1. What issues are we monitoring?

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    Summary of key health and social care issues

  2. Contextualised Safeguarding Harm Away from Home Conference 

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    Darlington Conference

  3. Because We All Care 2022 campaign launches today

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    CQC's Because We All Care campaign, jointly launched with Healthwatch England, encourages more people to speak up and feedback about their or a loved one’s care.

  4. National Quality Board's (NQB) Guidance on System Quality Groups (SQGs)

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    NQB's guidance on SQGs had now been published. All Integrated Care Systems are required to have a System Quality Group, focused on enabling quality improvement across the health and care system.

  5. Healthwatch Darlington Pandemic Experience Survey 2022

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    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.

  6. TEWV Response to Healthwatch Darlington LGBT+ Experiences of Health Services Report

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    Healthwatch Darlington wanted to understand the experiences encountered by the LGBT+ community in Darlington when accessing healthcare services. Read Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust response to our report.

  7. Elective Care Recovery Plan

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

  8. Darlington Organisations Together (DOT) Meeting 17th March 2022

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    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.

  9. County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Newsletter

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    The Week Ahead: 28 February 2022

  10. Integrated Care Bulletin

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    A fortnightly round-up of all the latest news and events on integrating health and care across the country, including examples of best practice from NHS, local government and voluntary sector partnerships.

  11. NHS Tees Valley CCG - Engagement on Termination of Pregnancy pathways

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    NHS Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group are reviewing the current Termination of Pregnancy pathways to understand gaps and barriers service users may have experienced.

  12. Healthwatch Darlington Pandemic Experiences Report 2020 - 2022

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    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.

  13. Local Maternity and Neonatal System Board recruitment campaign underway

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    An exciting new opportunity has arisen for two service users, or lay people to sit on the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Local Maternity and Neonatal Services (LMNS) Board.

  14. Barriers to accessing maternity care – understanding experiences of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller families

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    Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller families face significant inequalities in maternal health, with high infant and maternal mortality rates.

  15. Darlington Organisations Together (DOT) Meeting

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    We are pleased to invite you to our next DOT meeting on Thursday 15th September 2022 10am to 12pm via Zoom - joining details on the agenda below.

  16. Meet the Darlington 0-19 Growing Healthy Team!

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    The Darlington 0-19 Growing Healthy Team have created a fantastic video about the services they offer to families in Darlington.

  17. Job opportunity with Healthwatch North Tyneside

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    Healthwatch North Tyneside have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Business Support Officer to join their staff team.

  18. Tell Healthwatch your story of Maternal Mental Health care

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    Pregnancy is a major life event for any family. It can be joyful and fulfilling but also challenging. We’re launching a national survey to understand if care works for new mothers and birthing parents. Share your story.

  19. Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys - Annual General and Members’ Meeting (AGM)

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    TEWV's Annual General and Members’ Meeting (AGM) will be held on Friday 25 November 2022 at 1pm.

  20. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - Women Voices Lead recruitment

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    Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is now recruiting a new honorary Women Voices Lead (WVL).

  21. NHS North East and North Cumbria - Maternity Professionals Survey

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    The NENC Public Health Prevention in Maternity (PHPiM) team want to continue to make improvements based on what stakeholders need and want.