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Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments. -
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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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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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Young people's Q&A with Greg Fell, Sheffield's Director of Public Health
Tuesday 14th June, 4.45-7pm. The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, S1 4FW -
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We are aware that some physically disabled people may be experiencing difficulties accessing dental services.
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Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group is holding a consultation into interpreter services in primary care settings (GPs, dentists and optometrists). -
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Judy Robinson, Chair of Healthwatch Sheffield, is now a regular contributor to the Sheffield Telegraph’s Health page. Her first article was published today. -
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Today we publish our report investigating the experience of disabled people accessing dentists in Sheffield. -
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Healthwatch Sheffield have launched #SpeakUp Grants aimed at local groups to enable them to run projects that help local people share their experiences of health and care services in Sheffield. -
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On Tuesday 23rd January 2018, Healthwatch Sheffield’s Chief Officer, Margaret Kilner, appeared on BBC Radio Sheffield’s Breakfast Show to be interviewed by Toby Foster about our recent work. -
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Come to our workshops to hear health and social care professionals respond to recommendations raised in our report Not Equal: the experiences of Deaf people accessing health and social care services in Sheffield -
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We have announced the successful recipients of our first round of #SpeakUp grants, a scheme which helps voluntary and community groups to find out what local people think about their health and social care services. -
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The Government’s recent survey of 108,000 LGBT people found that many had difficulties accessing health services, some had experienced inappropriate questioning from healthcare staff, and that many feel their specific needs are not taken into account -
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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. -
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Do you have an idea that could help improve health and care for your community? -
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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. -
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Healthwatch Sheffield, in partnership with local groups SAYiT and Transactive, has carried out an investigation into the experiences of trans people using health and care services in the city. -
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We are looking for two new members of Healthwatch Sheffield’s Strategic Advisory Group. These volunteers help to shape and guide our work, and are an important part of our team. -
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This August we’re celebrating people who are inspired to make life better for others. They will be featured in a photography exhibition to showcase their amazing work. -
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We worked with Sheffield Mencap and Gateway to explore the experiences of people with a Learning Disability when they access health and social care services. -
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This report provides a snapshot of the barriers Deaf people experience in using health and social care services in Sheffield. It sets out many of the issues we've heard, and what we're asking commissioners and service providers to do in response. -
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A brief update on what we’ve done in the 6 months since the BME Event -
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Writing our Annual Report has given us the opportunity to look back over some of the work we were doing before Covid-19 disrupted life for everyone, as well as reflect on the early impact of the pandemic for local people. -
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The Health Team at Zest work closely with Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) women and had been made aware of a number of issues in relation to how and why the women access GPs and other health services. -
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City of Sanctuary Sheffield used our Speak Up grant to run two health events for asylum seekers and refugees in Sheffield in May 2018, to listen to their experiences of local health services. -
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Shipshape is a community health organisation based in Sharrow. They offer a range of one-to-one and group health and wellbeing services. Shipshape received a grant to gather the views and experiences from people who are supported by their services. -
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Disability Awareness with Sport (DAWS) runs DAWS Community Gym in Hackentorpe. They support people with disabilities to improve their health and wellbeing, and wanted to better understand their clients’ experiences of health services. -
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Foxhill Forum used their #SpeakUp Small Grant to engage with their community at Foxhill and Parsons Cross and ask about their experience of accessing health and social care provision. -
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The Sheffield Chinese Community Centre used their #SpeakUp grant to conduct surveys, interviews, workshops and a focus group meeting with Chinese members to obtain feedback about their experiences and views on local health and social services. -
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The Link Community is a community hub based in South East Sheffield. They run a nearly new shop and delivers other activities and services to support local people. They used their #SpeakUp grant to talk to local residents about their experiences. -
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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. -
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Edukation Solutions is an organisation that offers courses to those who have English as a second language. They used their #SpeakUp Grant to consult with the BAMER (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee) community about their views on health care -
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Reach South Sheffield is a community regeneration organisation working with local people in the communities of Gleadless Valley, Lowedges, Batemoor and Jordanthorpe. They heard from parents about their experiences of accessing health services. -
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Sheffield ME & Fibromyalgia Group provides information and support for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and Fibromyalgia, their families and carers.
They used their #SpeakUp Grant to create a film documenting the ‘Missing Millions’ event. -
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South Yorkshire Eating Disorders Association (SYEDA) helps people with eating disorders and their supporters. They used their #SpeakUp Grant to explore a voice initiative and to consider the new eating disorders pathway in Sheffield. -
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Foxhill Forum is a community organisation based in North East Sheffield. They used their #SpeakUp Grant to support local pople to take photos using the theme of health and wellbeing and to discuss their own experiences. -
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SAYiT provides support for young people aged 12-25 years old who identify as LGBT+ or affected by HIV. They used their #SpeakUp Grant to explore young people’s experiences of sex and relationships, health and puberty advice and education. -
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City of Sanctuary Sheffield provide information, advice and support to refugees and asylum seekers. They used their #SpeakUp grant to explore what kinds of health and wellbeing advice and activities would help asylum seekers and refugees. -
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Sheffield Mencap & Gateway provides support to adults and children with learning disabilities and their families and carers. They wanted to explore the awareness of and experiences of people with learning disabilities regarding Annual Health Checks. -
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2018-19 was the second year of our #SpeakUp small grants scheme. Building on last year's success, we awarded grants to 11 local groups who helped their communities to #SpeakUp about health and social care. You can read a summary of the reports here. -
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Healthwatch Sheffield, in partnership with local groups SAYiT and Transactive, has carried out an investigation into the experiences of trans people using health and care services in the city. -
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In March, we published the findings from our investigation into the experiences of health and care in Sheffield's trans community. Health and social care commissioners have now told us what they're going to do in response. -
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We worked with Sheffield Mencap and Gateway to explore the experiences of people with a Learning Disability when they access health and social care services. Here's what they told us. -
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Today we are publishing four interviews with local people, who discuss their own thoughts and experiences regarding the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on People of Colour, and the reports from Public Health England addressing this disparity. -
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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. -
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10 local people were nominated to take part in an exciting collaborative project between Healthwatch Sheffield and photography group Archive Sheffield. -
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In January 2018, we published our report ‘Not Equal: The experiences of Deaf people accessing health and social care services in Sheffield’. This is the British Sign Language version of the report. -
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The Sheffield Chinese Community Centre works to support people of Chinese descent living in Sheffield. They wanted to explore the impact of the emerging COVID-19 pandemic on the people who use the centre. -
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This briefing sets out the key issues we're hearing about COVID-19 and its impact on local people, from 15th June - 10th July. It includes the impact of long term isolation, and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on people from BAME backgrounds