Northumberland News - Spring 2016 issue
Catch up on all of the latest news and events in Northumberland in the Spring edition of our residents magazine.
Catch up on all of the latest news and events in Northumberland in the Spring edition of our residents magazine.
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YOUNG<br />
PEOPLE<br />
HAVE THEIR<br />
SAY ON<br />
More than 200 young people<br />
took part in Healthwatch<br />
<strong>Northumberland</strong>’s Young<br />
People’s Health Survey, an<br />
online questionnaire asking<br />
what young people think of the<br />
health services, support and<br />
information on offer in<br />
<strong>Northumberland</strong>.<br />
This survey was carried out through 1001<br />
Voices, a project run by <strong>Northumberland</strong><br />
County Council’s Youth Service, with help from<br />
some of Healthwatch <strong>Northumberland</strong>’s young<br />
volunteers. Healthwatch <strong>Northumberland</strong> is the<br />
independent consumer champion for health and<br />
social care services across the county.<br />
The findings revealed a broad range of positive<br />
and negative feelings towards health services<br />
and the quality of support and information on<br />
offer. Young people identified “mental health,<br />
emotions and stress” as the most important<br />
aspect of health to them.<br />
The findings also show that young people know<br />
mental health services exist but are not told<br />
how to access them. Others have had<br />
difficulties making appointments with mental<br />
health services and faced long waits.<br />
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