News and reports

As the first half-term of 2022 draws to a close the MHST Team has been busy rolling out Phase 2 of Mental Health Support within schools in Darlington. Support has already started within primary schools with some fabulous feedback.

Across Tees and Durham the NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Mental Health Partnership has funded an online therapy service for adults, Qwell ( www.qwell.io.) which runs alongside the service for young people aged 11-18, Kooth (www.kooth.com)

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The Government and NHS England have just published their elective care recovery plan.

On 14th February 2022, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), with the support of NHS England and NHS Improvement, are launching a Help Us Help You – Cervical Screening Campaign

The Eve Appeal have partnered with The Survivors Trust to raise awareness of the challenges survivors of sexual violence face when accessing cervical screening appointments as part of the #CheckWithMeFirst campaign.

Have you or someone you know experienced Domestic Abuse in the past and want to join up with other men with similar experiences, learn new skills and make sense of what happened?

Healthwatch Darlington helps people have their say about health & care services in the town. Your experiences will provide us with a complete picture of the last 2 years of the pandemic.

On Monday there was a significant level of parliamentary interest in dentistry - particularly around Healthwatch England's recent 'What people have told us about NHS dentistry' report.

Darlington Borough Council has commissioned cyberstalking training which is highly engaging and extremely relevant in today’s social climate

Groundwork would appreciate if your organisation and service users could complete the below surveys to help gather information for their new project "together for change"

The third in a series of workshops to engage with the system to review Palliative and End of Life Care pathways will take place on Thursday 17 February at 12.30-4.30pm.