News and reports

People aged 56 to 59 are being invited to book a life-saving COVID jab this week as the NHS vaccination programme, the biggest in health service history, continues to gather pace.

The James Cook University Hospital is set to open a new emergency department for children and young people.

Acute services at Scarborough Hospital face a series of challenges, requiring a review of how health and care provision is delivered.

Healthwatch North Yorkshire focuses on the access to health and social care services for rural communities.

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.

The successful rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines across North Yorkshire is expanding to include everyone over the age of 60 and people with underlying health conditions.

Last night PM Boris Johnson announced the government’s roadmap to cautiously ease lockdown restrictions in England.

A Middlesbrough nurse has become the first in the world to be trained to insert a revolutionary implant which can reduce radiotherapy side effects by up to 70% in prostate cancer patients.

Local primary care and specialist mental health colleagues are working together to improve access to services for people with mental health conditions.

Today sees the launch of the Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership Mental Health Resilience Hub, which aims to provide vital mental health and wellbeing support services for frontline health and care staff affected by the pandemic.

Data analysed by Public Health England (PHE) shows the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine provides high levels of protection against infection and symptomatic disease from the first dose.

The vaccination programme is being facilitated by numerous parts of the NHS. Due to the complexity of the programme this is a massive logistical challenge.