Rishi Sunak MP has urged health chiefs to maintain the hours of the 24/7 Urgent Treatment Centre which has been successfully operating on a temporary basis at the Friarage Hospital since March this year.

Rishi Sunak has stressed the importance of prevention in mental health treatment.

It follows a visit to the Mind mental health support team in Northallerton.

The Richmond MP attended one of the centre’s regular drop-in sessions to talk to staff, volunteers and service users.

AN independent report into emergency services at Northallerton’s Friarage Hospital has concluded that health bosses had a sound case to make changes earlier this year and that patient safety ought to be protected under a new care model that also benefits sick children.

The Friarage Hospital's Medical Director Dr Adrian Clements answers Rishi Sunak's questions about the changes to emergency services at the hospital

Rishi Sunak MP has enlisted the help of a highly-rated healthcare management consultancy firm to scrutinise plans for the future of the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton.

Minor injuries services at three Yorkshire Dales GP practices are to continue after health chiefs reconsidered a decision to cut their funding.

Dr Adrian Clements and Dr James Dunbar answer questions about changes to emergency services at the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, at a public meeting held at Northallerton School and Sixth Form College on Friday, March 22, 2019

Regular readers will know it is very rare for me to write about the same topic two weeks in a row. But the Friarage remains our most important local issue and the one I am most focused on.

People will have the chance to question senior Friarage and Health Trust doctors about changes to emergency services at the North Yorkshire hospital.

I entirely share your concern about the recent announcement about critical care services at our local hospital, the Friarage in Northallerton.