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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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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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A new report from the CQC has found that there needs to be more of a focus on oral health in care homes. Read more from Healthwatch England about the perspective from the Healthwatch network.
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Read this guide on how staff can easily improve the oral health of care home residents. -
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Read about the research from Healthwatch England suggesting that dementia care needs to be improved. Often people needing care are unaware of what they can access and what they are entitled to. -
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Do you need help choosing the right care home? -
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Our event in February focused on electing our new Healthwatch Executive and changes to the way that health services in our community work together and be co-ordinated by a new organisation. Find out more what happened at our event. -
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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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Healthwatch Wandsworth were invited to visit three Extra Care Schemes for older people to hear tenants’ views of the quality of care they were receiving. We’ve written our report to summarise what people told us. -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth were invited to visit Prince of Wales Drive Extra Care Housing Scheme for Older People to understand tenants’ experiences of living in the scheme. Our report is based on what people told us what we saw during our visit. -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth were invited to visit Harding House and Huguenot Place to understand resident’s views on the quality of care they were receiving. Our report is based on what people told us and what we saw during our visit. -
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We visited three care homes for older people to hear residents’ views of the quality of care they were receiving. Our report summarises our thoughts on good practice and areas for improvement in the three care homes. -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth were invited to visit Anvil Close Residential Care Home for adults with learning disabilities to explore the individual quality of care. Our report is based on what people told us and what we saw during our visit. -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth were invited to visit Arabella Drive Residential Care Home for adults with learning disabilities to explore the individual quality of care. Our report is based upon what people told us and what we saw during our visit. -
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Our local Healthwatch undertakes 'Enter and View' visits to health and social care services to make recommendations where there are areas for improvement. Read our review of the future direction of the Enter and View programme in Wandsworth.
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We visited Wood House Care Home to find out how care is being given to older people. The report is based on what people said and observations during the visit. -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth were invited to visit Lyle House residential home for older people. Our report is based on what people told us and what we saw during our visit. -
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South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTG) has announced that it has secured government approval to start work on its two new state-of-the-art facilities for South West Londoners. Read more about the plans. -
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Take a look at what the guidance around visiting your loved ones in care homes means in practice. -
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In July 2020 we worked with SWL CCG (Wandsworth) to develop an independent survey for care home staff. Read our report about how well staff in care homes felt supported to care for their residents and to look after themselves during the pandemic. -
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Do you care for someone who has been discharged from hospital since May 2021? Talk to Healthwatch Wandsworth and together we can help shape how discharges from hospital work locally and nationally. -
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People have told us they can have problems registering with a GP. This article explains more about your rights and what do to if you are refused the right to register. -
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As you told us that mental health is one of the most important aspects of health and social care, we made it a top priority for this year. -
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GP appointments in the UK are the shortest in Europe, so we tried to find out how people can maximise the benefit of time spent with their GP. Read more about what local people told us. -
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At our events we often hear that communication with healthcare professionals could be better.
In September 2018, local people discussed how professionals could better
listen to our feedback and involve us in decisions. -
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Good news - If you are registered with a GP in Wandsworth you can now book an appointment between the hours of 8am and 8pm. -
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In March 2018 NHS England issued guidance that over the counter medicines for minor health conditions will no longer be routinely prescribed by a GP or other primary care service. -
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Mental health is consistently one of the top issues people tell their local Healthwatch about. Over one million adults in England currently use NHS mental health services, but what should they expect when it comes to the care they receive? -
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Bowel cancer is the UK’s second biggest cancer killer but it is treatable and curable especially if diagnosed early. -
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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. -
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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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From October this year, the new NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service will offer local pharmacy appointments to anyone calling NHS 111 about minor conditions such as earache or a sore throat.. -
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We spoke to local families about their experiences of Health Visiting services. We asked them if they understood the role of the Health Visitor (HV) and the kind of service they should expect from them. Find out what they said. -
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Online healthcare services can be a convenient way to get medical advice, treatment and medicines. Find out a few tips for getting what you need from these services. -
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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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Read about a new NHS initiative which asks "What is Mental Health?" -
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The service will help GP's and pharmacists prescribe and dispense medicines faster and more securely and make it easier for patients to pick up repeat prescriptions. -
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Find out more about the flu and how to get vaccinated with the latest advice.