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After access to primary care, mental health is the most commonly mentioned issue we receive so Healthwatch Sheffield decided to carry out some independent research. -
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On 16 March 2017, Healthwatch Sheffield hosted a Health and Social Care Forum for voluntary, community and faith groups in the city. -
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Healthwatch Sheffield has carried out a review of public experiences of mental health support outside of hospital. -
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For the past three years, mental health has been the number one health and social care issue for the Healthwatch network. Take a look to see what people have told Healthwatch about their experiences. -
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Volunteers between 14-25 decided to investigate how Sheffield’s young people feel about their own sense of self worth, and how that impacts on their mental health and wellbeing. -
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A snapshot report on Mental Health in Sheffield 2014. The recommendations were fed in to a number of consultations including the Sheffield Mental Health Strategy refresh and the Healthwatch England special enquiry into discharge from services. -
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In February 2016, 2 of our Enter & View volunteers visited East Glade Centre, which houses one of the four Community Mental Health Teams in Sheffield. -
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In February 20165, 2 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Burbage Ward, a mental health inpatient ward at the Michael Carlisle Centre. -
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Challenge Sheffield and SODIT work with people with lived experience of mental health distress and used their grant to hold the Sheffield Mental Health Challenge Day. -
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The Darnall Community Development Centre (DCDC) provided workshops with their #SpeakUp Small Grant, aimed at young males to discuss their experiences and views of accessing, or reasons for not accessing, local health and mental health services. -
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STAMP is a group of young people aged 14—25 who are passionate about making a positive change to mental health in Sheffield. They hosted a consultation event to give young people the opportunity to #SpeakUp and influence change around mental health -
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STAMP is a Sheffield based group of young people aged 14-25 years old, the majority of whom have accessed mental health services before. They used their #SpeakUp Grant to give young people the opportunity to talk about their experiences. -
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Loneliness and social isolation affect so many people in our society and we know that the voluntary sector have been tackling these issues for years and have many valuable insights and ideas to share. -
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This briefing sets out the key issues we're hearing about COVID-19 and its impact on local people. It includes difficulties accessing patient transport, experiences of cancer patients, and people's struggle with confusing information. -
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This briefing sets out the key issues we're hearing about COVID-19 and its impact on local people in the week commencing 27th April 2020. It includes bereavement services, mental health crisis care, and concerns from people with learning disabilities -
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This briefing sets out the key issues we're hearing about COVID-19 and its impact on local people, from the two weeks commencing 1st and 8th June. It includes issues accessing dentistry, advice on face coverings, and long term mental health concerns -
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In early 2020, we spoke with local people about which aspects of health and social care they'd like us to focus on in the next 2 years. -
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This briefing sets out the key issues we're hearing about COVID-19 and its impact on local people, from 13th-30th July. It includes new face covering regulations, confusion around direct payments, and communication with mental health services. -
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These are the key issues we've been hearing in September - including difficulties getting dental care, the continued impact of COVID-19 on services, and changes to mental health respite care. -
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These are the key issues we've been hearing in October - including taking part in social care and Continuing Healthcare sessions online, visiting in care homes and supported living, and mental health provision across Sheffield. -
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Since March, people have been telling us about issues they've faced while trying to access health and social care services during the pandemic. We did a dedicated piece of work to find out more about how this has impacted people. -
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These are the key issues we've been hearing in November - including confusion around accessing urgent dental care, experiences of inpatient mental health settings, and what it's been like visiting loved ones in care homes. -
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We spoke to people living in Sheffield about their journey through mental health services and support. Read their stories, and our recommendations for improving services for them and others. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in December and January - including Covid-19 vaccines, mental health services, communication from services, and dentistry. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in April - including positive experiences in hospital and of getting the covid-19 vaccination, as well as more challenging experiences with children's and adult's mental health services. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in May - including positive updates on accessible information, as well as issues accessing mental health care in a crisis, GP appointments, and an update on the Covid-19 vaccine rollout -
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On Equal Terms: Then and Now - Our latest annual report is a chance to reflect on a particularly unusual year. Find out how we responded to Covid-19, and investigated rising issues like access to services for Deaf people, and access to dentistry -
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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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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. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in October - including getting to the GP, making an NHS dentistry appointment, and getting the right care in hospital -
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JCI Sheffield is a voluntary organisation that provides development opportunities for young people (in their 20s and 30s) to create positive change. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in November - including getting appointments with the GP, finding an NHS dentist, and getting the right mental health support. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in March - including issues getting a GP or NHS dentist appointment, issues about accessing mental health and autism services and feedback from Sheffield's homeless community. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in April - including issues getting a GP or NHS dentist appointment, issues accessing mental health services and feedback about the proposed new healthcare centres. -
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These are the key things we have been hearing about in May - including issues accessing GP , mental health services and NHS dental appointments. We have also received feedback about hospital treatment and care and nursing home provision.
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These are the key things we have been hearing about in July- including issues accessing GP's , NHS dentistry, mental health and long Covid Support . We have also received feedback around hospital care. -
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These are the key things we have been hearing about in August- including issues accessing GP's , NHS dentistry, and mental health services . Feedback has been shared about hospital care and accessible information. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in February 2023 including GP feedback, hospital care and insights from the Community Champions. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in March 2023 including GP feedback, hospital care and insights from the Community Champions. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in April 2023 including GP feedback, hospital care and insights from the Community Champions. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in May 2023 including GP feedback, hospital care and mental health services. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in June 2023 including GP feedback, hospital care and mental health services. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in July 2023 including GP feedback, hospital care, and mental health services. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in August and September 2023 including GP feedback, hospital care, and mental health services. -
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This is the first report from the 2023-24 round of #SpeakUp grants. Space to Breathe worked in partnership with others to run a pilot project, exploring the challenges faced by people trying to access mental health support from their GP practice. Read more about their findings. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in October and November 2023 including GP feedback, hospital care, and issues with prescriptions. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in December - January 2024 including GP feedback, hospital care, and mental health services. -
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These are the key things we've been hearing about in February- March 2024 including GP feedback, hospital care, and mental health services.