News from the Healthwatch Wandsworth Assembly - 27 September 2017
We covered many things at our Assembly in September including our local health and wellbeing hub resource, making the most of a GP appointment and how St George's Hospital understands patient experience. More information is available in our report.
10 October 2017
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Consultation on Eye Health and Preventing Sight Loss in London.
We spoke to people about managing their eye health. Read our report to hear people's experiences about what it's like to live in London with poor vision.
9 August 2017
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Enter & View Visit to Champneys Ward and Dialysis Services
Members of Healthwatch Wandsworth’s ‘Enter & View’ team made three visits to Champneys Ward and Dialysis service at St George’s Hospital to learn about the renal services that were being provided in February/March 2017.
2 August 2017
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Support needs for autistic people
According to The National Autistic Society around 700,000 people in the UK have an Autistic Spectrum Condition. Together with their families, this means autism is a part of daily life for 2.8 million people.
31 July 2017
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Healthwatch Wandsworth Reaches Four Year Mark - Find Out About Our Work in 2016-17
We have been working as your champion for health and care services for four years. Read more about our work over the past year in our annual report.
30 July 2017
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Enter & View Visit to Colliers Wood Dialysis Unit
Members of Healthwatch Wandsworth’s Enter & View (E&V) team visited the Colliers Wood Dialysis Unit provided by Fresenius Medical Care Renal Services Ltd to hear from patients their experience of treatment and care.
30 June 2017
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Consultation on the mental health needs of offenders and ex-offenders
Evidence shows that mental health problems are significantly higher within prisons than in the general population. Read our report on how this problem can be addressed.
30 June 2017
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It Starts With You - What Did We Learn?
We ran a campaign #ItStartsWithYou, highlighting the importance of the feedback that we received from each and every one of you about local health and social care services. As part of the campaign we analysed what people had told us in 2016-7.
1 June 2017
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News from the Healthwatch Wandsworth Assembly - 24 May 2017
At our Assembly in May we covered a variety of mental health topics including local services available. The information presented on the day is available in our report.
30 May 2017
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Healthwatch Wandsworth Annual Survey Report - 2017
In March 2017 we distributed our annual survey to our members, local residents and organisations, to find out how they view Healthwatch and our role.
15 May 2017
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Mental Health needs of Deaf and Disabled residents.
Research suggests that 1 in 3 individuals with a disability will experience a mental health problem within their lifetime compared to 1 in 4 of the wider population. Find out what local people told us about the issues involved.
31 March 2017
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Enter and View visit to Laurel Ward, Queen Mary’s Hospital
Healthwatch Wandsworth visited Laurel Ward at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, a mental health ward for men. We talked to staff, patients and patient’s relatives and our report is based on what people told us and what we saw during our visit.
31 March 2017
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