North Yorkshire libraries have been awarded £10,000 to take part in a national initiative to combat loneliness and promote wellbeing through the power of reading.
Friarage Hospital in Northallerton is to benefit from a new cutting edge medical education centre thanks to the generosity of a local fundraising group.
With Children’s Mental Health Week beginning on 1 February, NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is encouraging young people to visit the ‘The Go-To’ for advice and support.
This briefing focuses on dentistry, which once again has featured prominently in national media due to work of Healthwatch England, and a topic we at Healthwatch North Yorkshire have been raising for several months now.
Up to 5,000 vaccines a week will be given to vulnerable residents from the Selby area from early next month when the Summit Indoor Adventure Centre opens as a COVID-19 vaccination hub.
Local GPs are reassuring people that invitations are still being sent for regular cervical screening, and that it is safe to attend GP practices in person if they have been asked to.
A leading GP is urging people to take care of themselves during the national lockdown, with doctors seeing lots of “anxiety, worry and stress” in people contacting their local surgeries.