Today The Northern Echo is launching Health Watch - a new campaign which aims to find out what is really happening in the NHS.

Prime Minister David Cameron has given five guarantees about the future of the NHS and promised that a substantial part of the £20bn being clawed back from the Health Service over the next few years will be re-invested in new and more appropriate NHS services.

• But will Mr Cameron deliver on his five promises?

• Will the NHS as we know it be protected from privatisation?

• Where is the £1.7bn a year being invested in new services being spent and what is being cut back in order to pay for them?

HOW YOU CAN HELP

We want you the public (and that includes health professionals working for the NHS) to tell The Northern Echo whether Mr Cameron is delivering on his promises, where new services are being introduced and where existing services are being cut back.

HOW TO SHARE INFORMATION

You can either post your information on our website by using the comments system at the bottom of this article, email Health Editor Barry Nelson (barry.nelson@nne.co.uk) or ring him on his direct landline 01325 505075.

WHAT NEXT?

The information you give us will be investigated and the results published in The Northern Echo and on our website in the weeks and months to come.

Please help us to keep the North-Eastern public informed about what is happening in the NHS in the North-East and North Yorkshire.