Our Impact
Discover how Healthworks is making a difference to people, families and communities across the North East.
Our 2025-2026 Impact Report shows how Healthworks is helping people across the North East live longer, healthier and happier lives, while tackling health inequalities linked to income, where people live and their background.
From pregnancy, breastfeeding and early years support, to helping people get active, improve their wellbeing, stop smoking, manage long-term conditions and maintain their independence, our services support people at every stage of life.
This year, 17,899 people were supported through Healthworks. With 78,218 attendances across our services and activities.
Our work also contributed to an estimated £56 million in savings to the NHS and social care.
Read the Healthworks 2025-2026 Impact Report
Find out how we are transforming lives, delivering cost savings to the NHS, and supporting healthier communities.
Delivering Health and Social Care Savings in the North East
The report reveals an estimated £56 million cost savings to the NHS and social care system in the North East of England.
This builds on the previous two year’s achievement of £46.2m and £41.3 million in NHS and social care savings, showing the increasing effectiveness of our work.
Why We Do What We Do
The North East and North Cumbria face some of England’s toughest health challenges. It has higher rates of heart disease, respiratory conditions, and obesity than other regions.
Local communities experience deep health inequalities driven by poverty, housing, employment, and limited access to healthcare.
At Healthworks, we are dedicated to closing these gaps.
By working in partnership with the NHS and public health services, we help prevent ill health, reduce pressure on health services and improve outcomes for our communities.
Our health and wellbeing programmes support people across the region to live longer, healthier lives.
Explore our services and find out how we’re supporting people at every stage of life.
Our Year in Numbers
This shows the scale and reach of our work. But behind every number are thousands of individual stories of people improving their health and wellbeing.
Healthworks works with SportFin, to understand and measure our impact.
This means, we know who we are reaching and where we are making a difference.
Looking Ahead
We will continue to build on this work – strengthening partnerships, developing our services and finding new ways to improve health and wellbeing across the North East.
By focusing on prevention, early intervention and reducing health inequalities, we can help more people and communities live longer, healthier and happier lives.
To explore how we could work together to improve health and wellbeing across our communities, please get in touch.