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Staff from City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP CIC) have been getting into the festive and goodwill spirit by donating to good causes. Customer Services staff teamed up with to Dr Hendow’s and Dr Gopal’s practices within Bransholme Health Centre to collect items for a Christmas hamper that was donated to Dove House Hospice. The hamper included amongst other things, snacks, sweets and sparkling wine.

The Health Visiting team at City Health Care Partnership CIC are not content with looking after the health and wellbeing of children in Hull; they are now planning to do the Great North Run to raise money for the NSPCC and the Institute of Health Visiting and are recruiting health visitors from across the country to join them.

City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP CIC) staff members gathered together in a car park on a cold December evening to offer clothes, food and hot drinks to homeless people in Hull.

Whilst on the second day of a fortnight long holiday in Turkey, Darren Dixon, a dad from Brough slipped whilst dancing with his four year old daughter at a mini-disco. This fall left him with a broken leg, sprained ligaments and a potentially life-threatening deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

Dr Kate Guthrie, Clinical Director of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Partnership and Medical Director of City Health Care Partnership CIC has won an award for an outstanding article in the journal Contraception from the North American Forum on Family Planning.

Quit Buddy, an innovative stop smoking text service provided by City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP CIC), scooped the coveted Respiratory Team of the Year award at last night’s prestigious General Practice Awards in London.

Carers’ Rights Day on 29 November will give unpaid carers in Hull the chance to find out what help is available for them and the person they support.

The Rt Hon Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, has written to City Health Care Partnership CIC to express his personal congratulations on the organisation being highly commended at this year’s national Baxendale Awards.

Hot on the heels of having four teams shortlisted in the prestigious Nursing Times Awards, City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP CIC) came away from the Employee Ownership Awards on 12 November with Highly Commended in the Business of the Year category, sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.

This week is Living Wage week and as a Living Wage Employer City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP CIC) have been celebrating, having a special cake designed and made. The cake itself looked like a giant pound coin and was shared out as equally as possible, with everyone getting a fair slice. The cake itself was made by CHCP CIC staff member, Michelle Middleton.