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Our Autumn 2015 newsletter shares updates including the difference your comments have made, plans for the new Children & Young People's Health & Wellbeing plan, and the work of our volunteers -
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Our Early Spring 2015 newsletters shares updates including our report on Patient Transport in Sheffield, and an update on Young Healthwatch -
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People who need help getting to hospital appointments just want to know how long they have to wait for patient transport. Read more of our key findings in our latest report. -
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In February 2015, 3 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Croft Acres Residential Care Home. -
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Our Late Spring 2015 newsletter shares updates including our Young People's Question Time event, and our Virtual Advisory Network (VAN) -
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In March 2015, 6 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Haythorne Place Care Home. -
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In May 2015, 2 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Aaron View Care Home. -
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In March 2015, 2 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Balmoral Care Home. -
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In April 2015, 4 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Heeley Bank Care Home. -
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In May 2015, 5 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Westbourne House Nursing Home. -
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Did you know we’ve listened to, spoken with and provided information or advice to 2,289 individuals from across Sheffield, of all ages and from all backgrounds? -
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Our Summer 2015 newsletter shares updates including our work with people living with Musculoskeletal problems, and our latest Annual Report. -
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In June 2015, 3 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Cairn Care Home. -
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Public Health England has published a report giving an overview of health and life expectancy in Sheffield.
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Do you use adult social care services (or know someone who does)? -
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Are you in receipt of Continuing Health Care funding from the NHS, a disabled person/carer who may be eligible or thinks they may be eligible for NHS funding or a health practitioner? -
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Our Early Autumn 2015 newsletter shares updates including what 'really good' Adult Social Care should look like, our Enter & View work, and Young Healthwatch's newest work -
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Do you spend time helping a partners, family member, friend or neighbour due to illness, disability, frailty or addiction?
The care you provide may be personal, practical, emotional or supervisory and is unpaid. -
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Have you, or someone you know, experienced a mental health crisis?
Healthwatch Sheffield wants to hear about people’s experiences of mental health services whilst going through a crisis. -
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The Children & Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Strategy has been developed by NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group and Sheffield City Council in partnership with children, young people and healthcare providers. -
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In August 2015, 2 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Pitsmoor GP surgery. -
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In September 2015, 3 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Firth Park GP surgery. -
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The CQC have today launched their State of Care report, its annual analysis of the quality of health and adult social care in England. -
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Are you passionate about high quality health and social care in Sheffield? -
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Do you possess leadership experience in an organisation, business or volunteer role? -
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People with Musculoskeletal Conditions aren’t getting the emotional support they need. This is the key finding from our report on services treating Musculoskeletal Conditions – which affect the bones, joints, muscles and ligaments. -
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Winter is generally a very busy time for the NHS and health services in general, which is why the NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), and its partner organisations, undertake a winter communications campaign. -
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Sheffield City Council is undertaking a review of the city’s approach to improving public health in Sheffield and its relationship with inequalities. -
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The mandate to NHS England sets the government’s objectives for NHS England, as well as its budget. -
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We know from our conversations with the public that some patients report feeling rushed during appointments and struggling to make themselves heard. Here are some tips that could help you get the most out of visiting your GP. -
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The Care Quality Commission have published their latest report on the ‘State of Health Care and Adult Social Care in England 2014/15’. -
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Healthwatch Sheffield has been working on creating a toolkit (the ‘Involvement Assurance Framework’) for organisations to use when they involve the public.
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Sheffield’s children’s services are benefitting from an additional £1 million which will go towards improving children and young people’s emotional wellbeing and mental health services. -
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Would you like to be involved in developing information for patients and the public?
Are you interested in standards of osteopathic practice? -
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Sheffield pharmacists are encouraging people to think pharmacy first when treating their winter ailments. -
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In August 2015, 2 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Darnall Primary Care GP surgery. -
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From July to September 2018 the Yorkshire Cancer Patient Forum hosted a survey, supported by Healthwatch Wakefield, to hear the views and experiences of people affected by cancer in the region. -
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GPs, dentists and other primary care services are the most common issue to be explored. Needs of children and young people to feature strongly, and mental health and social care appear in the top five for third year in a row -
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Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group have published a new leaflet to help people choose which service they should access: their pharmacies, their GPs, A&E, or somewhere else? -
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The NHS Long Term Plan was published on Monday – following a number of issues being previewed in the media over the past week. Much of the content of the plan is as expected but I thought it might be helpful to highlight some key messages. -
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We’re recruiting!
Healthwatch Sheffield are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our staff team. -
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In October and November 2018, Healthwatch Sheffield were invited to three meetings run by Sheffield Autistic Society. We listened to adults with Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) and their families/carers about their experiences -
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Cancer patients across South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire are being asked to come forward to share their cancer stories using pictures and films. -
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NIHR Devices for Dignity Med Tech Cooperative (D4D) are working in partnership with the Yorkshire & Humber AHSN to host a workshop to identify potential technology solutions that address unmet needs for people with long term neurological conditions -
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This report captures the findings of a Focus Group held on 4th December 2018 about people’s experiences of CHC assessments. Participants were individuals whose needs have been assessed and family members and carers. -
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Our position statement makes clear the principles by which we engage with the new partnerships, and our role in supporting the Accountable Care Partnership to develop their approach to service user and population voice. -
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In November 2018, OFSTED and the Care Quality Commission led an investigation into how services in Sheffield identify and meet the needs of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND). -
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The Care Quality Commission carried out a national survey of more than 17,600 women who gave birth in February last year. -
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Sheffield Drugs and Alcohol Coordination Team (DACT) are the team responsible for commissioning drug and alcohol treatment services in Sheffield. -
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Our February 2019 newsletter shares updates including our work on the NHS Long Term Plan, our work with the Accountable Care Partnership, and a briefing on the experiences of people with autism