News and reports

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.

This intelligence briefing is a collation of feedback gathered by Healthwatch North Yorkshire since the middle of 2019.

Take a look at our board meeting papers to find out what we have been up to and what we have coming up.

We have been working hard to ensure that we are able to keep members of the public across North Yorkshire informed during this particularly busy time.

Our new report – GP website check-up – is out today and looks at how easy it is to find information on GP websites across North Yorkshire.