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NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) advises public to not forget social distancing guidance
NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group is calling on local people to continue to be cautious in their response to the coronavirus pandemic. This is after the Prime Minister’s latest announcement relaxing lockdown guidance. Dr Peter Billingsley, the CCG lead for vulnerable people said “We understand the lifting of lockdown restrictions will come as very…
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…
Read MoreNHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) supports care homes during COVID-19
NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has invested in more than 200 Samsung tablet devices for care homes in the county, so residents can access virtual appointments with GPs and other clinical staff. The data-enabled tablets come equipped with the same software that’s enabling doctors to hold increasing numbers of virtual consultations with patients,…
Read MoreNorth Yorkshire GP practices show excellent response to the pandemic
GP practices across North Yorkshire are working hard to respond to challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past few months the day-to-day routine of a GP practice has changed with staff and patients seeing a very different approach. NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has been speaking with frontline staff at local…
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