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Community Champions are at the heart of Healthwatch - read on to find out why!

Recently we have been working with Middlesbrough based radio station, Community Voice FM.

For many teens, COVID-19 meant missing out on some of the biggest moments in their young lives.

Over the last few months, we have been exploring ideas to extend our reach and connect with more isolated and digitally excluded local people during the Covid pandemic.

In October 2020 we launched our GPs, Ongoing Treatments and Wellbeing survey.

Previously known as My Right to Healthcare, GP Access cards allow people who aren't registered with a GP practice, have no fixed address or identification to communicate their right to healthcare.

This is a short film which describes what is a vaccine is, how vaccines are made, why you should get a vaccine, whether a vaccine make you ill and how to decide whether to have a vaccine.

The Healthwatch South Tees e-bulletin.

The following videos have been produced by the NHS for people with learning disabilities and their carers providing information on the tier system in England, wearing a mask and Coronavirus rules over Christmas.

In the UK, around 22,000 people with diabetes die early every year and five million people in England are at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

WHAT TO DO IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

SOUTH Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become one of only three NHS trusts in the country to have three of its own surgical robots - and now has the potential to become a national centre of excellence.