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Prime Minister confirms funding to prepare the NHS for winter
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces the 117 Trusts allocated share of £300 million to upgrade A&E facilities. NHS trusts across the country...
The Driffield Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Club is back!
After several months of frustration due to the COVID pandemic, where we found it both impossible and impractical to hold breakfast club meetings...
We're hiring!
Youth & Community Outreach Officer Salary: £20,000 pa Full time (35 hours per week) We are seeking a highly motivated individual to co-ordinate...
Mind Mental Health Awareness Drop-ins
Did you know that next week is Mental Health Awareness Week? This year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is stress- with campaigns and events throughout the week highlighting the importance of talking about and managing stress. By being open and talking about mental health, it helps to...
Fair System? - Access to Primary Care
Improving access to GP services for people who are homeless Nationally the awareness of those who identify as homeless has been on the rise. With an increase in the number of homeless individuals, questions have been asked about how they access Primary Care, if and when they should need it. Issues...
Hospital services for the future
The Humber Acute Services Review Steering Group has published an Issues Paper to support public, patient and staff engagement in the work of their review of services. The purpose of this document is to set out some of the big challenges the NHS and other health and care bodies in the Humber area...
Adults with autism consultation
The East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is working with East Riding of Yorkshire Council to look at ways to improve the lives of adults with autism. A new draft strategy has identified a number of key areas we need to develop including: enhancing services in the East Riding...
Healthwatch Response to Urgent Care Changes
The East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (ERYCCG) has now introduced changes to Urgent Treatment Services. We at Healthwatch understand that there have been mixed feelings from the public about the changes but also understand the position from the ERYCCG. Health and social care...
Six ways we can improve services for people with autism
More than 1 in 100 people in the UK are on the autism spectrum. Find out what people with autism have told Healthwatch about the health and care support they’ve received, and what could be improved. For most people, going to the doctor or dentist is a routine experience. However, if you have autism...
Additional support required for local dementia charity
Dementia Friendly East Riding is a local registered charity based in the Beverley area and this month celebrates twelve months of supporting people with dementia, their carer`s and families. It`s success has led to a point where there is a need to recruit additional trustees and volunteers to help...
Hospitals’ recognised nationally for apprenticeship programme
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has been recognised nationally for the work it is doing to develop its workforce. It has developed an innovative apprenticeship scheme offering a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical training, which has seen more than 100 people sign up to...
National action required to ensure local services work together to support children and young people’s mental health needs
Too many children and young people find themselves at ‘crisis point’ before accessing mental health services because health care, education and other public services are not working together as effectively as they could to protect and support their best interests, a report from the Care Quality...
Dementia friendly film screening
Thursday 22nd MARCH 2018 PRESENTS Arrival 10.30 am for 11.15 am screening Beverley Parkway Cinema, Flemingate, Beverley £4 includes tea or coffee & biscuits (pay on the day or book in advance at parkwaycinemas.co.uk - all seats are unreserved) “Open to All” and includes dementia friendly...
New urgent treatment services available for East Riding of Yorkshire residents
People living in East Riding of Yorkshire will soon be able to take advantage of improved access to care and treatment for their minor injuries and illnesses with the opening of three Urgent Treatment Centres, open 16 hours and two 8 to 8 Centres in the East Riding. Urgent Treatment Centres From...
Improving access to GP services survey - Vale of York
Have your say – please give us five minutes of your time There is a national requirement to increase the access to GP services across England and Wales by providing evening (6:30pm - 8:00pm) and weekend appointments. Some surgeries in our area already provide a limited evening and weekend service...
Make the most of your NHS
A campaign aimed at reducing unnecessary medicine waste launches today (19 February) across Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire GPs and community pharmacies. NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Hull CCG estimate that an incredible £2.8million is lost each year across...
GPs in Bridlington to focus on developing more integrated ways of working
GPs in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and NHS England (NHSE) have today announced that they will not progress with ambitious plans to develop a single building for all GP practices in Bridlington together with other health and wellbeing partners. The aim of...
Social Action Project
Healthwatch East Riding of Yorkshire (HWERY), the independent watchdog for health and social care services in the East Riding, has been invited to work alongside the level two Health and Social Care students at Beverly College on a social action project. HWERY work with the college in various ways...
NHS England announces consultation on ACO contracts
NHS England has announced it will be launching a consultation on the contracting arrangements for Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs). There is widespread support for ending the fragmented way that care has been provided to improve services for patients and the NHS has been working towards this...
Care Home receives “Outstanding” on all areas
An East Riding care home has been rated “Outstanding” overall by the Care Quality Commission. The CQC has found the quality of care provided by Willersley House in Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire to be Outstanding following an inspection. Willersley House provides accommodation and support for...
Healthwatch Highlights Good Practice in Residential Care
Healthwatch East Riding of Yorkshire (HWERY), the independent watchdog for health and social care services in the East Riding, has conducted research into Residential Care Homes in the East Riding. From this research HWERY has been able to identify some best practice that is being carried out...
East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group receives ‘outstanding’ diabetes rating from NHS England
NHS England awards East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) ‘outstanding’ for work undertaken to improve diabetes treatment targets and educational support in the East Riding. Latest figures released by NHS England show the number of patients attending diabetes educational...
Have your say on improving access to GP services
From 2019, East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will be looking to use additional funding from NHS England to improve patient access to GP services by making more appointments available outside of standard GP practice opening hours. THe CCG know that some practices already...
East Ridings Young People’s Health & Social Care Priorities
Healthwatch East Riding of Yorkshire (HWERY) conducted research with children and young people from July 2017 through to September 2017 to find out which health and social care priorities are important in their lives. The priorities covered a range of areas between physical and mental health. They...
CQC amends rating at Humber NHS Foundation Trust as patient care improves
England's Chief Inspector of Hospitals has found significant improvement Humber NHS Foundation Trust following a comprehensive inspection by the CQC in October 2017. A team of inspectors visited Humber NHS Foundation Trust to check the quality of nine core services. CQC also looked specifically at...
Healthwatch reveals people’s health priorities for 2018 and urges them to share their stories
Over the last year, Healthwatch East Riding of Yorkshire has hosted engagement events in local libraries and shopping centres, as well as visiting local hospitals, GP surgeries and care homes to hear what people have to say about their experiences of health and social care services. Nationally, the...
Consultation on guidance for CCGs for over the counter items
NHS England has launched a consultation which proposes to rein in prescriptions for some ‘over the counter’ products such as dandruff shampoo and drops for tired eyes, diverting up to £136 million into frontline care. The consultation will not affect prescribing of items for chronic (long term)...
Listening in Goole
Healthwatch East Riding of Yorkshire spent the day on the Public Health bus in Goole to get feedback about local services Below is a video of the highlights of the day
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