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Healthwatch Hartlepool Newsletter - January 2022
Please find attached the January edition of the Healthwatch Hartlepool newsletter. We apologise for the delay in getting this published, but it is...
GP Patient Questionnaire
Healthwatch Hartlepool wants to hear about your experience of accessing your GP. Your views are essential for helping us understand what works well...
Alcohol Causes Cancer
Alcohol is a causal factor in more than 60 medical conditions, including: mouth, throat, stomach, liver and breast cancer, high blood pressure,...
Health and Wellbeing Boards - Have They a Future?
Durham University will be holding a Public Policy and Health Conference to discuss key research into the future of Health and Wellbeing Boards. The event takes place on Thursday 11th May 2017, from 10am until 3pm, at Durham University. For more information please see the poster below.
Healthwatch Hartlepool Newsletter - January 2017
The latest edition of the Healthwatch Hartlepool newsletter has now been published. It includes information on the following: Details of local community engagement events taking place in January Changes to NHS urgent care services announced NHS Chief pledges help for 50,000 more people to tackle...
NHS Better Health Programme Public Engagement Event, February 2017
The NHS Better Health Programme public engagement events in February 2017 are now live. The Better Health Group want to find out what’s important to you about the care provided, in particular maternity and children’s services. Please, click on the links below to register your attendance. Hartlepool...
UK Wide Dementia Consultation
The Government’s aim is for England to be the best place in the world for people with dementia, their families and carers to live and the best place to undertake research into dementia. They want to hear first-hand from people with dementia, their families and carers if we are making a difference...
Public Health News - December 2016
The latest edition of Public Health News has recently been published by Hartlepool Borough Council. This edition includes: Hartlepool residents challenged to kick start 2017 with a booze-free month Take up the Smoke-FreeChallenge! Hartlepool Students help to promote Tattoo Hygiene Rating Scheme...
Cancer Support Group - A New Group Meeting 15th November 2016
Please find below details of the new Cancer Support Group at the West View Advice and Resource Centre. Their first meeting will be held Tuesday 15th November at 10.30am
Carers Rights Day - November 25th
Hartlepool Carers are holding an information shop for all Carers in Middleton Grange Shopping Centre. The shop will be open to offer support and advice on November 25th 2016, 9am - 5pm.
Project 65 - Social Inclusion Through Technology
Please find details below on Project 65, a new initiative for the over 65 for loaning and learning to use mobile devices
Healthwatch Hartlepool Newsletter - November 2016
The latest edition of the Healthwatch Hartlepool newsletter has now been published. It includes information on the following: Details of local community engagement events taking place in November NHS England launches biggest upgrade to NHS cancer treatment in 15 years Introducing Project 65 - a new...
Easy Health Club - Starting October 2016
A new service for people with learning disabilities in Hartlepool. Please see the poster below for more details.
ENTER AND VIEW: Healthwatch Hartlepool, Physiotherapy Department at University Hospital of Hartlepool
Over 2 days of the 4th and 5th July 2016 Healthwatch Hartlepool observed the Physiotherapy Department at the University Hospital Hartlepool to see how the service operates over a typical few days. This visit occurred due to patient reports of lengthy waits between first assessment and first visit...
Healthwatch Hartlepool Investigation into Patient Experience of Dementia Diagnosis - Update Report
"Healthwatch Hartlepool has been established in a way that is inclusive and enables involvement from all areas of the local community. We wish to involve those who are seldom heard." Over recent years at both national and regional levels, there have been few issues and conditions that have...
CQC State of Care Report 2015/2016
Today the Care Quality Commission (CQC) laid their annual report to Parliament on the quality of health and social care in England. This year’s report shows that, despite increasingly challenging circumstances, much good care is being delivered and encouraging levels of improvement are taking place...
Report on the Public Consultation regarding the future delivery of services at Fens, Hartfields and Wynyard Road
Below we have available the results of the Public Consultation carried out regarding the delivery of services at Fens, Hartfields and Wynyard Road Medical / Care Centres. Please click on the link below to download it as a PDF and view the findings of the consultation.
Pharmacy Integration Fund of £42 million announced
NHS England has today (20 October 2016) announced a £42m Pharmacy Integration Fund (PhIF) to support pharmacy to transform how it operates across the NHS for the benefit of patients over the next two years. The Pharmacy Integration Fund will support community pharmacy as it develops new clinical...
Healthwatch Hartlepool Newsletter - October 2016
The latest edition of the Healthwatch Hartlepool newsletter has now been published. It includes information on the following: Details of local community engagement events taking place in October Extra £25m for NHS organisations in England to improve mental health services for children and young...
Strictly Mental Health - Monday 10th October
Join Hartlepool Borough Council for the "Strictly Mental Health" event to celebrate World Mental Health Day. Creating awareness about Mental Health and providing an opportunity to part take in the Social Dance or stroll around relevant information stands.
Healthwatch Hartlepool Newsletter - September 2016
The latest edition of the Healthwatch Hartlepool newsletter has now been published. It includes information on the following: Details of local community engagement events taking place in September World Mental Health Day on 10 th October Details about public consultations about the future of 3...
Free Healthy Caring Guide
NHS England, in partnership with Carers UK, Carers Trust Age UK, Public Health England, and older carers themselves, has published a Practical Guide to Healthy Caring . The Guide provides information and advice to carers about staying healthy whilst caring and identifies the support available to...
Have your say on the future of GP services in Fens, Hartfields and Wynyard Road
NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Clinical Commissioning Group are holding a serious of information sessions to get people's view on the future of Fens, Hartfield and Wynyard Road GP Practices. The details of the sessions are below: • Hartlepool College, Stockton Street, Hartlepool, TS24 7NT -...
Healthwatch Hartlepool Newsletter - August 2016
The latest edition of the Healthwatch Hartlepool newsletter has now been published. It includes information on the following: Details of local community engagement events taking place in August NHS England successfully negotiates access to new drug treatment for children with Duchenne muscular...
Dementia Advisory Service drop in service at the ORCEL Centre
Do you have concerns about the memory of a friend or relative? Are you perhaps experiencing memory loss? Our friendly and experienced Dementia Support Advisors may be able to help you. They will be holding informal sessions at the ORCEL centre from 3pm to 5pm on the following dates: Monday 5...
NHS Action To Strengthen Trusts’ and CCGS’ Financial and Operational Peformance for 2016/17
The NHS today takes action to dramatically cut the annual trust deficit, and sharpen the direct accountability of trusts and CCGs to live within the public resources made available by Parliament and the Government in 2016/17. In a comprehensive seven-point set of actions, NHS Improvement and NHS...
Older people denied personalised, effective and responsive care due to poor integration across local systems
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has reviewed how well different health and care services work together to support the needs of older people in England. In its report, Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers (available to download below), it warns that despite a widespread commitment for integration...
CQC Launches #YourMentalHealthCare Campaign to Gather Public’s Experiences of Care
It is estimated that nearly one in four people in England suffer with conditions related to depression, anxiety and stress, and the majority who seek treatment will do so via their GP. As a result, people experiencing these conditions may know a lot about the quality of mental health care in their...
