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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! -
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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! -
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Are you a Relevant person representative, sometimes known as an RPR for someone who is living in a Care Home or Hospital? -
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Find out what service users told us about Vascular services in County Durham & Darlington. -
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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”. -
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Find out what service users told Healthwatch Darlington about their experiences when being discharged from hospital. -
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Service users share their experiences and understanding of NHS Continuing Health Care. -
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On 16th May 2020 we will be offering free awareness testing for men in Darlington to establish their PSA levels and so give a possible indication of prostate cancer. -
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Please see attached information inviting staff, volunteers and local community to sign up to CQC’s online participation platform. -
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Please see attached the latest edition of DAD's The Hub Newsletter. -
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Please see attached the latest edition of The Health Foundation Newsletter. -
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Please see attached the CQC Monthly update for February 2020. -
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In the past week, the Care Quality Commission has published 92 reports on services which have been inspected by specialist teams of inspectors. -
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The latest updates and news from your local NHS hospital Trust. -
CQC inspectors publish reports on 328 Adult Social Care, Primary Medical Care and Hospitals services
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In the past week, the Care Quality Commission has published 328 reports on services which have been inspected by specialist teams of inspectors. -
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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! -
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The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by seven Adult Social Care (ASC) services in the North region to be Outstanding. -
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It has been announced that Frontline health and care staff will be able to access support from the hundreds of thousands of NHS volunteer responders. -
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Macmillan Cancer Support have released a wide range of support and information available around what to do during the COVID-19 pandemic if you live with cancer including the very latest guidance for you to follow. -
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Please see attached the CQC Monthly update for June 2020. -
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The Northern Cancer Alliance are pleased to launch the regional communications campaign to build on the work of the national "Help us help you" campaign. -
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Healthwatch England have launched a research project to find out what people like about remote GP and hospital appointments, and what they think should be improved. -
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A new blog published by Health and Wellbeing Alliance partners National Voices and written by Harri Weeks from the National LGBTQ+ Partnership looks at the impact of Covid-19 on LGBTQ+ communities. -
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Coronavirus information is readily available for those with a learning disability through a series of online videos. -
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Healthwatch have produced helpful material in easy read format about who we are, what we do, and how to contact us for those people who may have a visual impairment or disability. -
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Our fantastic volunteers share their latest news update, including how they have been making a difference by sharing their time with Healthwatch Darlington during the Covid-19 pandemic. -
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The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) has announced funding of £62 million to help discharge people with learning disabilities and/or autism from hospital into the community. -
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ICA have released their complaint standards framework and are giving you the opportunity to take part in shaping the future of NHS complaint handling. -
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Health Education England have released their latest Covid-19 bulletin for the North East & Yorkshire. -
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Since the Energy Redress Scheme launched in 2018, Energy Saving Trust has awarded over £15.4 million in grant funding to more than 103 charities across England, Scotland and Wales. -
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The CQC are encouraging the public to get involved in Healthwatch's national #BecauseWeAllCare campaign. -
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Have you, or has a family member or close friend been in hospital due to COVID-19? This will have been a stressful time for all of you - but how can you recover from this? -
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New research is being carried out nationally studying patients with coronavirus as part of the national effort to find treatments, with researchers from hospitals in County Durham and Darlington at the forefront of these efforts. -
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NHSE/I, together with the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges, are holding a post-engagement event on 22 September from 9:00am – 12:00pm to provide the public and medical professionals with a platform to share views with them on previous proposals. -
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As today is #999Day, Our Frontline are raising awareness of the tireless work our key, frontline workers are doing especially during the pandemic and show that they too are supported to do their job to the best of their ability. -
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Doctors of the World is pleased to be able to offer coronavirus (COVID-19) translated resources in 60 languages, which were produced in partnership with the British Red Cross. -
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Want to make a complaint but you’re not sure where to start? North East NHS Independent Complaints Advocacy (ICA) can help.
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CDDFT have released the latest edition of their newsletter 'The Week Ahead'. -
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CDDFT have released the latest edition of their newsletter 'The Week Ahead'. -
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CDDFT have released the latest edition of their newsletter 'The Week Ahead'.
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The Friends of Darlington Memorial Hospital provide a FREE driver scheme to get you there. -
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State of Care is the CQC's annual assessment of health care and social care in England. The report looks at the trends, shares examples of good and outstanding care, and highlights where care needs to improve. -
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NHS England have published the CCG annual assessment report 2019/20 which is the assessment of how well each CCG engaged with their communities last year. -
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The CQC are carrying out a survey so they can hear the experiences of people who have had a DNACPR or had one reviewed, since the start of the pandemic in March. -
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Have you, or has a family member or close friend been in hospital due to COVID-19? This will have been a stressful time for all of you - but how can you recover from this? -
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Diabetes UK share their latest update, there's lots of helpful information including When Your Child Is Newly Diagnosed With Type 1 - Virtual Q&A Session, download their guide to moving more or challenge yourself with FakeAway Feb. -
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We share how we've made a difference during the pandemic, our new way of working, the fantastic support of our volunteers, Youthwatch Darlington's recognition as well as the impact we have had on services and the community during the last 12 months. -
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On Monday 5th July 2021 the NHS celebrated it's 73rd birthday! Our team of staff and volunteers want to say thank you to all NHS staff. -
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The North East Ambulance Service has recently appointed a Positive Action Officer to help them to work with people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. Find out more about how they can help.