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STAR Awards Ceremony 2024
Celebrating those who have gone above and beyond in health and social care! See below for all those nominated, shortlisted and winners from each category.
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Share your feedback to improve care in your community
‘Share for Better Care’, a new campaign launched by Healthwatch, aims to help address health inequalities across England.
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“I need to see a doctor!”
Top tips for accessing your GP practice.
We have worked in collaboration with a range of professionals to gather information raised by local people. We present the most common questions and answers in this document.
We have worked in collaboration with a range of professionals to gather information raised by local people. We present the most common questions and answers in this document.
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Jan Rock - Founder and CEO MATRIX Neurological
MATRIX Neurological is a registered charity based in Middlesbrough that works Tees Valley wide. Lived experience led we support children and young…
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Healthwatch South Tees STAR Awards 2024
We had a record amount of nominations this year. See below for details of each nomination #HWSTSTARS
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Alison Watson-Shields
Alison works for Young At Heart ULO CIC which is a user led organisation set up by and for people living with dementia and their care partners to…
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Latest reports and publication
Growing Older Planning Ahead
Tees Valley Healthwatch Network worked in partnership with North East Commissioning Support on behalf of the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NENC ICB) with the aim of delivering a local review in response to the national requirement to improve the planning process for families, who care for an adult with a learning disability, when they can no longer support their family member to stay at home.
The particular focus of this project is to improve support for families, carers, and older people with learning disability (aged 40+ to reflect the early onset of chronic health conditions such as dementia) by producing effective recommendations.
We have produced a South Tees report of our findings from our engagement with adults with a learning disability, their carers and professionals.
The Tees Valley Combined Report can also be found below.
The particular focus of this project is to improve support for families, carers, and older people with learning disability (aged 40+ to reflect the early onset of chronic health conditions such as dementia) by producing effective recommendations.
We have produced a South Tees report of our findings from our engagement with adults with a learning disability, their carers and professionals.
The Tees Valley Combined Report can also be found below.
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GP Resource Evaluation
In August 2023 we produced our GP Resource in collaboration with a range of professionals in response to the most common questions we heard from local people. We also wanted to raise awareness of the changes that are now in place in GP practice teams, to help people understand how to make the most of the range of options available from this service.
Following the launch, we received many positive comments from health care professionals. We wanted to find out if our GP resource was helpful to local people as well as professionals. With this purpose, we carried out a number of engagement activities in order to collect evidence of the impact of the resource on local people.
Following the launch, we received many positive comments from health care professionals. We wanted to find out if our GP resource was helpful to local people as well as professionals. With this purpose, we carried out a number of engagement activities in order to collect evidence of the impact of the resource on local people.
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Redcar and Cleveland Adult Social Care Letters
Redcar and Cleveland Council have commissioned Healthwatch to evaluate their Adult Social Care Services. This is our first report, we looked at the letters sent to people who use Adult Social Care, for the purposes of the report who spoke to groups of people and completed an online survey. Once the report was completed the local authority provided feedback on how this information will be used going forward.
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Women's Health Report
This report highlights all of the work we have carried out so far.
It includes feedback from our menopause event, responses from consultation surveys and identifies improvements to support services that are required locally which would improve experiences.
It includes feedback from our menopause event, responses from consultation surveys and identifies improvements to support services that are required locally which would improve experiences.
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I need to see a doctor! Tees Valley Youthwatch Consultation with Young People’s Report
Tees Valley Youthwatch were asked to provide feedback on a Document that was produced by Healthwatch Middlesbrough and Healthwatch Redcar and Cleveland, called “I need to see a Doctor!”
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Youthwatch - Insight into Youth Sexual Health Report
Report from Youth Focus North East about the insight into youth sexual health - November 2023
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