In this episode of the 'Can You Hear Me?' podcast recorded in 2020, host Sal Uka, Consultant Paediatrician at Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and Medical Lead for the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts talks to guests Alison Lowe, now West Yorkshire Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (CEO of Touchstone Leeds at the time of recording), Steve Russell, Chief Executive at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust and Wasim Feroze, a Senior Corporate Support & Policy Officer at Leeds City Council, about their experiences of how ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ issues intersect.

Can You Hear Me

Can You Hear Me? - series 2, episode 2 - LGBTQ+

Is there anything that you would want to ask a person with experience of suicidal ideation, that you feel you can’t ask in your everyday work?

**Content warning** 
This podcast episode contains discussions about lived experience around suicide, which may be distressing to some individuals. We encourage you to listen with care. If you are in distress, crisis or need someone to talk to, please visit https://suicidepreventionwestyorkshire.co.uk/I-need-help-urgently

Episode 1 - Anything you would ask?

What ideas, tips or advice that you are advised to give out do you feel works for people in crisis most effectively?

**Content warning** 
This podcast episode contains discussions about lived experience around suicide, which may be distressing to some individuals. We encourage you to listen with care. If you are in distress, crisis or need someone to talk to, please visit https://suicidepreventionwestyorkshire.co.uk/I-need-help-urgently

Episode 2 - Ideas, tips and advice

Does anything worry you about having a conversation with someone who is suicidal?

**Content warning** 
This podcast episode contains discussions about lived experience around suicide, which may be distressing to some individuals. We encourage you to listen with care. If you are in distress, crisis or need someone to talk to, please visit https://suicidepreventionwestyorkshire.co.uk/I-need-help-urgently

Episode 3 - Anything worry you?

Barriers to accessing crisis services.

**Content warning** 
This podcast episode contains discussions about lived experience around suicide, which may be distressing to some individuals. We encourage you to listen with care. If you are in distress, crisis or need someone to talk to, please visit https://suicidepreventionwestyorkshire.co.uk/I-need-help-urgently

Episode 4 - Barriers to access

Summary of the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership and NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board draft communication and  involvement plan for 2024 / 2025.

Communications and Involvement Plan 24.25 Summary

Sue, Richard and Helen talk about the support programme that's helping people with incurable cancer to start Thinking Ahead.

Cancer Alliance Thinking Ahead Podcast

This first episode in our green podcast series is all about cleaning up the air that we breathe. Join consultant anaesthetist and West Yorkshire Health and Care climate change lead Frank Swinton in conversation with paramedic and clinical fellow, Andy West as they discuss the environmental benefits of clean air as well as the impact on our mental and physical health and wellbeing. They talk about possible alternatives to the car, including a scheme which encourages doctors and nurses to hop on an ebike for community and home visits.

Creating a greener NHS – two wheels at a time

West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership is an ‘Integrated Care System’. We work in partnership with NHS organisations, councils, Healthwatch, charities and the community voluntary and social enterprise sector to improve the health and wellbeing of local people living in our five local places: 
Bradford district & Craven, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield

Can You Hear Me? - series 2, episode 2 - LGBTQ+

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