Whitby Hospital renovation continues to progress throughout COVID-19 pandemic
The £13 million renovation of Whitby Community Hospital which began in March is now well under way and progressing to schedule following some changes due to the coronavirus pandemic. Sonia Rafferty, Service Manager at Whitby Hospital, said: “We have been through some very challenging times due to COVID-19, but the team has been amazing. We…
Read MoreAnnual General Meeting is open to the public
Members of the public are invited to the Annual General Meeting of NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) on Tuesday 25 August. The event will be hosted virtually and will begin at 5pm. The event will cover the work of the three separate North Yorkshire CCGs from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020…
Read MoreAutism assessments for children and young people in Scarborough and Ryedale go online
A new online assessment model has been developed by autism experts at The Retreat York so they can continue to assess children and young people – without families being asked to attend face-to-face appointments during the Covid-19 pandemic. The autism assessment service for children in Scarborough and Ryedale (associated with GP practices in the former…
Read MoreBlack 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.
Read MoreNHS 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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