News and reports

Please see below information inviting staff, volunteers and local community to sign up to CQC’s online participation platform.

The General Pharmaceutical Council have produced a new online guide for patients and the public which explains what they can expect when visiting a pharmacy.

In the past week, the Care Quality Commission has published 98 reports (including Darlington) on services which have been inspected by specialist teams of inspectors. These are now available for you to read!

Do you want to share your experiences of the NHS with healthcare staff in their current learning programme? The NHS Leadership Academy want to hear from you!

National Voices has produced a briefing paper (link available below) for Primary Care Networks (PCNs), and for the broader voluntary and community, social enterprise sector (VCSE).

Darlington Mind now have Dementia Day Care at St Hilda's House providing mental health services for older people living with Dementia/Alzheimer's.

The next DOT Network meeting will be held on the above date from 10am-12pm in the Pease Suite in the Dolphin Centre.

Interviews, inductions and training for our volunteer recruitment opportunities have been postponed until further notice!

NHS England and NHS Improvement would like people of all ages to share their views on non AND non-spoken word interpreting (e.g British Sign Languages) services in Primary Care.

We have some exciting news! Our Health Connector volunteering program (for age 25+) is currently open for new volunteer applicants. Our new year starts on 1st April 2020 which means we will be looking at the year ahead and some exciting new projects.

The government is currently coordinating the national response the outbreak of COVID-19, and Public Health England (PHE) has published a range of COVID-19 guidance for health professionals.

The deaf health charity 'Sign Health' have translated COVID-19 information from Public Health England and the Department of Health and Social Care.