News and reports

We’re proud to share our latest report, developed in partnership with Darlington Borough Council, exploring how Day Opportunities can become more personal, accessible, and inclusive.

We are pleased to present to you Healthwatch Darlington's Annual Report for the year 2023-2024. This comprehensive report outlines our achievements, challenges, and the impactful work we have accomplished over the past year to improve health and social care services in our community.

We at Healthwatch Darlington have produced a very handy booklet on accessing your GP.

We have pleasure in sharing reports that offer insights into the needs of people with learning disabilities aged 40 and above in the combined Tees Valley area as well as here in Darlington.

We are pleased to present this report detailing Healthwatch Darlington's recent partnership with Darlington Borough Council Public Health Team in supporting the Diabetes Model of Care across Darlington.

We are pleased to share the Adult Social Care: Lived Experience Repprt which provides valuable insights into our local Adult Social Care services and highlights areas of success and potential improvement.

We are delighted to share with you the finalised report on vaping among young people in Darlington.

We are pleased to present our Cost of Living Report: Impact on health and wellbeing.

We are pleased to present our Healthwatch Darlington Annual Report for 2022/23 - Together we're making health and social care better.

Darlington PCN would like to thank Healthwatch for this comprehensive review, and the people who took the time to respond to the questionnaire.

Healthwatch Darlington wanted to explore the experiences of local people at each stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report highlights three important milestones:
Pre vaccine experiences, Vaccine experiences, Post vaccine experiences.

By law, all publicly funded health & care care providers must fully comply with the Accessible Information Standard (AIS) which requires services to meet the information & communication needs of people with a learning disability or sensory impairment