News and reports

This briefing focuses on dentistry, which once again has featured prominently in national media due to work of Healthwatch England, and a topic we at Healthwatch North Yorkshire have been raising for several months now.

This briefing focuses on the COVID-19 vaccine.

This briefing focuses on Test and Trace, drawing on the results of our most recent COVID-19 briefing published in November, and updated from feedback gathered this month.

People across North Yorkshire have been helping to improve health and social care services by sharing their experiences during the past five months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the past 12 months, we have received 59 pieces of feedback regarding dentistry.

People in North Yorkshire have been sharing their experiences accessing care and support during the COVID-19 pandemic to help improve services.

North Yorkshire Council asked Healthwatch North Yorkshire to research the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ+ residents in accessing mental health and healthcare services.

Over the last six months Healthwatch North Yorkshire recognised the need for a fundamental restructure of the organisation – all during a year of changes, challenges and the unknown. Read more about our year in our annual report 2019/2020.

A consultation was launched to help shape the future of key services at the Friarage hospital.

Health services in North Yorkshire are improving the translation services they provide after Healthwatch North Yorkshire highlighted inequalities faced by refugees attempting to access care in the county.

In January 2019, the NHS in England published an ambitious 10-year plan showing how the extra money will be used to help improve services across the country.

This review is part of a wider programme of work to improve the health and wellbeing of local people in Scarborough and beyond.