Category Archives: Collective Voice
Workshop – Improving health for people with a serious mental illness – 10th November 2014
People with serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, over a protracted period of time can also find their physical health seriously affected. The University of Huddersfield recently highlighted that a recent publication has shown that people with … Continue reading
PCAN Annual General Meeting – Monday 24th November 7pm-9.30pm
Our Annual General Meeting is taking place on Monday 24th November between 7pm – 9.30pm at Northorpe Hall, 53 Northorpe Lane, Mirfield WF14 0QL. Please come along so that we can share with you what PCAN has been doing over the past year … Continue reading
Children & Families Act (SEND) – Parent/carer information sessions
Information events about the Children & Families Act and what effect this will have on the way services will work across Kirklees are taking place on the following dates in November 2014: 13th November, 7 – 9pm. At the Al-Hikmah … Continue reading
Help improve autism services for children in Kirklees
Families and professionals all agree that services to diagnose autistic spectrum conditions in Kirklees need to be improved. You are invited to an event where you can share your views with the North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group so that better … Continue reading
Balancing the books: Kirklees Council budget consultation (phase 1)
Kirklees Council have now published their Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) for 2015-18 which sets out the huge financial savings they need to make and draft options for achieving these budget reductions. They are running a two-phase consultation process to … Continue reading
North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group Bulletin
Here is the link to the first edition of The Group (CCG) bulletin. This quarterly publication aims to keep you informed about the work of North Kirklees CCG and the ways you can get involved and have your say. This edition has … Continue reading
Care Quality Commission to inspect Mid Yorkshire Hospitals and they would like patient views
Care Quality Commission (CQC) to inspect Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Pinderfields in Wakefield, Dewsbury and District Hospital and Pontefract ) CQC are the independent regulator of health and social care in England. As part of their role, they inspect most hospitals about once a year. … Continue reading
Carers Dialogue Group (North Kirklees) – Wednesday 9th July 1.15 – 3.45pm
The meeting takes place at Dewsbury health centre, between 1.15-3.45pm in seminar rooms 1 & 2 Agenda includes 1. Notes of the last meeting 2. Recovery College and Creative Minds developments 3. Healthwatch Kirklees – update on section 136 work 4. Update on the … Continue reading
Young Minds: Petition against cuts to children and young people’s mental health services
Here’s a message from Young Minds: On Friday we released the results of our latest FOI on cuts to CAMHS, and yet again it’s really depressing news: 77% of local clinical commissioning groups and 55% of local authorities who responded to … Continue reading
Child Development Service Consultation for Huddersfield & Calderdale
The Calderdale and Huddersfield Child Development Service is a team of specialists, which include paediatricians, nurses, therapists, developmental play specialists as well as other professionals from education and psychology. For families the Child Development Service is often the starting point of a … Continue reading
