News and reports | Healthwatch Southwark

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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).

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Gypsy and Traveller Community Focus Group

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).

Young voices on sexual health

Over the summer of 2016, we engaged with 105 young people aged 13-25, via workshops and surveys, to find out about their experiences of sexual health education and information, access to services, and where they prefer to go for support.

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Do Southwark GPs offer interpreting services?

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.

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Access and Experience of GP Services

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

30 December 2015

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Winter Wellness event 2015 – Staying Well, Warm and Safe

We held this free public event on 14 December 2015 at Walworth Medthodist Church. 89 people attended the event, with 8 people subsequently registering as new supporters of Healthwatch Southwark.

30 December 2015

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Vietnamese and Chinese Mental Health Focus Group

Healthwatch Southwark held a focus group with six Southwark residents with mental health problems who are users of the Vietnamese Mental Health Service (VMHS).

30 October 2015

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