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Healthwatch North Yorkshire and the national Healthwatch network in England are today calling for the Government and the NHS to tackle widespread issues with access to NHS dental care following an unprecedented surge in concerns from the public.

All areas of North Yorkshire are “sitting very comfortably” below the England average for COVID-19 infection rates as the county emerges from national lockdown.

The NHS wants to make it easier and safer for patients to get the right treatment when they need it, without waiting a long time to be seen in A&E.

Care home residents will be able to see their families again this Christmas with more than a million tests being sent to providers over the next month.

This briefing focuses on Test and Trace, drawing on the results of our most recent COVID-19 briefing published in November, and updated from feedback gathered this month.

People across North Yorkshire have been helping to improve health and social care services by sharing their experiences during the past five months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

North Yorkshire’s leaders have issued a big thank-you to all of the county’s communities that have worked so hard to bring the COVID-19 rate of infection down below the England average.

Residents in North Yorkshire who are on repeat medication are being urged to order in advance of Christmas week to avoid running out.

More permanent local testing sites have opened in North Yorkshire to support the ongoing expansion of COVID-19 testing.

People aged 50-64 in North Yorkshire will be able to get a free flu vaccine from their GP or pharmacy.

NHS leaders in North Yorkshire are continuing to urge people not to put off accessing health services – despite a recent surge in COVID-19 (coronavirus) hospital admissions in parts of the region.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, it's been estimated that across the UK there are 13.5 million unpaid carers. Many people are unaware of their rights as a carer and, as a result, are not accessing the help and support they are entitled to.