News and reports

Our latest report shows how many care homes across North Yorkshire made innovative changes to keep their residents safe and well even when they faced acute and often devastating challenges at the height of the Covid 19 pandemic.

Our latest briefing looks at the various perspectives of the public experiences of GP appointments.

This is our first quarterly Pulse report, published to show a snapshot of people’s experiences of health and care services across North Yorkshire. This quarter our focus is on delays to treatment and/or care as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHS E&I) asked Healthwatch North Yorkshire to run a survey on NHS dental provision in Robin Hood’s Bay following the handing back of an NHS contract by a provider in the area.

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) requested Healthwatch North Yorkshire’s help in conducting public engagement as part of the procurement of NHS dentistry in the Scarborough area.

Read our Summer 2021 newsletter to find out about the work we have been doing over the past few months - as the independent champion for people who use health and social care services across North Yorkshire.

In partnership with Healthwatch York, we asked care homes what they think the impact of the mandatory vaccinations will be, ahead of the November 11th deadline.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed some of the frailties of the health and social care system. This report focuses on some of the common health and social care issues we heard about between April and July 2021.

Dentistry has been a major concern for us and many other local Healthwatch organisations across Yorkshire and beyond.

Following our re-structure we have had an incredibly challenging, yet remarkably successful year. Despite a year of immense chaos and change our team and volunteers have worked hard and shown dedication. Read more about our year in our Annual Report.

Find out more about our plans for 2021-2022.

Read our March 2021 Spring Newsletter where we discuss some of the projects we have been focusing on over the past few months.