1. Registering with your GP: understanding your rights

    Advice and Information -

    People have told us they can have problems registering with a GP. This article explains more about your rights and what do to if you are refused the right to register.

  2. Where can I go to get help for my health out of hours?

    Advice and Information -

    Health issues unfortunately don't leave us alone at the weekend and people are often in need of medical assistance out of hours. Using NHS guidelines, we have provided some advice and information on where you can go for help when your GP is closed.

  3. Do you need help getting to hospital?

    Advice and Information -

    Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments

  4. Thinking about end of life care for you and your family

    Advice and Information -

    End of life care is support for people who are in the last months or years of their life. The guidance on the NHS website helps you know what to expect, how to plan ahead and how to manage your day to day decisions.

  5. Making a complaint about social care services – what should you expect?

    Advice and Information -

    Here we look at six things you should expect when making a complaint about social care services.

  6. Who are we? An accessible guide to Healthwatch

    Advice and Information -

    Find out how you can be supported by your local Healthwatch with these BSL videos and easy-to-read guides.

  7. #JustAsk: Information & Signposting

    Advice and Information -

    Got a health and social care query? Get in touch with us!

  8. Handy contacts over the Festive period

    Advice and Information -

    Healthwatch South Tees is closed over the Christmas period between Friday 22 December 2023 and Tuesday 2 January 2024.

  9. How to Register with a GP, or change GP Practice

    Advice and Information -

    Whether you would like to register with a GP, or to change practice it is not as difficult as you might think. We have lots of helpful advice and links:

  10. Strep A letter in 11 different languages

    Advice and Information -

    Information advice letter for parents on Strep A written in in Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Gujarati, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Ukrainian and Urdu.

  11. Perimenopause and Menopause

    Advice and Information -

    Information on Perimenopause and Menopause

  12. The Little Book of Anxiety

    Advice and Information -

    Please find attached a resource that has been developed by Durham Mental Wellbeing Alliance around anxiety for Mental Health Awareness Week – The Little Book of Anxiety

  13. NHSE Complaint Procedure

    Advice and Information -

    NHSE Complaints Procedure

  14. South Tees NHS Trust Patient Involvement

    Advice and Information -

    In January we held 3 workshops with members of the public to inform their new patient involvement strategy.

  15. Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Board

    Advice and Information -

    The Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Board (TSAB) is the statutory body that sets the strategic direction for safeguarding adults.

  16. Dentistry Information

    Advice and Information -

    Information about dentistry in Middlesbrough.

  17. Deaf Awareness

    Advice and Information -

    How can you be more inclusive and Deaf Aware?

  18. Doctors of the World Website

    Advice and Information -

    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.

  19. The Accessible Information Standard - What you can expect from services

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    A year ago the Accessible Information Standard came into force. It requires any organisation providing NHS or social care to communicate in a way that everybody can understand. Here's a reminder of what you should expect.

  20. 10 top tips to get the most out of your GP appointment

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    We know from our conversations with the public that some patients report feeling rushed during appointments and struggling to make themselves heard. Here are some tips that could help you get the most out of visiting your GP.

  21. What should you expect from home care services?

    Advice and Information -

    The number of people being cared for in their own homes is increasing but what should you expect from home care services?

  22. 10 top tips to get the most out of your dental appointment

    Advice and Information -

    Everyone should be able to access good quality NHS dental services. Take a look at our top tips to help you get the most out of your next dental appointment.

  23. Access to GP Services

    Report -

    We received intelligence through engagement activities and our Information & Signposting service that people were experiencing difficulties in making appointments at their GP surgeries.

  24. Annual Report 2013-14

    Report -

    Find out our highlights from 2013 to 2014, including who we engaged with, our focus areas, and our impacts.

  25. Aapna Services

    Report -

    We visited Aapna Services in Middlesbrough on Monday 26 February 2018 to speak to a ladies group who currently meet three times a week.

  26. BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Weight Management

    Report -

    Engagement carried out by Healthwatch Middlesbrough during autumn of 2013 indicated that there was a lack of awareness and understanding of what services are available to support people with weight management, particularly within the BAME community.

  27. Cancer Screening Uptake in Middlesbrough

    Report -

    We aimed to gather the views of local people who had accessed screening services and those who had not in order to determine what was working well and what could be improved in the current provision.

  28. Communication of Outpatient Appointments at The James Cook University Hospital

    Report -

    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).

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

    Report -

    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.

  30. North Ormesby Health Village Sexual Health Services - Enter and View

    Report -

    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.

  31. James Cook University Hospital - Ward 12 Enter and View

    Report -

    We received a complaint regarding Ward 12 at The James Cook University Hospital which had been routed via the Department of Health, CQC and Healthwatch England.

  32. Evaluation of the Eye Clinic Liaison Officer Service at James Cook University Hospital

    Report -

    The Eye Clinic Liaison Officer (ECLO) service at James Cook University Hospital provides support to people with sight loss. The aim of this work was to gather the views of service users to evaluate the benefits and impact of the service.

  33. A Focus on Hearing Loss

    Report -

    During August 2017 we received information from Middlesbrough Deaf Centre, highlighting issues affecting some of their service users in accessing various health and social care services.

  34. Making Middlesbrough more Dementia Friendly

    Report -

    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.

  35. NHS 111 Service Feedback

    Report -

    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.

  36. Patient Experience of Outpatient Services at The James Cook University Hospital

    Report -

    Outpatient services have been identified as a priority for NHS South Tees Clinical Commissioning Group. We were approached by NHS South Tees Clinical Commissioning Group to support them to complete this piece of work.