1. Young people's experiences of sexual health services

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    Sexual health was identified as a priority area for Healthwatch Southwark. We held a focus group with Mind charity to understand where young people turn to find information about sex and what their experience are of accessing sexual health services.

  2. Bengali Focus Group with Macmillan Cancer Support

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    We were commissioned by Macmillan Cancer Support, to run a focus group exploring the different ways the Bengali community access information – where they get it from and in what format and language.

  3. Bengali Women's Focus Group

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    We worked with Southwark Council’s engagement team to visit a Bengali Women’s Group at the Rockingham Community Centre, to explore engagement opportunities to understand the issues this community faces when accessing health and social care services

  4. Latin American Women's Focus Group

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    The session was conducted in Spanish, led by Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS) with staff support from Coalition of Latin Americans in the UK (CLAUK) and Healthwatch Southwark.

  5. Gypsy and Traveller Community Focus Group

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    Healthwatch Southwark spoke with Traveller women who reside in Traveller sites in Southwark, of which there are four: Springtide (Peckham), Brideale (Peckham), Ilderton (Bermondsey) and Burnhill (Peckham).

  6. Annual Report 2017/2018

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    During 2017/18, we have worked on three out of five of our priorities; Timely access to GPs, Going Home and Help in a Mental Health Crisis.

  7. Annual Report 2018/2019

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    This report reflects a solid year of work for the Healthwatch staff team and the support of the volunteers and members.

  8. Building Our Network - event report

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    We held an event on Tuesday 17th December 2013, to update Supporters & Stakeholders about the work of Healthwatch Southwark since the launch in June 2013 and gain feedback on the four priorities.

  9. One Year On - event report

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    Approximately 50 including residents, representatives from voluntary and community organisations and statutory services attended our event to gain insight into health and social care commissioning and integration in Southwark

  10. Healthwatch Southwark’s Public Forum: “Your Care, Your Services! – Issues to Solutions!”

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    We held a public forum on 10th June at Cambridge House. 73 people attended.

  11. Healthwatch Southwark’s Public Forum: “Everyone is treated equally” – Join the debate!

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    We held a public forum on 15th September at Canada Water Library. 67 people attended the event, with 15 people subsequently registering as new
    supporters of Healthwatch Southwark.

  12. Appointment systems at GP Practices

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    From October 2016 to February 2017 we spoke with 397 local people about what they thought HWS should focus on in 2017/18.

  13. Access and Experience of GP Services

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    In December 2015, we published a report based on what 79 Southwark residents told us about GP access and experience.

  14. Do Southwark GPs offer interpreting services?

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    Following an early report about the experiences of seldom-heard communities in accessing GPs, we carried out a review of GP out-of-hours answerphone messages.

  15. 'Spotlight on Social Care - event report

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    We held a public event to inform Supporters & Stakeholders about Adult Social Care within Southwark Council and gain feedback on the real-life case studies.

  16. Annual Report 2019/20

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    Find out more about our work and achievements over the year.

  17. Our strategy 2020-22

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    Read more here about our plans for the future, how we will better fulfil our mission, and our priority areas for our work until March 2022.

  18. Annual Report 2020/21

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    Find out more about our work and achievements over the year.

  19. Annual Report 2021/22

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    Find out more about our work and achievements over the past year.

  20. Priorities Report 2022-23

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    Read our latest report examining what our priorities should be for the upcoming year.

  21. Annual Report 2022/3

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    Find out more about our work and achievements over the past year.

  22. Mental Health

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    Mental health was identified as a priority area for Healthwatch Southwark (HWS) through public and stakeholder consultation.