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Home Care - The African Caribbean perspective

SACMHA Health & Social Care used our #SpeakUp grant funding to explore local African Caribbean experiences of home care, and to ensure that these views are heard by those working to improve home care services in Sheffield.

SpeakUp grants scheme 2021

#SpeakUp 2021 - SACMHA Health & Social Care

SACMHA delivers a specialist service to people in need of health & social care support. Their roots are in the local African Caribbean community, and they wanted to explore this group's experiences with local home care services.

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July 2021 - What have we been hearing?

These are the key things we've been hearing about in July - including people's experiences of hospital care, mental health services, GPs, and dentists. People also shared practical suggestions which they thought would improve their experiences.

Making Change Together: Strategy 2021-24

Making Change Together: Our Strategy 2021-24

Our strategy sets out the ways in which we will be doing our work over the next three years, and the aims and principles that will guide us. Find out about our vision, and how we plan to achieve it

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BSL Vlog - July

The July installment of our BSL Vlog, in partnership with Citizens Advice Sheffield. This month looks at updates to the Deaf Advice team service, and the lifting/changing of national restrictions (eg face masks, social distancing, and isolation)

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June 2021 - What have we been hearing?

These are the key things we've been hearing about in June - including people's treatment in hospital, their experience of accessing Covid-19 vaccinations, GP & dentist appointments, as well as mental health care and more.

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Deaf people's access to care in hospital - an update

Since 2018 we've been reporting that Deaf people don't always have equal access to healthcare in Sheffield. Now, we've received further commitments from Sheffield's Hospitals about how they plan to address issues with accessible information.

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Our Quarterly Report: April - June 2021

Find out more about what we've been doing over the last three months.

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What support is available for families with recessive genetic conditions?

We've published our latest report, asking parents of children with a recessive genetic disorder about the support they received. So - how do people get information and support when their child is diagnosed, and is this delivered in the right way?

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Recessive Genetic Conditions - the experiences of parents and professionals

Recessive Genetic Conditions are wide-ranging and often misunderstood. We spoke to parents of children affected by recessive conditions about the support they've received, as well as asking professionals how confident they felt in providing support.

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BSL Vlog - June

The June installment of our BSL Vlog, in partnership with Citizens Advice Sheffield. This month we learn about a SignLive update, Long Covid-19 symptoms, providing you've had your Covid-19 vaccine and more.

Advice and Information

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Reflections on last year: our annual report

We've published our annual report for 2020-21, which gave us a chance to reflect on what was a difficult year for most. We have achieved some real highlights and spoken up for Sheffield's communities where we could, but there's lots still to do.

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