Are you happy with the service you receive from your local pharmacy? Are there things you would like to see improve? Whether it is good or bad, we would like to hear your views on pharmacy services and would be grateful if you could take five minutes to complete our survey!

Could your community or voluntary sector group provide views which will help to shape the future of hospital services?

Phase Two of the Path to Excellence programme is looking at how hospital services in South Tyneside and Sunderland can provide the best possible care for people who need emergency hospital-based care, as well as how to best organise planned hospital care for people who need a test, scan or operation.

The NHS would like to hear from groups in South Tyneside, Sunderland, East and North Durham.

Focus group sessions will need to take place by the end of February 2020 with data then provided back to the Path to Excellence programme

You can be provided with:

• A focus group toolkit and support where needed on how to run an effective focus group
• Payment of £200-£300 plus reasonable event expenses

If you are interested you can register via Eventbrite which can be accessed at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/signin/?referrer=%2Fmyevent%3Feid%3D76905182471

For more information please contact nhs.excellence@nhs.net or call 0191 374 4242.

Around 2,500 people across the North East and North Yorkshire shared their views with Healthwatch on how the NHS long-term plan should be implemented in their communities.

A common priority among people in County Durham was to see more services available in their local areas that didn't require excessive travel. Find out more about what people had to say.