#MakingStuffBetter with Team Leeds Chats - but what is Team Leeds Chats?

In Leeds, approximately 57,000 people work in health and care. We have some of the most skilled and passionate teams in the world, and your skills and experience are making a real difference to real people. By working even better together as one health and care team, we can make an even bigger difference to peoples’ outcomes, as well as improving support to each other to address the system challenges that we face.

Team Leeds is not a new concept. There are already great examples of how working together has made a real difference. We are producing a series of Team Leeds Stories to highlight great examples of existing health and care partnerships, and to inspire Leeds health and care workers to work even better together.

A number of focus groups have been hosted, bringing Team Leeds colleagues together to share unique experiences of living and working during the pandemic.

We have heard many inspiring examples of how people already work in partnership with other teams and organisations improving health and care outcomes and experiences of care.

Some Team Leeds Chats focussed on specific groups, including those who are seldom heard, such as unpaid carers, workforce from ethnically diverse groups, and health and care students / apprentices (learners)

Covid-19 has disproportionately impacted certain groups of people and recognising this, a Team Leeds Chat was hosted with members of our health and care teams belonging to Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust Menopause Support Group.

18 women were asked to share their experiences of living and working during the pandemic, whilst experiencing symptoms of perimenopause and menopausal transition.

In this episode, you will hear from some of these women who want to share their stories and experience.

There are lots of resources available including www.mymenopausecentre.com created and delivered by Dr Clare Spencer.

Making Stuff Better - Episode 13 - David Smith

#MakingStuffBetterBy Graham HydeSep 03, 2021