the way that health and social care services are provided with a focus on preventing illness and identifying and managing illness at an early stage
We will support people to manage their own care, when it's safe to do so, with person-to-person support and technology provided in their communities
We want health and social care to be person-centred and easier to navigate
There will be joined-up community services across physical and mental health as well as much closer working with social care

High quality and efficient services

Hospitals will work more closely together, sharing knowledge, skills and expertise with each other to deliver care to a consistently high standard
The way that services are designed and paid for by commissioners (organisations that buy health services) will change. We will move to a single commissioning arrangement between our different Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and local councils. This will create a stronger West Yorkshire and Harrogate commissioning function for some services
We will share our staff and buildings to make the best use of the resources we have

A health and care service that works for everyone, including our staff

West Yorkshire and Harrogate is a great place to work but we want to make it better
We want the area to be an international destination for health innovation

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