@HealthwatchNEL 
@HealthwatchNEL
News
New Long COVID Triage and Assessment Service launches for Humber
08/04/2021
For patients living in the Humber area, which includes Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North and North East Lincolnshire, the new Humber Long COVID...
Improving the lives of autistic people and their families
06/04/2021
World Autism Awareness Week was the 29 March to 4 April, Amanda Pritchard has recorded a short video message underlining commitments to improving the...
Vaccine advice for adults living with adults who are immunosuppressed
31/03/2021
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised the government to prioritise people for the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine who...
New blueprint for better hospital food
27/10/2020
Millions of NHS patients and staff will benefit from tastier, healthier and better-quality meals following an independent review of hospital food, led by a panel of advisers including chef and restaurateur Prue Leith. The review makes recommendations on how NHS trusts can prioritise food safety and...
Stories of shielding: life in the pandemic
21/10/2020
When lockdown began, Local Voices created a digital platform – Our Covid Voices –for people with health and care needs to share their experiences of the impact of the pandemic. This provided the unfiltered views and stories from people at great risk of all the effects of the pandemic, including...
Learning from two decades of changing NHS care in England
20/10/2020
This report looks back at how NHS care in England has changed over the past two decades. It finds a disconnect between the way services have developed and the changing health needs of the population. It finds that, while the volume of health care delivered grew substantially, growth varied...
The state of health care and adult social care in England 2019/20
20/10/2020
This report looks at the trends, shares examples of good and outstanding care, and highlights where care needs to improve. It finds that the care that people received in 2019/20 was mostly of good quality. It concludes that while quality was largely maintained compared with the previous year, there...
Volunteer scheme seeking new members
20/10/2020
The NHS Volunteer Responders scheme is recruiting in areas where demand is rising. It supports people who are isolated or vulnerable because of COVID-19 as well as working directly with NHS organisations, complementing other local voluntary groups. Continue to support it and signpost to NHS...
Victim Support Criminal Justice Champions Newsletter
02/10/2020
Our Community Partners Victims Support have released their latest newsletter for their Criminal Justice Champions. To read this newsletter please click here .
SENDIASS Training for Parents/Carers
28/09/2020
NEL SENDIASS have continued to support families throughout the pandemic and they are adapting their working to suit the new climate. They are working remotely and virtually attending meetings where possible to support families. They have adapted their training programmes available to parents on a...
Carers’ Support Service Vacancy
17/09/2020
The Carers’ Support Service currently has a vacancy for a Volunteer Coordinator. The vacancy closes 5pm on Friday 16th October. Click the links below for more information. Job Advert Personal Specification Job Description
People in most deprived areas were almost twice as likely to visit A&E
16/09/2020
There were almost twice as many attendances to Accident and Emergency departments in England for the 10% of the population living in the most deprived areas (3.1 million), compared with the least deprived 10% (1.6 million) in 2019-20, according to official figures published by NHS Digital. More.....
Learning resources to prevent suicide and self-harm
16/09/2020
Health Education England has launched new online resources to help prevent suicide and self-harm as part of its contribution to World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10). Each year, suicide is among the top 20 leading causes of death globally for people of all ages. It is responsible for over 800...
NHS tells GPs they must offer patients face-to-face appointments
15/09/2020
GP practices are being told they must make sure patients can be seen face to face when they need such appointments. NHS England is writing to all practices to make sure they are communicating the fact doctors can be seen in person if necessary, as well as virtually. It's estimated half of the 102...
Venues required by law to record contact details
14/09/2020
Premises and venues across England must have a system in place to record contact details of their customers, visitors and staff in the latest move to break the chains of transmission of coronavirus. These businesses and organisations had been advised to collect and share data, with many effectively...
Social gatherings above six banned in England from 14 September
09/09/2020
Social gatherings above six banned in England from 14 September. The law change will ban larger groups meeting anywhere socially indoors or outdoors, the government said. But it will not apply to schools, workplaces or Covid-secure weddings, funerals and organised team sports. Read more
Clear face masks to support people with hearing loss
08/09/2020
250,000 clear face masks are to be delivered to frontline NHS and social care workers to support better care for people who use lip-reading and facial expressions to communicate. NHS and care workers will be given clear face masks to help them communicate with people with certain conditions like...
Number of patients seen by dentists
03/09/2020
A report published by NHS Digital shows the number of patients seen by NHS dentists within recommended timeframes, up to June 2020. This includes the period when dentists were closed for routine care due to coronavirus (COVID-19). More.....
Alzheimer's Society September Newsletter
02/09/2020
The Alzheimer's Society latest newsletter for September is now available for you to read. Click here .
Thousands to benefit from soups and shakes diet
02/09/2020
From today thousands of people will be able to access NHS soup and shake weight-loss plans to tackle type 2 diabetes. The diet and lifestyle plans have been shown to put Type 2 diabetes into remission for people recently diagnosed with the condition, and will now be provided to 5,000 more patients...
NHS ‘lifeline’ for hundreds of stroke survivors
02/09/2020
Stroke Connect, a partnership with the NHS and the Stroke Association provides stroke survivors with support and advice in the early days following hospital discharge, without having to leave the house. The new offer is providing a ‘lifeline’ during the pandemic and has helped more than 500 people...
Soup-and-shake diet offered on NHS to fight diabetes
01/09/2020
Thousands more people in England with type 2 diabetes will be offered the chance to try a soup-and-shake diet weight-loss plan for free on the NHS. Studies show switching to the low-calorie liquid diet can put diabetes into remission. Experts say they want to help people to be as fit as possible,...
Free online sessions launched to raise cancer awareness and help save lives through early diagnosis.
25/08/2020
Humber, Coast and Vale Cancer Alliance has launched free online Cancer Champion sessions to help raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer and encourage early detection within local communities. Individuals across Hull, York, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, Scarborough and...
Aged 18-25 years old? Then we need to hear from YOU!
21/08/2020
Your voice can help to shape the future of our local health and social care services. Join in, share your experiences and opinions. We would love to hear what you think! You can remain anonymous, hide your video and even stay muted if you want to! Below you can find two different Zoom meetings that...
Celebs with cancer back call for people to get symptoms checked
21/08/2020
Celebrities with cancer have joined NHS doctors to encourage the public to come forward for vital, life-saving checks. Famous faces backing the move to increase take-up of NHS checks include the Nolan sisters, who have recently opened about their cancer diagnosis and former BBC Breakfast presenter...
COVID-19 immunity study
21/08/2020
A nationwide effort led by Public Health England (PHE) to find out whether people who had COVID-19 can get infected again has now recruited 10,000 health workers from across the NHS. PHE’s ‘SIREN’ (SARS-CoV-2 Immunity & REinfection EvaluatioN) study is exploring whether specific COVID-19...
A Message from Involve Hull
19/08/2020
Our research changes lives and communities Get involved with us: shape our research We are looking for people like you to get involved in shaping our health research at the University of Hull. By sharing your experiences as a patient, carer or user of health and care services, you can help us to...
Test and Trace service reaches more than 250,000 people since launch
17/08/2020
New NHS Test and Trace app begins trial phase, as latest statistics show the service is consistently reaching the majority of people testing positive and their contacts. The latest statistics from the tenth week of NHS Test and Trace operation show the service is consistently reaching the majority...
