News and reports

Healthwatch Stockton-on-Tees would like to know what the needs are of those aged 40+ with a learning disability, to improve the planning process for when families can no longer support their family member to stay at home.

The latest edition of the Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Board (TSAB) newsletter is now available online and to download.

'Waiting Well' is a regionwide programme that aims to support patients who are waiting for planned care such as knee and hip replacements.

Healthwatch Stockton-on-Tees and Stockton-on-Tees Community Wellbeing Champions worked with Stockton-on-Tees Public Health Team to support the review of the 0-19/25 Service.

You can find out the opening hours for pharmacies across the Tees Valley for all the May Bank Holidays below.

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council is currently undergoing a review of its 0-19 Wellbeing Programme.

You can find out the opening hours for pharmacies across the Tees Valley during the 2023 Easter weekend below.

The continuing cost of living crisis is adversely affecting people's physical and mental wellbeing, with vulnerable people and those on lower incomes hit the hardest.

Cervical cancer screenings save at least 2,000 lives every year in the UK. Here's what you should expect from your smear test and why these screenings are important.

From 1 April, women in England can get cheaper hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause support through a new prescription prepayment certificate (PPC).

Recently 14 local Healthwatch, who work collectively across the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System, came together to celebrate the 10th birthday of Healthwatch and share in the success and achivements during that time.

NHS and social care services only make the best decisions if they listen to the people they care for. Read Healthwatch England's Annual Report to Parliament to see how your feedback has helped decision-makers prioritise what matters most.