We Work Together - episode 3 - Tom Riordan and Rachael Loftus
This episode of We Work Together features Rachael Loftus, Head of Regional Health Partnerships across West Yorkshire and Harrogate, in conversation with Tom Riordan, Chief Executive of Leeds Council, about how local government, the NHS and third sector are working together, the dynamic between local places and the wider health and care partnership system, and about how leaders - and the idea of leadership - has changed during Tom’s career.
The new NHS Northern Gambling Service will launch on Wednesday 18 September, offering treatment and support to the thousands of adults struggling with gambling addiction across the North of England. This new service will be run by Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and is the first NHS gambling service of its kind to launch outside of London. Its first base in Leeds will open on Wednesday, and further bases in Manchester and Sunderland are set to open in early 2020. The service is being funded jointly by NHS England and GambleAware in an agreement worth around £1million a year. The NHS Northern Gambling Service will provide care for those with severe addictions, and provide treatment and support for people with additional and complex mental health conditions, impaired social functioning, and those who may present with more risk - such as a risk of suicide. People will get support through psychological therapies, addiction treatment programmes, mental health treatment, family therapy and peer support from those whose lives have already been adversely affected by gambling. The Service will reach across the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber and counties in the north Midlands. In Leeds, LYPFT is working with national charity GamCare to provide the Leeds Community Gambling Service. This is a unique and enhanced service providing additional prevention, education and treatment for gambling-related harm for local residents.