News and reports | Healthwatch Southwark

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Winter Communications

The six Healthwatch in South East London were commissioned to provide independent support to the NHS London region with the evaluation of the Transforming Primary Care Programme's winter communications programme.

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Our new priorities for 2017/18

The Healthwatch remit is large - we cover both health and social care for children and adults – and therefore each local Healthwatch identifies priority areas to help channel resources into work that will achieve the greatest impact.

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Our 'Going Home' project with Healthwatch Lambeth

We have worked with Healthwatch Lambeth on a project called 'Going Home'. This is where we have tracked people's experiences from the moment they were ready to leave hospital for up to three months afterwards.

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Going Home: Step Down Care at Lime Tree House

In 2016, Healthwatch Southwark were involved in speaking to patients in short stay 'step-down' flats in an extra care scheme after leaving hospital.

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Winter Wellness event 2016 – Staying Well, Warm and Safe

We held this free public event on 19 December 2016, attended by at least 75 people. Around 60 had not attended a Healthwatch Southwark event before and 11 registered as new supporters.

30 December 2016

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

1 December 2016

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10 top tips to get the most out of your dental appointment

Everyone should be able to access good quality NHS dental services. Take a look at our top tips to help you get the most out of your next dental appointment.

29 November 2016

Advice and Information

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What young voices told us about mental health

Over the summer of 2016, we engaged with 114 young people aged 12-23, via workshops and surveys, to find out about their experiences of mental health education and information, access to services, and where they prefer to go for support.

25 November 2016

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Young Voices on Mental Health

Over the summer of 2016, we engaged with 114 young people aged 12-23, via workshops and surveys, to find out about their experiences of mental health education and information, access to services, and where they prefer to go for support.

25 November 2016

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Bengali Focus Group with Macmillan Cancer Support

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.

15 October 2016

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Findings from our Trans Survey

Healthwatch Southwark wanted to understand the experience of local people in the context of the national experience of Trans patients and so started a series of engagement activities.

15 September 2016

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Burgess Park Care Home

In 2016, one of our priority areas was social care. A focus of this has been to look at the quality of nursing care provision, especially after the closure of one of the three Southwark nursing homes in October 2015 (Camberwell Green).