Posts by Tim Readman
NHS North Yorkshire CCG supports Safeguarding Week
#TellUsYourConcerns is the message coming out from organisations across North Yorkshire during this year’s Safeguarding Week (22-26 June). And today (26 June), mental health is in the spotlight. Scarborough GP and NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group’s clinical lead for vulnerable people, Dr Peter Billingsley, says it is important people speak up if they are…
Read MorePlans for Richmondshire care campus move closer
Discussions are continuing to take place around plans to create a major new state-of-the art health and care complex in Richmondshire. NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), together with the Ministry of Defence (MOD), NHS England and NHS Property Services (NHSPS) want to build a new health and wellbeing hub at Catterick Garrison. It…
Read MoreThe Go-To website proves a hit among children and young people seeking mental health support in North Yorkshire
A new website to help children and young people find help to overcome mental health challenges, is proving a hit in North Yorkshire. The Go-To (www.thegoto.org.uk) is a portal or ‘single point of information’ for the wide range of mental health support services offered by different agencies in the county. In the first month since…
Read MoreNHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) offers advice on the new NHS Test and Trace scheme
NHS Track and Trace aims to limit the spread of coronavirus by asking patients with positive test results to share details about the people they’ve been in contact with recently who could have caught the virus as a result. The NHS will get in touch with people who have tested positive, as well as those…
Read MorePilot scheme launched to tackle children and young people’s sleep issues
The Sleep Charity, an award-winning voluntary organisation based in Doncaster, has been commissioned to provide a sleep support service for children and young people in Scarborough, parts of Ryedale and Whitby. This is a 12-month pilot project and was set up by the former NHS Scarborough and Ryedale Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)*. Families living in…
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