Black Lives Matter … and we need to start showing it more’

Dr Charles Parker is a GP Partner at Topcliffe Surgery near Thirsk. He is the Clinical Chair of NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). In his second post for our new CCG blog, ‘Doctor Diaries’, Charles speaks about racism in primary care settings.

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NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group begins search for Go-To mental health champions

NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has begun a search to recruit Go-To mental health Champions. The Champions’ role will involve promoting The Go-To mental health website (www.thegoto.org.uk), launched by NHS North Yorkshire CCG earlier in the summer to help children and young people, and playing an active part in developing fresh content. The…

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GP Patient Survey 2020: North Yorkshire practices perform better than the national average on every indicator

Most patients in North Yorkshire rate their GP practice higher than in the rest of the country, according to new data released by NHS England. The GP Patient Survey was completed by 6,367 people in the NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area and in almost every indicator, practices, as a whole, performed above…

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Health and Care Partnership appeals for public support to help ensure services resume safely and promptly

NHS and council organisations in Humber, Coast and Vale are appealing for the public’s help as they work together to increase the availability of health and care services, which were restricted, relocated or paused during the coronavirus outbreak. At the outset of the pandemic, health and care professionals including hospital teams, GPs, health visitors and…

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