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There is a new system that makes it easy for health and care professionals to access your medical records that are held by another health organisation. Find out how it works! -
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Your health and adult social care information is important to the NHS as it helps them research, plan and improve health and care services in England. -
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Planned improvements to the design and delivery of key local services was the topic of our Assembly event in December. Find out more about the key changes happening in our report. -
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We held an event in March about new developments to our local health services and a service that could help people who have complaints about NHS services. If you couldn't be there, you can still find out more in our report. -
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We had a busy event on 30th November 2016, we heard about many topics from a new mental health talking therapy service to larger scale plans to improve local health and care. If you want to catch-up on these topics, then read on. -
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We held an event in December to hear more about developments at Nine Elms in Wandsworth and also to tell people what our Enter and View team have found when speaking to local people. For more information about these topics read this report. -
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The Wandsworth Wellbeing Hub is a free and impartial telephone sign-posting service and website. Find out more about it. -
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Are you passionate about care and support provided to people living with Dementia and their carers in Wandsworth? Find out how you could be involved in interviews for a Dementia Support Service. -
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We are very pleased to welcome Stephen Hickey as the new chair to our HW Committee starting in April. Stephen’s skills and experience will be an asset to Healthwatch Wandsworth’s committee, and we are very much looking forward to working with him. -
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The Healthwatch Wandsworth committee member election has now closed. We have three nominations and on March 5th you can vote and choose your new committee members. -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth is proud to welcome the three new committee members that were elected at the Healthwatch Assembly on Thursday 5 March. -
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We spoke to people receiving support from East Wandsworth Community Mental Health Team in 2019. Read on to hear about how the organisation has worked on their action plan to address what people told us. -
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We discussed priorities for patient and public involvement in the coming year at our Assembly in March 2021. We discussed this in groups and also focused on hospital discharge. Read our report for the key highlights about what people told us. -
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We spoke to people leaving hospital via the 'Departure Lounge' at St Georges Hospital in 2019. Read on to hear about how the organisation has worked on their action plan to address what people told us. -
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Coronavirus cases are on the rise again in Wandsworth especially amongst people aged 18-30. The council are asking everyone to do what they can to help stop the spread of Coronavirus so we can all continue to enjoy the ease in restrictions.
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Read our annual round-up of what we've been working on and how people in Wandsworth have helped us shape our local health and social care services. -
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Make a difference to health and social care services in Wandsworth.
Get involved with Healthwatch Wandsworth.
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Healthwatch Wandsworth is guided by our Healthwatch Committee. At our event on 29th September our Healthwatch Wandsworth members will be electing new members to our committee. -
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Wandsworth council have provided us with an updated list of organisations and activities supporting senior people in our borough. Please find below a list of services and a list of support for senior people. -
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The MyCare St George’s is a secure online system provided by St George’s that allows you to look at information from your hospital record, view hospital appointments, receive test results and messages from your hospital care team. -
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What are the key organisations that make up the NHS? And how can they collaborate with partners in the health and care system to deliver joined-up care? Watch our animation to find out. -
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We caught up with those working in health and care to develop support for Long Covid to find out how things have changed or improved. -
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This discussion document sets out the proposed priorities for the South West London Integrated Care System. -
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Patients will be empowered to choose where they receive their NHS care under new plans to cut waiting lists, one of the Prime Minister’s 5 priorities. People will be given more choice and control over their own care, including through the NHS App. -
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How healthy is my local area? The NHS for South-West London have been working to find out ‘What is the unique position of our area?’ and address challenges to public health. -
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NHS England is asking people for their views on moving the children’s cancer treatment centre that serves South London and much of the South East region. -
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We asked people what they thought about new ways to support people at home rather then in hospital. Read what they told us about the possible benefits and their concerns. -
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Healthwatch Sutton, together with the other Healthwatch organisations in South West London (Healthwatch Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth), are currently working with patients, carers, and GP practices on a project about the Accessible Information Standard. -
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Two years ago we spoke to carers about the challenges they face and managing their own health and their feedback helped develop a new cares strategy. We spoke to carers recently to see if support had improved. Find out more about what they said. -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth visited St John’s Hill and Brysson Whyte centres that provide Intermediate Care to people in Wandsworth. Read our report on what people said about their care.
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Wandsworth Council's Co-production and Partnership Group wants local people who use social services, carers and voluntary sectors representatives to work partnership with council staff to help shape the way adult social care services are developed. -
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Carers in Wandsworth told us they need more support and now Wandsworth Council are developing a new digital tool. Find out more and how you can shape this new tool. -
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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. -
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We wanted to start a conversation about health inequalities in Wandsworth. Find out more about what health inequalities are like in Wandsworth. -
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Do you, or someone you know, need help with day-to-day living because of illness or disability? Read about the new guide that could help you. -
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Healthwatch England spoke to more than 5000 people from 27 communities across England about their experiences caring for a friend or loved one. -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth became aware of plans to develop a new strategy for carers; addressing their needs and how more can be done to support them. Find out what local people told us about being a carer in Wandsworth. -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth were invited to visit three senior health wards at St George’s Hospital, Tooting to talk to patients and carers in September 2017. -
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We talked about Health Inequalities at our event in September 2019. Find out what's happening locally and what people said about efforts to tackle Health Inequalities. -
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We went to speak to people who have support from East Wandsworth Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). We've written our report on what people told us, read this report and what the CMHT will be doing differently, based on what people told us. -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth visited sheltered schemes in Wandsworth. This work was done in partnership with the Older Peoples Forum -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth carried our several outreach and engagement sessions to ask service users and carers some of the questions related to the No Rights Ignored, No Voice Unheard Consultation. -
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The Wandsworth Health and Care Plan was launched on 7th October as a collaborative plan to tackle key health issues in the borough. Read more about the plans. -
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Read our report on the discussions about the best way to reach different groups with health inequalities, with public health campaigns. -
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Wandsworth council have updated their guide for unpaid Carers as well as professionals who meet them through their work. Read the guide for lots of information on getting support as a local carer.