Healthwatch England Annual report 2017-18
Healthwatch England’s annual report 2017-18
In his first annual report to Parliament as Chair of Healthwatch, Sir Robert Francis looks beyond health and social care performance statistics to explore how people are experiencing care day-to-day across England.
20 December 2018
Report
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VCF Forum Dec 2018 - Ready, Set, Engage!
The final Voluntary, Community, and Faith Sector (VCF) Health & Wellbeing Forum of 2018 was ‘Ready, Set, Engage!’. We focused on what effective engagement looks like & how the work done by VCF organisations can improve health and social care services
20 December 2018
Report
Healthwatch Sheffield briefing on working with local partnerships
Our Strategic Advisory Group have published a position statement about engaging patients and citizens with emerging health structures - the Accountable Care Partnership and the Integrated Care System.
18 December 2018
Report
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Have your say: Our commitments for Dementia in Sheffield
You’re invited to have your say on 13 commitments designed to improve the support and care of people living with dementia and their families and carers.
17 December 2018
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Applications to #SpeakUp Small Grants Scheme open on 19th December!
Do you have an idea that could help improve health and care for your community?
3 December 2018
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Our Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) meeting December 2018
Take a look at the papers for our December 2018 meeting in public.
1 December 2018
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Newsletter - December 2018
Our December 2018 newsletter shares updates including our Young Healthwatch report on self-worth, information about our small grants programme, and welcomes two new members of staff
1 December 2018
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VCF Forum: Ready…Set…Engage!
For our final voluntary, community and faith (VCF) sector forum of 2018, we will be focusing on the important area of engagement within the health and social care sphere.
20 November 2018
News
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OFSTED & CQC Inspection of Sheffield’s SEND Provision
An inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has been announced to review how effectively Sheffield meets its responsibilities to children and young people aged 0-25 years who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.
6 November 2018
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Improving physical health for people with severe mental illness, learning disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder
A new project has begun to see what we can collectively to do to improve the health of people in Sheffield with severe mental illness, learning disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder.
29 October 2018
News
Speech bubble saying "#SpeakUp". Small grants scheme 2017-18
#SpeakUp small grants 2017-18 - Summary Report
2017-18 was the first year of our #SpeakUp small grants scheme. We awarded funding to 11 local groups, enabling them to work with their communities to talk about health and social care services. Here we summarise the findings of these reports.
29 October 2018
Report
Poster: "Adira presents Mental health & me, the unspoken taboo in the black community"
Mental Health and Me – The Unspoken Taboo in the Black Community
There are a multitude of ways mental health support and race are related – with differences in rates of mental health diagnosis, access to the treatment, experience of treatment and outcomes.
29 October 2018
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