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
25 March 2022
What does good patient and public involvement look like? Help us shape our People and Communities Strategy (which is the name of our involvement and engagement strategy)
We are developing an engagement strategy to set out how we will work with patients and the public. We want an ongoing dialogue with patients and the public so that we can better understand what works for you about services, and what could be better, so that when the NHS is looking at what it should be changing/ improving it will be doing so based on what we know from our public. Get involved...

21 February 2018
Getting the right cancer support when it's most needed
People diagnosed with cancer need support in every aspect of their life. Richard Metcalfe, Macmillan Programme Lead for the Macmillan Living With And Beyond Cancer Programme, explains how the transformation programme is helping to make this happen in our region.

14 February 2018
Local people to improve cancer survival in South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire
A new initiative is being launched this month to increase cancer awareness across South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire.

24 January 2018
Cancer Alliance encourages women to attend cervical screening
South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire Cancer Alliance are encouraging women to take up their cervical screening when invited

24 January 2018
National support for South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ambitions
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, presented the Autumn budget to parliament on Wednesday 22 November. The presentation covered a number aspects including a commitment to help improve some health and care services in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw.

12 December 2017
The vital role of social support after cancer
The latest research from the UK ColoREctal Wellbeing (CREW) study underlines the important role of ongoing social support for people living with and beyond cancer.
11 December 2017
Patients in region to benefit from national funding
Patients will benefit from a significant investment across South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire aimed at improving the stage at which cancers are diagnosed and making more cancers curable.

11 December 2017
Funding to provide personalised care for people with cancer
Richard Metcalfe, Macmillan Programme Lead, Macmillan Living with and Beyond Cancer Programme writes about how local people with cancer will benefit from increased communication across regional hospitals and a more personalised experience when diagnosed thanks to a massive investment from NHS England.

6 December 2017
Public meeting: Help us future-proof local services
We are asking for your views to inform an independent review of hospital services in South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire.

15 November 2017
Working together better for stroke patients
A decision to change the way people receive care in the first few days after having a stroke in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw has been made today (Wednesday 15 November 2017) by the joint committee of clinical commissioning groups.

7 November 2017
Decision making meeting on hyper acute stroke services
A business case proposing the future provision of hyper acute stroke services in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw will be discussed, with a decision set to be made at a meeting of the Joint Committee of Clinical Commissioning Groups on Wednesday 15 November, 2017.