News and reports

The Week Ahead: 28 February 2022

'Business in Darlington’ is produced by the Business Investment Team at Darlington Borough Council.

There are currently 5 exciting apprenticeship opportunities within Darlington Borough Council. You will be supported to complete a Level 3 Apprenticeship in Business Administration.

Northumberland Mental Health Support Team (MHST) / County Durham MHST and the National Network Parent Carer Forum working within Darlington MHST, are holding a virtual celebration event on 22nd March at 3:30 pm

Healthwatch Darlington wanted to understand the experiences of their community with dental care services during the period from the first lockdown due to COVID-19, in March 2020, to date.

Healthwatch Darlington look forward to welcoming you to our March meeting via Zoom. Our guest speakers are Lisa Taylor and Siobhan Flynn from the North East and North Cumbria VCSE Partnership Programme.

The Alcohol and Families Alliance are looking for participants to fill out their survey on alcohol and relationships.

Patients will receive better, more joined-up care under new plans announced to improve the links between health and social care.

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)

Summary of key health and social care issues

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