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.

Health leaders are urging people in York and North Yorkshire not to be ‘COVID-complacent’ – even if they’ve had the vaccine.

Quick swab tests are being introduced to schools to allow teaching staff and secondary pupils to receive regular, voluntary tests for coronavirus.

Up to 5,000 vaccines a week will be given to vulnerable residents from the Selby area from early next month when the Summit Indoor Adventure Centre opens as a COVID-19 vaccination hub.

A leading GP is urging people to take care of themselves during the national lockdown, with doctors seeing lots of “anxiety, worry and stress” in people contacting their local surgeries.

Earlier this month we posted about the vaccination centre in Harrogate. As a result, we have received a lot of feedback, concerns, and inquiries regarding the vaccination programme.

West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership (WY&H HCP) will launch an innovative staff suicide prevention campaign targeted at more than 100,000 health, care, voluntary and community service colleagues.

A local charity, Scarborough Survivors, has been working with the Trust to provide crisis support to people attending Scarborough General Hospital’s accident and emergency (A&E) department who may be struggling with their mental health.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has opened its second COVID-19 vaccination site at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton for health and care staff.

York has been chosen to open one of the national NHS Vaccination Centres.

The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine is continuing at pace across some of the most rural towns and villages in the Vale of York thanks to the help and support of staff and volunteers within the South Hambleton and Ryedale Primary Care Network (PCN).

Healthwatch North Yorkshire are currently undertaking a review of feedback on the COVID-19 vaccination.