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Our Priorities 17 18 front cover

Our Priorities for 2017/18

We asked the public to help us identify what they consider should be our work plan priorities for 2017/18. The public were asked to identify areas which they felt should be our top three priorities from a list of health and social care services.

Outpatient Appointments Report front cover

Communication of Outpatient Appointments at The James Cook University Hospital

Throughout 2016, Healthwatch Middlesbrough received feedback from members of the public concerning a lack of communication regarding outpatient appointments from The James Cook University Hospital (JCUH).

1 February 2017

NHS 111 Service Feedback Report front cover

NHS 111 Service Feedback

We regularly attend the North East Ambulance Service Healthwatch Forum. At a previous meeting, we were informed that the next meeting would focus on the 111 service and that this would involve a discussion and opportunity to feed back local views.

STAR Scheme Report Front Cover

Evaluation of Patient Experience at the South Tees Access & Response (STAR) Scheme

The STAR pilot extends evening and weekend opening times for patients from 6.30pm to 9.30pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 8pm on weekends and bank holidays to ensure patients get the right care, first time through a single point of access.

Strengthening Voices report front cover

Strengthening Voices

The main purpose of this event was to present our third annual report and to gather opinions from the public through workshop activities on how they wanted to engage with the providers of health and social care services.

Annual Report 2015 to 2016

Annual Report 2015-16

Find out our highlights from 2015 to 2016, including who we engaged with, our focus areas, and our impacts.

Shaping Mental Health Services Together Report front cover

Shaping Mental Health Services Together

We hosted an event on Wednesday 16 March in collaboration with North East Together and Voices for Choices. The main purpose of the event was to gather views and experiences of those who access mental health services in the locality.

Discharge and Medication Report Front Cover

Discharge and Medication Supply at The James Cook University Hospital

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.

1 February 2016

North Ormesby Health Village Sexual Health Clinic front cover

North Ormesby Health Village Sexual Health Services - Enter and View

We had received complaints regarding staff attitudes at North Ormesby Health Village towards some young people accessing the service. We decided to carry out an Enter and View to observe a regular drop-in clinic.

Making Middlesbrough more Dementia Friendly front cover

Making Middlesbrough more Dementia Friendly

In England, it is estimated that 676,000 people have dementia. The Government has stated that it has made significant progress by doubling investment in research, recruiting 1 million Dementia Friends and giving NHS staff specialist training.

Annual Report 2014 to 2015

Annual Report 2014-15

Find out our highlights from 2014 to 2015, including who we engaged with, our focus areas, and our impacts.

Sexual Health Services Report front cover

Access to Sexual Health Services in Middlesbrough

The aim of the investigation was to look at the public’s experience in accessing Sexual Health Services in Middlesbrough. We wanted to ascertain what is currently working well, identify any gaps in services and look at what could be improved upon.