In October 2024 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council became the second local authority within West Yorkshire to connect to the Yorkshire and Humber Care record to view patient data.

The Yorkshire and Humber Care Record (YHCR) is a digital shared care record solution across West Yorkshire. Powered by Interweave, the YHCR enables patient information from multiple providing services (including general practice, hospital trusts, community healthcare and social services) to be accessed securely on one platform.

By linking information systems, the YHCR enables appropriate health and care staff to access health and care information in real-time, at the point of care. At the same time, it allows patients to be more actively involved in their own health and wellbeing. This is a significant step forward for both patient safety and informed decision making.

A phased approach has been taken with the roll out of the YHCR across Wakefield Adult Social Care services beginning with providing access to Dovecote Lodge. There are plans to further roll out and provide access to more departments throughout 2024.
Lee Rickles, Programme Director at Yorkshire and Humber Care Record said: “By providing patient information from a range of organisations, the Yorkshire and Humber Care Record facilitates a major step forward in how we access health and care information across the region. In particular, for Adult Social Care, we will see improvements when accessing key clinical information, as well as an increase in opportunities for patients to become more involved in their own care.”

Angela Hemingway, Wakefield Council Interim Service Director – Adult Social Care, Workforce and Commissioning “We believe using the YHCR is a step in the right direction. It provides real time information quickly which will save professionals time as they can access the necessary information faster and at the time it is needed from the one location. This will enable things like care and equipment to be determined quicker improving outcomes for people in the district. It will also provide large scale and centralised data to assist with planning and shaping local services for Public Health, Commissioners and Workforce Planning’’.