NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB has introduced a People Story Dashboard, a digital tool that offers insights into population health and workforce data, to help with “strategic planning and pathway redesign”.
Explaining how the dashboard works, Jason Stamp, the ICB’s acting chair and senior responsible officer for workforce, said: “The People Story Dashboard brings together various elements and factors of health into an easy-to-use digital platform, drawing in the very latest data.” Users can flick through 11 different pages, with each one dedicated to a specific area, including population estimate, population profile, labour market, activity, general practice, dental, secondary care, social care, VCSE, triangulation and supporting information.
The ICB developed the dashboard as part of its own workforce breakthrough programme, that began in 2024 with a focus on system transformation across the region. The tool aims to “revolutionise strategic planning, commissioning, and support for the three shifts outlined in the Government’s 10 Year Plan”, with access given to all staff and patients within the Humber and North Yorkshire integrated care system.
Plans are in place to continue developing the platform so that it can integrate with their population health dashboard and “bridge the gap between population health, demand for services and the workforce” in order to “enhance insights and forecasting capabilities” throughout health and care.
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB recently shared the impact of its shared care record and digital maturity in its annual report and accounts for 2024/25, highlighting 12,000 days saved at a value of £2.1 million. Increased digital maturity has been reported across the region, with the adoption of cloud-based collaboration tools said to support cross-border and partnership working, and the consolidation of IT partners into a single partnership arrangement facilitating new ways of working.
Digital innovation across the Humber and North Yorkshire region
For a recent webinar focusing on the role of digital in helping healthcare organisations to prepare for winter pressures, HTN was joined by a group of expert panellists, including Lee Rickles, CIO at Humber Teaching Hospitals. Lee shared some of the successes and challenges with ongoing projects at the trust: “We’ve been looking at patients taking responsibility for their own health, not always directly using digital, but often using that to help monitor and show progress.” He went on to add, “We are working on wearable devices for exercise and prevention, as well as remote monitoring, and that will be expanded over the winter.”
In June, the Humber Health Partnership launched a free app to support women experiencing pelvic health problems during and after pregnancy. Residents can register for and download the “Squeezy” app directly from the partnership’s website, to access support with pelvic floor muscle exercises and advice.
Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership recently contracted Patients Know Best for a digital patient portal that will be in place until March 2027. The programme will span York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust.
In March, NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB awarded a £90,000 contract to the digital mental wellness programme myHappymind, an online educational resource aimed at supporting children and young people with their mental health and wellbeing. The procurement aims to provide children aged 3-11 with “interactive and pre-prepared lessons” delivered by primary school teachers.
