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Share for Better Care Week is here!
This Share for Better Care Week, take three minutes to share your experience of health and social care in Darlington.
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Help improve mental health support for people with long-term needs
Healthwatch in Tees Valley wants to hear from adults who have needed ongoing mental health support, particularly if standard services haven’t worked well for them, or if they’ve experienced repeated hospital admissions.
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Government plans for local Healthwatch - Our Statement
We are deeply saddened and disappointed by the government’s recent decision to close Healthwatch England and transfer the responsibilities of local Healthwatch (such as Healthwatch Darlington) to NHS Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and local authorities.…
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Pharmacy First - Share your views!
The Pharmacy First service adds to the existing consultation service and enables community pharmacies to complete episodes of care for 7 common conditions following defined clinical pathways. If you have used Pharmacy First we'd love to know your…
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Share for Better Care Week launches
This Share for Better Care Week, take three minutes to share your experience of health and social care in Darlington.
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GOLD - Cuppa & catch up - new for 2025
The team at GOLD (Growing Old Living in Darlington) have social get togethers taking place at the offices at Citizens Advice on Church Row in Darlington.
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It's Carers Week 2026!
Carers Week is taking place all of this week across the UK. Established by Carers UK, Carers Week is an annual awareness campaign to celebrate and…
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University of Glasgow research project - Rest, Free Time and Disability
You are being invited to take part in a questionnaire for a research study conducted by a researcher in the School of Social and Political Science at…
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Do you use NHS patient transport services?
The North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) is working with the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS), Healthwatch and other partners…
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Latest reports and publication
‘Staying With People: What Lived Experience Tells Us About Mental Health Support’
People across County Durham and Tees Valley have been telling us the same thing for years - when support works, it’s because someone stays, listens, and follows through. When it doesn’t, people are left navigating services alone, repeating their story, waiting for calls that don’t come, and reaching crisis without the support they need.
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Modern General Practice Access: What People Across Our Region Told Us
Over recent months, all 14 Healthwatch across the North East and North Cumbria have been out in communities listening to people’s real experiences of accessing their GP, using the NHS App, and trying Pharmacy First.
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