News and media releases
We regularly publish news updates from within the Integrated Care System, but also from across our partner organisations. See below for the most recent news articles.
To read blogs, please visit the our Blog Hub.
Latest news
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NHS South Yorkshire established
1 July 2022
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May update: Developing the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Regional Stroke Service
22 May 2019
Our monthly update you on how our plans are progressing.
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Over £1m in funding to help people living with mental ill health back to work
14 May 2019
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and it has been announced that people living with severe and enduring mental ill health in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw will soon be able to access tailored help to get back into, or stay in work if they wish to. This is thanks to more than £1 million worth of new investment through the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System (ICS).
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14 May 2019
A unique event aimed at preventing copycat suicides and supporting bereaved families is taking place in South Yorkshire as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. On Friday 17 May, staff from the NHS, police, local councils, the prison service, local newspapers, and voluntary organisations in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw are coming together to hear powerful stories from real families bereaved of suicide.
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Improving Quality of Life in Care Homes
10 May 2019
Care home residents across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw are being given specialist help to make sure they have the best possible quality of life by ensuring that the medicines they take are working for them as well as they should be.
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Chesterfield Macmillan nurse wins national award
29 April 2019
Macmillan Nurse Maria Leadbeater, who works at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has been nationally recognised for her work supporting parents with advanced stage cancer.
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Have you been bereaved by suicide? Would you be willing to share your experiences with others?
25 April 2019
We are making a short video and would like to speak to bereaved families/individuals who have been affected by suicide willing to share their experiences. The video will be shown during a workshop we are hosting in May and potentially online thereafter.
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Help shape the future of health and care services in your area
24 April 2019
The NHS is changing and it needs your help. Health and care organisations in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw want to know how people across the region think they could better support the health and wellbeing of the people of Barnsley, Bassetlaw, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield, and are asking people to share their views via an online Healthwatch survey and at a number of events over the coming months.
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April update: Developing the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Regional Stroke Service
23 April 2019
In our update last month we announced the agreed dates for putting our regional stroke service in place. This month, we update you on how our plans are progressing.
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5 April 2019
Good cancer care and support is personalised, compassionate and not one size fits all, according to Lydia Briggs, The Macmillan Living With and Beyond Cancer Programme Project Manager in Doncaster.
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Macmillan Advocacy Service Officially Launches in Rotherham
3 April 2019
A community based service which supports people affected by cancer in Rotherham has officially launched.