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.
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.
Spiralling COVID-19 infections in the Scarborough area are causing major concerns for North Yorkshire’s authorities, with figures double the national rate.
The NHS in North Yorkshire says residents can take steps now to look after their own health – so they are well prepared if they succumb to a common winter illness like a cough or cold.