The Healthwatch Newcastle office will close for the holidays at 2pm on Tuesday 24 December and re-open on Monday 6 January. You can still call us during office hours over the holidays if you need information about any local health or social care service. You can also search, review and rate services any time at…
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Our Healthwatch survey – what matters to you? If you live in North Tyneside or use North Tyneside services then we want to hear from you. Please complete our annual survey and tell us: how easy services are to use what works, if staff are staff helpful, if you got the care you needed what could be…
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Over 600 of you wrote to your parliamentary candidates in the run-up to last week’s General Election, which helped us put mental health on the agenda. Now there is a new government in place, we need your help more than ever to keep up the pressure. As well as reforming the Mental Health Act, we…
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The ‘Help Yourself’ leaflet has been designed by young people for young people. It includes a range of support suggestions for young people regarding their mental health and wellbeing. Young people from Phoenix Detached Youth Project and North Tyneside Council’s Participation Team worked in partnership on the project. Launchpad North Tyneside supported them with this…
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Christmas is supposed to be a merry time of year, but if you’re experiencing a mental health problem it can be especially difficult. Knowing how to support someone can make all the difference – below, you can read our supporters’ top tips. In this newsletter you can also find out more about how you can get…
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NIWE Eating Distress Service Health & Wellbeing Workshops 2020 Our workshops are designed to help strengthen capabilities, resources and coping skills to contribute to your health and wellbeing on a long-term basis.
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Rachel experienced anxiety and depression throughout her pregnancy and after her baby was born. Read her story to understand just how important it is that mums and their partners receive the right support for their mental health.
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Volunteer Plus is VODA’s database of volunteering opportunities in and around North Tyneside. Volunteer Plus allows people to search for opportunities based on a range of factors – location, interests, activities and availability. It also allows you to find out more about roles and register your interest for more information. Search Volunteer Plus here –…
Read More Mental health services for children and young people We launched our survey to gather experiences of mental health services in October. So far we’ve had 152 responses: 53 from Newcastle residents and 89 from Gateshead residents. Most responses have been from parents and carers. We’d like to hear from more people in Newcastle — particularly…
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Info re NTAS II, in the Forum Shopping Centre, Wallsend – open Tuesdays and Thursdays – below. This project is funded and supported by NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group 😀 just a little announcement… We’ve officially launched! Last Saturday we cut the red ribbon on our satellite studio space in Wallsend’s Forum Shopping Centre. Thank you to everyone…
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