News and reports

We’ve heard that many people have struggled to access dental care since the pandemic began. We want to hear your experiences of dental care since March 2020.

Stockton-on-Tees Adult Carers Support Service (SACSS) provides support and signposting to informal carers (18+) who care for another adult. The latest edition of their Carers newsletter is out now with news, information and updates for carers.

The latest edition of the Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Board (TSAB) newsletter is now available online and to download.

Challenging COVID misinformation and bringing communities together, a leading project has been recognised for its efforts following Covid-19.

The impact of Covid-19 is continuing to affect communities across the UK, with new cases averaging at around 40,000 cases a day.

Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Board (TSAB) must produce an Annual Report in line with the requirements of the Care Act 2014, setting out what the Board and its member agencies have done to carry out and deliver the objectives of the Strategic Plan.

During the week Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Board will focus on different forms of adult abuse and neglect including Self-Neglect, Adult Exploitation, Emotional Abuse and Mental Health, raising awareness of key signs of abuse and how to report it.

This report provides insight into what matters most to the people of the Tees Valley in terms of mental health support in the community.

We spoke to Sarah McManus, CEO of Teesside-based charity, A Way Out. The organisation helps local women, families and young people who are at risk of harm or face multiple disadvantages such as poverty, homelessness or poor mental health.

Following a competitive tendering process, north east charity the Pioneering Care Partnership in Newton Aycliffe has been awarded a contract to continue to deliver Healthwatch for the people of Stockton-on-Tees.

This policy and associated procedures outline the steps taken to ensure decisions are evidence based and lead to substantive impact in the community for all staff, board and volunteers.

We spoke to Leigh Trimble, volunteer and Project Manager of Stockton’s Red Balloons charity. Set up in 2017, the organisation helps those with mental health issues by encouraging them to chat and expand on their feelings.