News and reports

In partnership with Healthwatch York, we asked care homes what they think the impact of the mandatory vaccinations will be, ahead of the November 11th deadline.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed some of the frailties of the health and social care system. This report focuses on some of the common health and social care issues we heard about between April and July 2021.

Dentistry has been a major concern for us and many other local Healthwatch organisations across Yorkshire and beyond.

Following our re-structure we have had an incredibly challenging, yet remarkably successful year. Despite a year of immense chaos and change our team and volunteers have worked hard and shown dedication. Read more about our year in our Annual Report.

Find out more about our plans for 2021-2022.

Read our March 2021 Spring Newsletter where we discuss some of the projects we have been focusing on over the past few months.

This intelligence briefing is a collation of feedback gathered by Healthwatch North Yorkshire since the middle of 2019.

Take a look at our board meeting papers to find out what we have been up to and what we have coming up.

We have been working hard to ensure that we are able to keep members of the public across North Yorkshire informed during this particularly busy time.

Our new report – GP website check-up – is out today and looks at how easy it is to find information on GP websites across North Yorkshire.

Healthwatch North Yorkshire focuses on the access to health and social care services for rural communities.

Acute services at Scarborough Hospital face a series of challenges, requiring a review of how health and care provision is delivered.