News and reports | Healthwatch Doncaster

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PRESS RELEASE: Project launched to gather views on care and support at home

Volunteers of Healthwatch Doncaster have helped to launch a project around care and support at home and have published an online survey this week to receive feedback from local people.

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PRESS RELEASE: Hospital team up with Healthwatch Doncaster to stress the importance of good nutrition

A team of nutrition link nurses at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) have teamed up with Healthwatch Doncaster to promote the importance of good nutrition and hydration for patients while they are in hospital

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PRESS RELEASE: Awards success for Healthwatch Doncaster at YMCA Training ceremony commemorating National Apprenticeship Week

From an Apprentice to Business Support Officer in under two years, Emily Green was celebrated as YMCA Training’s Apprentice of The Year, and in a double swoop, the organisation was named as Employer Of The Year at an awards ceremony last Friday

PRESS RELEASE – A new local support group for Trans and Gender Variant people is established for Doncaster

Trans Mission is an award-winning support group for Trans and Gender Variant people. The voluntary & community sector organisation will be opening its doors within the Borough this month

20 February 2018

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New report finds choosing care is one of life’s most stressful experiences but trusted information can help

Choosing adult social care in England is one of the biggest sources of stress compared to other key life events, according to a survey of 1,000 people carried out for the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

18 February 2018

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PRESS RELEASE: Local doctors urge people to keep it, cancel it or rearrange it as missed appointments report is published

Healthcare professionals are reminding patients to keep, cancel or rearrange their hospital appointments if they cannot attend, as a report into why over 50,000 scheduled dates are missed annually is published.

9 February 2018

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PRESS RELEASE: Healthwatch Doncaster joins forces with RDASH to set up a wheelchair forum

Wheelchair users in Doncaster are being encouraged to join a forum jointly created by Healthwatch Doncaster and Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDASH) to gather feedback on their experiences to advance services

24 January 2018

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The Road To Happiness, a poem by Glyn Butcher

A poem shared by Glyn Butcher, from The Peer Focussed Group in Intake, Doncaster

10 November 2017

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PRESS RELEASE: Hospital urges patients to get in touch if they are unable to attend their appointments

Press release from Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) focusing on the hospital appointments work that Healthwatch Doncaster will be working on

26 October 2017

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PRESS RELEASE: Doncaster GPs asked to keep things simple when seeking patient feedback

People confident GPs take their comments and concerns seriously. Yet 3 out of 4 (76%) have never given feedback, most commonly because they don’t know how to.

19 September 2017

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Patient Participation Group Network

Our Patient Participation Group Network sees local PPG members come together to represent various areas across the Doncaster Borough

17 September 2017

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Update on local GP surgeries: Church View, Dunsville Medical Centre & Ransome Practice

You may have read information in the local media about concerns surrounding three surgeries: Church View (Denaby), Dunsville Medical Centre & Ransome Practice (Scawthorpe).

6 September 2017