News and reports

Volunteers are at the heart of Healthwatch Stockton-on-Tees – your skills, experiences, and the knowledge that you have of your local community are extremely valuable to our work.

Healthwatch Stockton-on-Tees conducted a follow up Enter & View at Allington House following a visit in 2018 as part of a wider review of care homes across the Borough.

Healthwatch Stockton-on-Tees conducted a follow up Enter & View at Victoria House following a visit in 2018 as part of a wider review of care homes across the Borough.

Healthwatch Stockton-on-Tees conducted an Enter & View at Norton Medical Centre following feedback from patients in the community.

Read all about our report on access to health and social care services as experienced by people with a sensory impairment.

The NHS has produced a Long-Term Plan, setting out all the things it wants health services to do better for people across the country.

Our 2018/19 Annual Report has now been published and you can find out all about our results from the year and our plans for the future.

The purpose of this report is to look at the quality of life provided to older people living in residential and nursing care across the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees.

Healthwatch Stockton-on-Tees felt it was important to engage with the asylum seeker and refugee community to gain a greater understanding of their views and experience of healthcare services across the Borough.

In October 2017, Healthwatch Stockton-on-Tees carried out an Enter and View at the University Hospital of North Tees following feedback that improvements could be made to improve the experience of patients living with dementia in a hospital setting.

Healthwatch Stockton-on-Tees carried out an investigation in September 2017 to gather feedback from service users, family members and carers about their experiences of the continence service in Teesside.

Healthwatch Stockton-on-Tees carried out an investigation in September 2017 to research public awareness and experiences of local alcohol services, alcohol related services, alcohol-related hospital admissions and A&E attendances.