News and reports

Healthwatch North Yorkshire attended the Selby Advice and Awareness Day on Wednesday the 20th of October.

The NHS has started the COVID-19 booster programme across North Yorkshire, giving those most at risk from coronavirus extra protection ahead of winter. Find out who will get a booster, when, and how.

What matters to you? How can local services support you to achieve that?

Do you have regular contact with health and social care services on your own or a family member's behalf? Get in touch and let us know if you would like to share your story.

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHS E&I) asked Healthwatch North Yorkshire to run a survey on NHS dental provision in Robin Hood’s Bay following the handing back of an NHS contract by a provider in the area.

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) requested Healthwatch North Yorkshire’s help in conducting public engagement as part of the procurement of NHS dentistry in the Scarborough area.

Ripon Racecourse is set to reopen as a COVID-19 vaccination centre for the coronavirus booster programme.

Waiting for planned medical care or surgery can be a frustrating time. That’s why it’s so important that while you wait, you get regular, clear and accessible updates so that you can plan your next steps.

Read our Summer 2021 newsletter to find out about the work we have been doing over the past few months - as the independent champion for people who use health and social care services across North Yorkshire.

Healthwatch North Yorkshire and Healthwatch York today published findings from research with care homes across the region to ascertain the impact of new regulations that all care home staff and volunteers will have to be fully vaccinated.

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.