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Phase 2 Path to Excellence - Could you help by holding a focus group? Payment available
Phase Two of Path to Excellence is looking at how hospital services in South Tyneside and Sunderland can provide the best possible care for people...
Integrated care system prevention research - your help needed!
Those involved in the health and care system would like your views on what wellbeing means to you and what may prevent you from looking after...
Sunderland People First Autumn newsletter
Sunderland People First have just published their Autumn 2019 Newsletter . We hope you will enjoy reading it! To find out more about Sunderland...
Better Health Roadshows are coming to town!
NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) vision is to achieve ‘Better Health for Sunderland’. They aim to improve the health and wellbeing of local people so they live longer with a better quality of life. They want to give people the right support to help them stay healthy and well. The...
Health leaders call on public to share their views during ‘Join Our Journey’ roadshows
Health bosses in South Tyneside, Sunderland and Durham are encouraging members of the public to get involved in a series of public engagement roadshows taking place this autumn. Beginning on Thursday 17 October, more than 30 sessions will be held at various venues across South Tyneside and...
Pallion Urgent Treatment Centre walk-around
It was decided after a consultation ' Changes to Urgent Care in Sunderland ' that Sunderland would have an Urgent Treatment Centre based in Pallion Health Centre, which is in close proximity to the Sunderland Royal Hospital Emergency Department. The Urgent Treatment Centre offers support which can...
Integrated health and care – inviting communities and individuals to have their say
In the journey towards becoming an integrated care system, a series of engagement roadshows will be taking place up, down and across our region this autumn, starting 7 October. The NHS Integrated Care System would like to hear from as many people as possible - including staff, patients, visitors,...
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) - coffee morning
Family Coffee Morning in Sunderland - on 22nd October 2019 from 10-12 am at Central Fire Station, Railway Row, Sunderland, SR1 3HE Meet other families in an informal coffee morning to chat about FASD and how it affects your child for peer to peer support from other parents, foster carers and...
We can help you find the information you need A thank you from Farmborough Court…
Here’s how our newsletter has helped one organisation in Sunderland provide excellent services. Please read this article and let us know how we can help you! In our May 2019 E-bulletin we shared information about the Lions Club Message in a bottle. Message in a Bottle helps emergency services...
Sunderland People First Summer Newsletter
Sunderland People First have just published their Summer 2019 Newsletter . We hope you will enjoy reading it! To find out more about Sunderland People First visit their website: http://sunderlandpeoplefirst.com/
Sunderland GP appointed to help City’s health transformation plans
A Sunderland GP who has worked in the City for almost ten years is set to take up an exciting new role to help transform how health and care support is delivered outside of hospital and closer to local communities. Dr Fadi Khalil is a practising GP who has worked in Sunderland since 2010 and looks...
Women's Aid Change That Lasts: Ask Me training dates released!
Sunderland is one of three national pilot sites for the Women’s Aid ‘A Change That Lasts’ pilot the aim of the pilot is to raise awareness of Domestic Abuse and part of the pilot is to train members of the community to be Community Ambassadors to be part of the ‘Ask Me’ project. The ‘community’ is...
National Glaucoma Awareness Week Sunderland Support Group
The International Glaucoma Association (IGA) in collaboration with Sunderland Eye Infirmary will be holding an event at Sunderland Eye Infirmary. The talk is free to attend and aimed at anyone affected by, or at risk of, glaucoma. See the agenda here! Glaucoma is the name given to a group of eye...
Integrated Substance Misuse Treatment and Harm Reduction Service in Sunderland (Wear Recovery) - Consultation 1st stage
Hitch Marketing is working on behalf of Sunderland City Council to carry out the consultation and to ensure an independent view. The first stage of the consultation is for us to gather the views and thoughts of stakeholders and partner organisations. This survey is the first approach we are using...
HEALTHWATCH SUNDERLAND – NEW CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD MEMBERS
Healthwatch Sunderland are a consumer voice for the people of Sunderland who use health and social care services across the city. We work with patients, service users, carers, community groups, organisations, service providers and commissioners to get the best out of local health and social care...
Message in a Bottle
What is it? Its a simple idea designed to encourage people to keep their basic personal and medical details on a standard form and in a common location – the fridge! What does it do? It saves the Emergency Services valuable time if they need to enter a property in an emergency situation. Not only...
Sunderland People First Spring Newsletter
Sunderland People First have just published their Spring 2019 Newsletter . We hope you will enjoy reading it! To find out more about Sunderland People First visit their website: http://sunderlandpeoplefirst.com/
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness month
Bowel cancer is the 4th most common cancer in the UK but If it's detected at an early stage more than 9 out of 10 people will survive it for five years or more. If you notice any of these changes, tell your GP straight away The best way to detect bowel cancer early, even before symptoms appear, is...
Patient Transport Service - change to booking
Arrangements in Sunderland, Gateshead, North Tyneside and South Tyneside have changed. North East Ambulance Service have written to let us know that they have been successful in bidding for a tender to provide the telephone booking service for the Patient Transport Service (PTS) in four Clinical...
Offer £5,200 grants to nursing students and ramp up overseas recruitment to stop NHS workforce crisis
A radical expansion of nurse training, with cost-of-living grants of £5,200 a year and a tripling in the number of people training as postgraduates, is among a set of urgent measures that a new report says are needed to prevent the health and care workforce crisis from worsening dramatically...
CQC update profiles of care services for older people in every local authority in England
How well do health and social care services in your area serve the needs of older people? Most older people, particularly those with complex needs, will receive care at some time. Their experience will often depend on how well different services work together for them, their families and carers. As...
AAA Screening
AAA stands for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm . The aorta is the main blood vessel that supplies blood to your body. It runs from your heart down through your chest and abdomen. In some people, as they get older, the wall of the aorta in the abdomen can become weak. It can then start to expand and form...
South Tyneside and Sunderland hospitals share future ambitions for clinical excellence and outstanding services
Hospital teams in South Tyneside and Sunderland have shared their ambitions to create outstanding future services which offer the very highest quality of safe patient care and clinical excellence. Following several months of work led by local doctors, nurses and therapy staff from both hospitals as...
New research for Care Quality Commission (CQC)
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling for people to speak up about their experiences of care, as new research* shows that 10% people in North East who have accessed health or social care services, in the last five years have had concerns about their care, but never raised them. Of these,...
Cervical Screening Programme
The NHS Cervical Screening Programme has made a significant impact on cervical cancer mortality since it was established in 1988, saving an estimated 5,000 lives a year, however, coverage is at a 20-year low. A new PHE campaign Cervical Screening Saves Lives, supported by the NHS aims to reverse...
Introducing the Carers passport
Hospital chiefs are launching a passport for carers so that they can get involved in all aspects of their loved ones’ treatment and care. The move comes after new figures released this week show that more than 600 people a day quit careers because of the demands of caring for a loved one. The study...
Recruitment of Healthwatch Sunderland Chair
Healthwatch Sunderland are currently seeking a motivated and focused self-starter to join our successful team as a: Healthwatch Sunderland Chair Location: Sunderland Voluntary: Out of pocket expenses paid As chair of Healthwatch Sunderland, you will have an excellent opportunity to lead an...
Healthwatch Champion celebrates her 90th birthday!
Sunderland resident Hannah Cowie (also known as Nancy) celebrated her 90 th birthday on 12 th December. Nancy has volunteered with Healthwatch Sunderland since its launch in April 2013 and continues to be a much valued member of the team. Nancy is enthusiastic and always up for a new challenge,...
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