It's vital for people in the North East to have their say about their experience of health and care while living with a range of chronic health conditions, says a top professor.
Professor Anthony De Soyza of the Newcastle University Population Health Sciences Institute has encouraged people living here to help design the future of NHS services by responding to a "call for evidence" from the Department of Health and Social Care seeking to understand "how best to prevent, diagnose, treat and manage" six devastating conditions.
Chosen as a focus because they often occur in combinations, the six are: cancers; cardiovascular disease including stroke and diabetes; chronic respiratory diseases; dementia; mental ill health; and musculoskeletal disorders such as arthritis. Prof De Soyza said that, given poorer population health outcomes in our region and the vast geographical area in which we live, it was especially important for people to respond.
