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In September 2023, Healthwatch South Tees (HWST) welcomed two new Engagement & Events Officers to the team as a way to increase awareness of our function with South Tees communities and encourage additional feedback of health and care services to inform our work.

This report has been completed following a review of 38 GP Practice websites across the South Tees region.

George works for the GRT sector and Eastern European community signposting residents from North Ormesby and Newport acting as an enabler between community and local authorities.

In the UK, they run a clinic, adviceline, outreach services and advocacy programmes that provide medical care, information and practical support to excluded people such as destitute migrants, sex workers and people with no fixed address.

How can you be more inclusive and Deaf Aware?

Lorna is the Active Forests Coordinator for Guisborough Forest leading green social prescribing projects.

Can you help us to achieve our priorities over the next 12 months by supporting access to relevant services and communities we can engage with to hear their experiences.

The particular focus of this project is to improve support for the family, carers and
older people with a learning disability (aged 40+ to reflect the early onset of chronic
health conditions such as dementia) by producing effective recommendations.

We worked with in collaboration with Tees Valley Healthwatch Network and both the South Tees and wider Tees Valley reports are available to download.

In August 2023 we produced our GP Resource in collaboration with a range of professionals in response to the most common questions we heard from local people. We also wanted to raise awareness of the changes that are now in place in GP practice teams, to help people understand how to make the most of the range of options available from this service.

MATRIX Neurological is a registered charity based in Middlesbrough that works Tees Valley wide.

Celebrating those who have gone above and beyond in health and social care! See below for all those nominated, shortlisted and winners from each category.
#HWSTSTARS

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