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The updated Mental Health Act aims to give patients more control over their treatment and to ensure more dignified care.

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People will be given greater access to facilities across the county after 18 children’s centres are to be made available for wider use, North Yorkshire Council say.

The NHS is urging prostate cancer patients to sign up for a major new research initiative that could save lives.

This week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered the new Government's first budget, outlining tax and spending plans until end of 2025/6. Here's what the budget means for health and social care services.

Local NHS hospitals in Harrogate have received £1.4 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research for an additional MRI scanner to support ground breaking research which will benefit patients.

A roundup of what we've been hearing recently - good and bad - and what we'd like to change.

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Read our response to the Care Quality Commission's assessment of the state of health and social care in England.

Adult social care continues to face challenges, but thanks to your feedback and Healthwatch recommendations, North Yorkshire Council is leading the way to ensure managers are better supported to deliver care.

A ban on sale and supply of single-use vapes in England to come into force on 1 June 2025

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