I wanted to write this blog to mark my return to the team after a strange few years of Covid and family time! Since the start of Covid in 2019 I have been on maternity leave twice and back in between in a strange virtual universe which almost makes it seem like I was never actually back at all, perhaps it was a dream! But now I have fully woken up and I am back to stay! It feels to me like I’ve just woken up and returned at the same time as many of you have come out of Covid hibernation and are also re-emerging back into the world.

A lot is still virtual however we are making plans to be coming into services again, and tentatively dreaming about meeting together more when we can.

The provider collaboratives have formed and gone live and are already 1 year in – happy anniversary!



Now it is almost 2023 let’s look forward not back, so I’ll end with telling you about our plans for the beginning of next year:


Holly Cade, Involvement Lead for Yorkshire and Humber Network