Health chiefs kick off New York stadium event

Emergency care, mental health, keeping children safe and GPs services will be among the topics covered at Healthy Balance.

The event, from 11am to 4pm on Wednesday (3), is organised by Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group and Healthwatch Rotherham.

Stalls highlighting key projects will run until 1pm, when the CCG’s annual general meeting takes place. Its governors’ meeting follows at 2pm.

Musician Ray Hearne will present health bosses with a song made up of public comments made about the state of healthcare in Rotherham.

CCG chairman Dr Julie Kitlowski said: “It’s extremely important that we shape our health services around patients’ needs. To do this we need our patients involved.

“Working with clinicians, patients and our partners we have made some notable achievements in the last year, while we have faced many challenges.

“We want our local people to celebrate what we do well, but more importantly help us to improve services to continue to meet their needs.”

Healthwatch will also launch its How We Listen To You campaign, providing another opportunity for the public to raise issues. Find out more at www.rotherhamccg.nhs.uk.