News and reports

Healthwatch Stockton-on-Tees Manager, Natasha Douglas, was honoured to present our findings on the experiences of local people across Stockton accessing ADHD support services to our healthcare colleagues and distinguished guests at the Healthwatch Conference in London on 12 November.

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Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocates (MNISA) from People First support people to have their voice heard throughout investigations and complaints into care received in maternity and neonatal departments.

The Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Board (TSAB) must produce an Annual Report in line with the requirements of the Care Act 2014.

The Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Board (TSAB) is distributing their annual surveys to provide service users, professionals and the public with the opportunity to have their say and inform the Board’s future priorities for safeguarding across the Tees.

We are working with the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) to understand people’s experiences and expectations of the broad range of their services.

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

You can find out the opening hours for pharmacies across the Tees Valley for the August Bank Holiday below.

Did you know you can choose which hospital you go to when referred for a test, diagnosis, or treatment? Find out how.

What are physician associates? Find out about their training and what kind of care they can provide.

A poll of 1,504 working-age disabled adults found that 28% have never accessed social care or other support despite potentially being eligible. Healthwatch England are calling for a fully funded, long-term plan to reform social care.

The NHS Integrated Care Board for the North East and North Cumbria is launching the BIG Conversation to find out what matters most to women and girls when it comes to their health.

Although progress has been made across the region, women and girls still have health issues that need more attention and there is still much to do to ensure health and care services are delivering for 51% of the population.

In February 2024 North Tees and Hartlepool and South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts formally came together to work in partnership. This is an exciting opportunity for the two Trusts to work together to strengthen their collaborative offer of patient care.