News and reports

Healthwatch remains here for you, and thanks to secured funding from North Yorkshire Council we will continue working until at least 31 March 2027. However, the government has set out plans to change how people share their views on health and care in the future.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has announced the Autumn Budget for 2025. We look at what it means for health and care and how the plans could affect people in North Yorkshire.

We listened to residents, relatives and staff to understand daily life in the home - to highlight what is working well and identify where improvements could help. We shared our recommendations with the home. Read on to learn more.

Bladder and bowel healthcare affects some 14 million people across the country. You told us things were not always working as they should, and so together we asked for more to happen. Here’s what is changing to make support more visible, accessible and respectful.

Learn how Healthwatch helped put farmers’ health firmly on the agenda, driving new walk-in clinics, on-site health checks at auction marts, council and NHS action plans and even parliamentary questions that are making rural health and care more accessible and responsive to farmers’ real needs.

Most men would attend testing if the government introduced a national screening programme for prostate cancer, according to our new research.

We want to hear how local health services can make appointments easier for everyone.

Find out how to contact Healthwatch, whether for advice or to leave feedback about health or social care, using a British Sign Language interpreter.

Unpaid carers in North Yorkshire play a vital role every day, yet many feel unseen, unsupported and under growing pressure.

The NHS is strengthening the Accessible Information Standard so that everyone can get health and care information in a way they understand. We look at what that means for you.

Health literacy is one of the biggest barriers to good health outcomes. It is also something we are hearing more about here in North Yorkshire.

Healthwatch has been listening to women aged between 40 and 60 to understand their relationship with alcohol and hear about their healthcare we can help improve understanding and support.