Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust was established in 2011. It runs a wide range of services and around

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. It runs the Leeds Eating and Drinking Team which aims to tackle the growing problem of

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. In April 2015 the trust was criticised by the

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which raised concerns about insufficient staffing levels and a “high reliance” on temporary staff, particularly at the South Leeds Independence Centre. Wendy Neill, one of the trust's speech and language therapists, set up the Giving Voice choir in 2014. It helps people with conditions like strokes, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s and dementia to socialise and stretch their vocal cords. It runs the Assisted Living Leeds centre in a partnership with

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. This houses the Community Equipment Service, providing equipment for daily living and nursing needs at home, and also the council’s

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service, which enables vulnerable residents to stay safe by fitting sensors and alarms around the house. The Trust's service for homeless patients in Leeds, York Street Health practice, was said to be outstanding by the

in 2016, and described by

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as a national exemplar. Steve Field said it was a 'thoroughly outstanding practice', which was 'one of the best the CQC has visited'. The contract was transferred to

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in 2017. It formed an alliance in September 2017 with three local GP Federations, Local Care Direct, which provides the

out-of-hours service Out-of-hours services are the arrangements to provide access to healthcare at times when General Practitioner surgeries are closed; in the United Kingdom this is normally between 6.30pm and 8am, at weekends, at Bank Holidays and sometimes if the ...

, and

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, which provides walk-in services, to provide a primary care streaming service for A&E departments across Leeds. This is intended to form the basis of a primary care home model.

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{{Authority control Community health NHS trusts Health in Yorkshire Organisations based in Leeds

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