Waiting for planned medical care or surgery can be a frustrating time. That’s why it’s so important that while you wait, you get regular, clear and accessible updates so that you can plan your next steps.
Healthwatch Stockton-on-Tees have engaged with local women who experience significant social marginalisation, exclusion, and a complex range of vulnerabilities.
Anyone using ambulance patient transport services to attend their clinic or appointment must continue to wear a face covering in line with NHS guidelines for hospitals and other health services.
Healthwatch Stockton-on-Tees, alongside four other Healthwatch organisations across the Tees Valley, are working with the local Mental Health Alliance Partnership to understand how mental health services are being used by local people.
Patients across Teesside will benefit from access to appointments with a mental health nurse in their local GP surgery, working as groups of practices called Primary Care Networks (PCNs), following a successful pilot programme.