1. Middlesbrough Local Offer

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    Find out about the Local Offer in Middlesbrough, and how it can support young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

  2. NHS Long Term Plan Focus Group: Special Education Needs & Disabilities

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    We established links with two different community groups that engage with parents and carers of Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) children and young people, and invited them to attend focus groups.

  3. Response to Core Capabilities Framework for Supporting Autistic People Consultation

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    A new Autism Core Capabilities Framework is being developed to provide workforce training programmes aimed at improving the lives of children, young people and adults with autism.

  4. NHS Long Term Plan Focus Group: Special Education Needs & Disabilities - Version 2

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    The following report has been shared at the South Tees Health and Wellbeing Executive and Live Well Board. We have produced a second version taking into account feedback from relevant members which have been highlighted in pink throughout the report.

  5. A Conversation About ‘Wellbeing’ Adults with Learning Disabilities

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    We were asked by an integrated care partnership to host a focus group with adults with learning disabilities in Middlesbrough. We wanted to find out the most important things that contribute to their overall wellbeing.

  6. A Parent Carer Perspective - Replacing the Autism Pathway

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    The Children's Autism Pathway is to be replaced from 1 April 2021. The new pathway is for children and young people aged 5-18 years old across South Tees.

  7. Joint Board and Champions Meeting

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    The Healthwatch Board and Community Champions come together for collaborative meeting.

  8. Visiting our Community Champion at Senses Wellbeing Centre

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    Recently we visited Community Champion Karen Winspear, a Director of Senses Wellbeing Centre in Skelton.

  9. Tees Valley Buddies report - Neurodiverse families and their mental health

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    Tees Valley Buddies is a neuro diverse self-advocacy and peer support charity ran by Neurodiverse people for Neurodiverse people!

  10. Anya Deputat - Age Friendly Middlesbrough

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    Working as a Good Practice Mentor to promote and improve the lives of older people in Middlesbrough.

  11. Community Champion Vlog - Episode 1

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    In the first of our Community Champion Vlogs, Vicky Jackson our Volunteer and Engagement Officer speaks to Thomas Henley.

  12. Healthwatch South Tees STAR Awards 2023

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    We had a record amount of nominations this year. See below for a brief description of each nomination #HWSTSTARS23

  13. Chelle - CEO Tees Valley Buddies

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    Tees Valley Buddies are passionate about building a neurodivergent community to allow for Autistic, ADHD and other neurodivergent people across tees valley to be able to have a sense of belonging and authentically be themselves.

  14. Healthwatch South Tees STAR Awards 2024

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    We had a record amount of nominations this year. See below for details of each nomination #HWSTSTARS

  15. Lorna Routledge - Active Forests Coordinator for Guisborough Forest

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    Lorna is the Active Forests Coordinator for Guisborough Forest which is one of four Forestry England sites across the UK that are leading green social prescribing projects.

  16. Reasonable Adjustments

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    The Reasonable Adjustment Campaign has been developed by the North East & Cumbria Learning Disability Network. It’s aims are to:
    Raise awareness of people’s rights to reasonable adjustments
    Raise awareness of the legal obligation of health & care services to provide reasonable adjustments
    Support health & care services to provide reasonable adjustments
    Support health & care services to document and share reasonable adjustments

  17. Discharge and Medication Supply at The James Cook University Hospital

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    The aim of this investigation was to gather views and experiences from patients who had recently been admitted to The James Cook University Hospital to determine if long waiting times for medication supply was resulting in delays in discharge.

  18. Evaluation of the Audiology Department at James Cook University Hospital

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    We conducted an Enter & View at the Audiology Department at James Cook University Hospital to see how patients with hearing loss are supported.

  19. CQC #DeclareYourCare

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    CQC’s new #DeclareYourCare campaign encourages people to speak up about their experiences of care – both good and bad - which is essential for helping health and social care services learn and improve the quality of care.

  20. Children’s critical care unit is one of the first of its kind

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    THE children’s critical care unit at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough has become one of the first units of its kind in the country to be independently commissioned to provide high dependency care.

  21. Lung cancer specialist calls for people to be aware of the signs of the devastating disease

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    A leading lung cancer doctor has called on people across the region to contact their GP if they are worried about potential lung cancer symptoms.

  22. Tees hospital trust now at forefront of UK robotic surgery

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    SOUTH Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become one of only three NHS trusts in the country to have three of its own surgical robots - and now has the potential to become a national centre of excellence.

  23. Experiences of GP access, Ongoing Treatments and Wellbeing Throughout the Pandemic

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    In October 2020 we launched our GPs, Ongoing Treatments and Wellbeing survey.

  24. Your Care, Your Way

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    Healthwatch England have recently devised the 'Your Care, Your Way' campaign to highlight the importance of accessible information within health and social care.

  25. Julie Christie – Social Prescriber

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    Julie Christie – Social Prescriber, Greater Middlesbrough Primary Care Network