News and reports

Find out how Healthwatch Darlington & Healthwatch County Durham captured the views of patients, visitors and staff about County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trusts smoke-free policy - “change is in the air”.

Find out what matters most to people in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and North Durham?

Find out what service users who live with a drug and/or alcohol addiction or who are in recovery told us about using mental health services in Darlington.

Find out what children, young people, parents and carers told Healthwatch Darlington about mental health services in 2018.

Find out what matters to people the most in County Durham, Darlington, Teesside, Hambleton, Richmondshire & Whitby when it comes to the future on their NHS services.

Find out more about a series of visits to care homes in Darlington to ascertain the quality of life and choices offered to Darlington residents.

Find out more about how we influenced and made a difference to health & social care services in Darlington during 2017/18.

The second report which follows a series of care home visits conducted by Healthwatch Darlington, to ascertain the quality of life and choices of care home residents across the Borough.

Find out more about the experiences of local BME patients and the accessibility within GP services across Darlington.

Find out how Healthwatch Darlington worked with other regional local Healthwatch organisations to listen to services users about what they think about digital patient records.

Volunteering opportunities for young people living in Darlington aged 14 to 25.

Healthwatch Darlington carried out a short survey to achieve a better understanding of what
patients and their families thought about the maternity care they had received at Darlington
Memorial Hospital in the last 12 months.