News and reports | Healthwatch Southwark

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

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.

30 September 2015

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

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

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Healthwatch Southwark’s Public Forum: “You said, we did!”

We held a public forum on 15th March to a total of 70 people, including Southwark residents and representatives

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Social care support for carers focus group

Access to social care support was identified as a priority area for Healthwatch Southwark through public and stakeholder consultation.

29 January 2015

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Young people's experiences of sexual health services

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.

15 January 2015

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One Year On - event report

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

30 November 2014

HWS public event - spotlight on social care

'Spotlight on Social Care - event report

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.

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Latin American Women's Focus Group

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.

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Somali Women's Focus Group

We met with a Somali women's group in Rockingham Community Centre, to explore the key issues within these communities.

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Bengali Women's Focus Group

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

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Deaf Support Group

Healthwatch Southwark ran two focus groups in 2013 as of a rolling programme of engagement.

30 December 2013

Building Our Network - event report

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.

20 December 2013