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Healthwatch Hartlepool Newsletter - October 2021
Active Hospital Event Please come along to our next FREE event! Healthwatch Hartlepool are delighted to secure Michael Butler as a key speaker at our...
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) 24 hour crisis helpline - 0800 0516171
TEWV have recently updated the contact number of its 24 hour freephone mental health crisis helpline. The correct number is now 0800 0516171 (this...
Covid Champions Newsletter - July 2021
COVID Champions are a key part of in relaying guidance to your friends, family, colleagues and members of your community to help people make sense...
Chief Inspector of Hospitals rates Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust as Good
England’s Chief Inspector of Hospitals has rated the services provided by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust as Good following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission in January 2015. The trust provides a range of mental health, learning disability and substance misuse services to...
Tell us About Your Care - CQC Commission Event
Come to our public listening event, meet our inspectors and share your experience of the services and care provided in the last year by University Hospital of Hartlepool. The event is on Monday 6th July 2015 6:00 pm BEST WESTERN Grand Hotel Swainson Street Hartlepool, Co. Durham, TS24 8AA Should...
Outreach Sessions Available in May
Healthwatch Hartlepool will be holding a series of outreach sessions at venues across Hartlepool in May. The schedule is as follows: Seaton Carew Library – Friday 8 th May, 10:15am till 12:15pm Central library – Thursday 14 th May, 10:15am till 12:15pm Throston Grange Library – Wednesday 20 th May...
Patients Association Weekly Newsletter - Nursing chiefs on £400,000 a year
The latest Patients Association Newsletter has recently been published. Among other news it includes a look at Chief Nurses in the NHS that are getting £400,000 a year, while frontline staff have been haned a 1% payr ise after 2 years of freezes To view this newsletter please click on the link...
Independent Complaints Advocacy Drop in – 15th April 2015
Just a reminder that I.C.A (the Independent Complaints Advocacy) are holding a drop in session on the 15 th April at 9:30am till 12 noon at the HVDA, 36 Victoria Road Hartlepool. A member of I.C.A will be available for anyone requiring advice and information on making a complaint against the NHS...
Public Health News - April 2015 Newsletter Now Available
The latest Public Health News newsletter, created by Hartlepool Borough Council has recently been published. The newsletter is full of up to the minute information on local health issues and details about upcoming events in the Hartlepool area. Click the PDF link below to download and read the...
Patients Association Weekly Newsletter - Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) report
The latest Patients Association Newsletter has recently been published. Among other news it includes a call for change and reform in the way clinical incidents and complaints are investigated, backed up by a report being completed by the Patients Association . To view this newsletter please click...
Drop in Sessions Available - March - April 2015
Healthwatch Hartlepool will be holding a series of outreach sessions at venues across Hartlepool in March & April. The schedule is as follows: Hartlepool Hospital – 30 th March – 10am – 12 noon St Oswald’s Church Hall – Wednesday 8 th April 12noon till 2-15pm Central library – Thursday 16th...
Healthwatch Hartlepool Event - Free Seminar about Thyroid Conditions
Healthwatch Hartlepool are holding a public awareness seminar about Thyroid Conditions, on the 26 th March, 2:00pm till 5pm, at the Belle Vue Community Centre, Kendal Road, Hartlepool. This event is free to attend! For further information please contact Tony Leighton at Healthwatch Hartlepool on...
Patients Association Weekly Newsletter - PA Gold Standard Charter
The latest Patients Association Newsletter has recently been published. Among other news it includes news that the Patients Association has been asked to develp a Gold Standard Framework to highlight improvements in hospitals, specifically requested by the NHS Waltham Forest Clinical Commissioning...
NHS England and local councils announce radical power shift
NHS England and local councils announce radical power shift as first 10,000 high-need services users gain control of their own integrated health and social care budgets NHS England and the Local Government Association today name the first eight sites that will, for the first time, blend...
Patients Association Weekly Newsletter - The Medical Innovation Bill
The latest Patients Association Newsletter has recently been published. Among other news it includes that the proposed Medical Innovation Bill will not proceed and an independent review will be held instead about the barriers in medical breakthroughs. To view this newsletter please click on the...
Patients Association Weekly Newsletter - Why our NHS should listen and be human
The latest Patients Association Newsletter has recently been published. Among other news it includes a major new report highlighting that far too many patients are still experiencing unacceptable standards of care within the health and social care system. To view this newsletter please click on the...
Outreach Sessions in March
Healthwatch Hartlepool will be holding a series of outreach sessions at locations across Hartlepool in March. The schedule is as follows: Wharton Annexe, Wharton Terrace – 10 th March 10-15am till 12-15pm Central library – Thursday 19th March 10–15am till 12-15pm Seaton Carew Library – Friday 13 th...
Latest Public Health News Newsletter
The latest Public Health News Newsletter for Hartlepool has recently been published. It details some exciting events which are soon to be taking place in the Hartlepool area, including No Smoking Day on the 11th March, as well as details about Cookery courses taking place at School's on behalf of...
Independent Complaints Advocacy Drop in – 18th March 2015
Just a reminder that I.C.A ( the Independent Complaints Advocacy) are holding a drop in session on the 18 th March at 9:30am till 12noon at HVDA, 36 Victoria Road Hartlepool. A member of I.C.A will be available for anyone requiring advice and information on making a complaint against the NHS. For...
Patients Weekly Newsletter - Unfair prescription fines
The latest Patients Association Newsletter has recently been published. Among other news it includes a call to review unfair prescription fines, especially affecting people who are entitled to free prescriptions. To view this newsletter please click on the link below. You will also see a 'Subscribe...
Hartlepool Arthritis Research Group Meeting - 17th Feb, 2pm
The Hartlepool Arthritis Research (UK) Group (H.A.R.K) are holding their next meeting on Tuesday, February 17 th at 2pm in the community room, ASDA, Marina Way. For any further information please contact Peter Gowland on 01429 – 262641 For further information on Arthritis Research UK, please click...
North Tees Dementia Collaborative - End of Year Report 2014
The Dementia Collaborative for North Tees has recently published their 2014 report detailing ways in which Dementia support and advice can become more readily accessible in the North Tees area. The report describes the changes that have been put forward by the Collaborative, which is in its 2nd...
Patients Weekly Newsletter - Call for evidence: NHS complaints and clinical failure
The latest Patients Association Newsletter has recently been published. Among other news it includes a call for evidence to be disclosed regarding NHS complaints and the effect of clinical failures. To view this newsletter please click on the link below. You will also see a 'Subscribe' button in...
Lifelong Condition Event (Neurological Conditions)
Healthwatch Hartlepool are holding a public awareness seminar on Neurological Conditions, on the 24 th February, 1:30pm till 4pm, at the Wynyard Road Community Centre, Wynyard Road, Hartlepool. This event is free to attend! For further information please contact Tony Leighton at Healthwatch...
Dignity Action Day 2015
Members of Hartlepool Healthwatch and Hartlepool 50+ Forum attended the Dignity Action Day on the 1 st February 2015 at the Hartlepool Maritime Experience
Conference Invitation - ‘Healthy Weight, Healthy Life - Tackling Obesity in Hartlepool’
A conference to discuss ways to combat Obesity will be held at the CETL Building (Brierton Lane, Hartlepool, TS25 4BY) on Tuesday 3rd February 2015 from 9am onwards. The event has been organised by the Hartlepool Health and Wellbeing Board, and is available to attend for free. To book your place...
Patients Weekly Newsletter - Complaints and Raising Concerns
The latest Patients Association Newsletter has recently been published. Among other news it includes details of a recently published report on the accessibility and usefulness of complaints and raising concerns in hospitals across the country. To view this newsletter please click on the link below...
Healthwatch Hartlepool Hospital Discharge Investigation
There are few issues in the area of Health and Social Care that have attracted as much attention as patient discharge from hospital. Hartlepool is no exception, and over recent times Healthwatch Hartlepool has been made aware of an increase in the number of issues regarding the discharge of...
