1. Report -

    In October '17 Healthwatch Doncaster, working in partnership with the local Hospital NHS Trust and NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group commenced a three month engagement project to look at why people miss their hospital appointments
  2. Report -

    Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) annual assessment of the state of health and social care in England looks at the quality of care over the past year
  3. Report -

    Joint event with The LADDER Group and Young Healthwatch Doncaster celebrating and encouraging young people to have a voice about services they use in Doncaster
  4. Report -

    This document sets out the approach of Healthwatch Doncaster to Enter and View. The policy is a ‘live’ document which is reviewed regularly to ensure it stays up-to-date.
  5. Report -

    Integrating collecting health experiences from people using Bentley Library's wellbeing network.
  6. Report -

    The aim of the event were to raise awareness of Skin and Prostate Cancer and inform people what is happening locally around Prostate Cancer.
  7. Report -

    This was a drop in session for Refugee and Asylum Seeker women and children. The session is also used to do craft work and it also serves as a food distribution and clothing hub
  8. Report -

    The group is organised and run by volunteers, most of whom have macular disease, or know someone who has a macular condition. The group offers support and help in understanding macular disease and coming to terms with sight loss.
  9. Report -

    Bassetlaw residents group are a group of people living in Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire
  10. Report -

    Be Cancer Safe is a social movement across the region which aims to raise awareness of cancer and increase the number of people diagnosed earlier. They hosted a Community Engagement Event at New York Stadium in Rotherham
  11. Report -

    Deaf Futures meet every Friday in a local community centre and have access to a BSL interpreter. The session is for the deaf community of Rotherham to attend as a social activity, to find out information on what is
    happening in the community
  12. Report -

    A group discussion took place around the NHS Long Term Plan Survey. In attendance were 13 volunteers, more information about the demographics can be found in the report
  13. Report -

    A group of adults ranging across all ages who meet together for the purposes of Peer Support around mental health
  14. Report -

    A group of adults ranging across all ages who meet together for the purposes of Peer Support around mental health. This was the second visit to the PFG and gave access to some of the previous members from the week previous but in addition gave access
  15. Report -

    Prison Healthcare Reps work on each Wing in the Prison to support fellow prisoners with access to healthcare and support services. The group of reps meet monthly with the Lead Nurse for Healthcare in the
    Prison.
  16. Report -

    This was a drop in for men of all ethnicities to get together and discuss topics which are relevant to them. They encourage and welcome new people to the group and give support to new arrivals in particular
  17. Report -

    A community group supported by the local church in Bentley. They offer help to anyone irrelevant of their religious beliefs. Engagement around the views and opinions of local people in regards to the NHS Long Term Plan
  18. Report -

    Rotherham Military Community Veterans Centre (MCVC) Group are all Serving or Ex Service people or supporters, working together to provide a one stop point of contact in the Borough for our fellow military personnel
  19. Report -

    Sea Cadets is a national youth charity, working with 14,000 young people between 10 and 18 years old across the UK. Doncaster Sea Cadets works in the local community to give young people access to incredible opportunities and skills
  20. Report -

    Healthwatch Sheffield facilitated a two hour focus group with a group of ten adults with learning disabilities. Five support staff employed by Burton Street Foundation
    were also in attendance. The group was well established and were comfortable
  21. Report -

    Healthwatch Sheffield facilitated a focus group with a group of Sheffield Futures’ Young Advisors and members of the Youth Cabinet. There were 13 participants in total, aged between 13 and 24.
  22. Report -

    Please find below all the data, charts and wordclouds relating to the NHS Long Term Plan project in 2019 that Healthwatch Doncaster was the leading co-ordinator for Healthwatch in the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw region
  23. Report -

    Healthwatch Doncaster facilitated a workshop with NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group and Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to look at the proposals to transform outpatients follow-up care
  24. Report -

    Healthwatch Doncaster attended emergency and out of hours services across Doncaster over a 24 hour period in September 2019, to engage with patients to gather their experiences.
  25. Report -

    Healthwatch Doncaster planned a Living Well Event that included presentations to impart information and knowledge which attendees can share with other partners
  26. Report -

    The project on urgent and emergency care was re-created in 2020 in order to measure the impact of any changes to patient experience, either as a result of the review or Healthwatch Doncaster’s recommendations in 2019
  27. Report -

    Healthwatch England have published a new report on hospital discharge during Covid-19
  28. Report -

    In a recent poll, Healthwatch England asked people how confident they are that NHS and social care services can meet their needs
  29. Report -

    State of Care is Care Quality Commission‘s annual assessment of health care and social care in England
  30. Report -

    Healthwatch England, the national umbrella organisation for local Healthwatch, has published its report focusing on its five year strategy from 2018-2023
  31. Report -

    Healthwatch Doncaster attended the Hospital Services Review event on 8th March
  32. Report -

    A new resource to support people working alongside Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) with end of life care.
  33. Report -

    As a result of discussions with Commissioners Working Together, Healthwatch Doncaster was asked to provide additional support by having conversations with local people, groups including seldom heard, to gather their thoughts about the STP
  34. Report -

    As part of a broader investigation into people’s experiences of leaving hospital, Healthwatch England is today publishing new analysis of NHS emergency readmissions data
  35. Report -

    Over the last year Healthwatch has heard from 341,000 people, carers and staff, all of whom have given their time to share their experiences of health and social care services
  36. Report -

    Last year, Healthwatch supported over 336,000 people to share their story about health and social care. These views resulted in over 7,200 recommendations to services about the improvements that people would like to see
  37. Report -

    Since COVID-19 struck, the work of the Healthwatch network to support and listen to local people became more crucial than ever. Find out more in Healthwatch England's 2019-20 annual report to Parliament about how we have helped make care better
  38. Report -

    Reports during the pandemic highlighted the importance of gathering people's experience of accessing cancer services in Doncaster.
  39. Report -

    Catch up on the Yorkshire Ambulance Service Stakeholder update for May 2023. The ABS wants to keep you updated with their work, achievements and challenges.
  40. Report -

    In the past week, the Care Quality Commission published 189 reports on services which have been inspected by specialist teams of inspectors.