Healthwatch South Tyneside

Healthwatch South Tyneside is your dedicated consumer champion, working with users of local NHS and social care services to hear about your experiences, identify any issues or problems and help generate improvements. The feedback and suggestions from local people will be used to shape health and social care services in South Tyneside.

Support available

Healthwatch South Tyneside will:

• have the power to enter and view services
• influence how services are set up and commissioned by having a seat on the  local health and wellbeing board
• produce reports which influence the way services are designed and delivered
• provide information, advice and support about local services
• pass information and recommendations to Healthwatch England and the Care Quality Commission