1. PRESS RELEASE: Local Healthwatch make it even easier for people to volunteer

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    Healthwatch Doncaster is looking to recruit volunteers from across the Doncaster area. We want to give the people of Doncaster, in particularly those who are seldom heard, a chance to have their say about health and social care provision locally.

  2. PRESS RELEASE: Doncaster group publishes innovative appointment card for people with learning disabilities

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    A local peer support group is celebrating the completion of a unique appointment card to help people with learning disabilities attend their health and care appointments, with the aid of a grant from Healthwatch Doncaster.

  3. Care Home visits – Healthwatch Doncaster’s report

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    Engagement officer Sandie Hodson, alongside an enthusiastic team of Healthwatch volunteers, undertook nineteen care home visits between July – December 2016.

  4. PRESS RELEASE: Report on urgent care shows overall patient satisfaction

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    A new report by Healthwatch Doncaster on urgent and emergency care has shown people in the Borough are positive about the service received, including during the Covid-19 pandemic.

  5. PRESS RELEASE: Healthwatch running between the wickets alongside Doncaster Cricket Club on the Great Get Together weekend

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    As national celebrations take place on the Great Get Together weekend starting on 16th June 2017, Healthwatch Doncaster will bat alongside the local cricket club to engage with communities to capture feedback and experiences of health and social care

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

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    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.

  7. PRESS RELEASE: Access to GP services survey launched in light of worrying statistics showing long waits for an appointment

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    Access to GP services survey launched in light of worrying statistics showing long waits for an appointment

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

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    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.

  9. PRESS RELEASE: Board member at Healthwatch Doncaster urges local people to have their say on the long term plan

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    Healthcare in Doncaster will only work if people get to have their say – urges Healthwatch Doncaster Board member Sucha Singh.

  10. PRESS RELEASE: Voluntary groups encouraged to work together as part of annual grant scheme

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    Community groups in Doncaster can team up to apply for a maximum amount of £1,000 during Healthwatch Doncaster’s annual micro-grant scheme that launched this week.

  11. PRESS RELEASE: Engaging with people to gather their experiences of cancer services

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    Cancer services have been impacted by Covid-19 and that’s why Healthwatch Doncaster have launched a new project to hear from local people to share their experiences to help inform local service delivery.

  12. PRESS RELEASE: Local people in the region have their voice heard after publication of the NHS Long Term Plan report

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    Over a thousand people in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw have provided their views on the NHS Long Term Plan to improve health services.

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

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    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.

  14. PRESS RELEASE: Patient feedback encouraging about emergency care services in Doncaster

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    Experiences of local emergency and out-of-hours services in the Borough are rated mostly positive by patients, in a new report published by Healthwatch Doncaster.

  15. PRESS RELEASE: Elle Rochelle Smith, wins ‘YMCA’s Apprentice of the Year Award’

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    YMCA Business Administration Apprentice, 19-year-old Elle Rochelle Smith from Doncaster, has been recognised for her outstanding achievement at Healthwatch Doncaster – an independent organisation, which shapes health and social care services

  16. PRESS RELEASE: Healthwatch awards ceremony to celebrate recipients of its micro-grants scheme

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    Successful applicants of Healthwatch Doncaster’s micro-grants scheme will be celebrated at a ceremony event this Thursday at the Doncaster College for the Deaf.

  17. PRESS RELEASE: Change made at a rapid pace to improve patient experience and care

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    The North East Commissioning Support Unit, Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in partnership with Healthwatch Doncaster and a range of local health and care organisations led a review of spinal care, fibromyalgia and ophthalmology.

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

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    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

  19. PRESS RELEASE: Relative Poverty exhibition set for launch at Cast Doncaster

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    A local photo exhibition highlighting the daily lives of three families in Doncaster is set to tour the town’s Community libraries after Healthwatch Doncaster joined its crowdfunding drive earlier this year and provided match-funding for the project

  20. PRESS RELEASE: Doncaster people share their stories about emotional health in a new report

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    People across the Borough value support from family and friends with their emotional health, alongside others with shared experiences, detailed in a report published by Healthwatch Doncaster

  21. PRESS RELEASE: New survey launched to hear people’s views on GP care during the pandemic

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    Patients in Doncaster who have accessed healthcare support from their local GP during Covid-19 are being encouraged to have their say in a new survey by Healthwatch Doncaster

  22. PRESS RELEASE: Local resident wins Facebook giveaway to commemorate NHS 70 birthday celebrations

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    To honour the occasion of the 70th birthday of the NHS last month, Jenson Faye will be savouring a bundle of treats to celebrate after being the named the winner of Healthwatch Doncaster’s Facebook competition

  23. PRESS RELEASE – Funding of £500 available for local groups to facilitate health and social care conversations

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    Conversations around health and social care can be discussed in a range of innovative ways, and that’s why Healthwatch Doncaster has launched its micro-grant scheme for local groups to apply for £500 to help engage, inform and influence

  24. PRESS RELEASE: Local people engaged in a survey to gather their views on access to GP services

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    Comments that access to GP services is an issue for Doncaster patients has been a common theme from patient feedback to Healthwatch Doncaster.

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

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    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

  26. PRESS RELEASE: Student Evan urges people to have their say about changes to the NHS

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    Healthcare in Doncaster will only work if people get to have their say – urges student Evan Howle

  27. PRESS RELEASE: Local Healthwatch launches daily music playlist to help combat isolation

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    “Music gives a soul to the universe” said Plato, and it’s with this spirit that during the nationwide restrictions due to the coronavirus, Healthwatch Doncaster is inviting local people to share their song of choice for a daily playlist

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

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    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

  29. PRESS RELEASE: Healthwatch Doncaster wins national award for its regional leadership around the NHS Long Term Plan

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    Listening to people about the NHS Long Term Plan locally saw Healthwatch Doncaster recognised as the winner in the Outstanding Achievement category at the annual Healthwatch Network Awards that took place in Birmingham this week

  30. PRESS RELEASE: National report calls for local health services to make more space for new parents to talk about their mental health

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    A new report exploring the experiences of women with mental health problems during the journey to parenthood has found that many people are not experiencing the consistent support they should expect if services were following NHS guidelines

  31. PRESS RELEASE: Early feedback of local survey shows problems for local people to contact their local GP

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    Healthwatch Doncaster are encouraging people in Doncaster to have their say on access to GP services after initial responses reveal they struggle to get through to their surgery via telephone

  32. PRESS RELEASE: Make your Doncaster photos front and centre in Healthwatch Doncaster’s annual report

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    Exercise has been implemented in our daily routine since lockdown, if you’ve turned into a keen photographer during your travels then Healthwatch Doncaster want to give you the chance to showcase your Doncaster snaps in our forthcoming Annual Report

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

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    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

  34. PRESS RELEASE: Study into homecare support in the Borough shows users are extremely satisfied but local Healthwatch suggests recommendations

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    A survey looking into the homecare and support people in Doncaster receive has revealed 62% are extremely satisfied with the service, however Healthwatch Doncaster recommendations have called for improvements

  35. PRESS RELEASE: Over 1300 people tell Healthwatch across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw what they think would make the NHS better

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    Local people in Doncaster are being recognised by an independent health and social care champion for sharing their feedback about the local implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan

  36. Young people talk about the vision for more joined up health and care services

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    Healthwatch Doncaster spoke to students at Doncaster College to ask them about their thoughts on joined up health and care services

  37. PRESS RELEASE: Annual Report published by Healthwatch Doncaster shows outcomes of local people’s views on health and social care

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    Healthwatch Doncaster is pleased to publish its Annual Report 2019-20, reflecting on a year that saw local people have their say around health and social care and which culminated in delivering virtual sessions during the Covid-19 pandemic

  38. Keeping you safe and well during the Coronavirus pandemic

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    Information on the latest changes to the national guidance on shielding from NHS Doncaster CCG to come in effect on 1st August 2020

  39. Care Quality Commission report shows good progress by NHS hospital trusts on learning from deaths

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    Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections have shown good progress is being made by some NHS hospital trusts to implement national guidance on learning from deaths.

  40. How can the local NHS improve emergency and urgent care?

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    Local doctors and clinicians are asking Doncaster residents how they can improve emergency and urgent care within the area

  41. South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STP)

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    People living in Barnsley, Bassetlaw, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield are being asked for their views on the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP)

  42. More needs to be done to make patients safe, says a CQC report into independent ambulance services

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    The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling on independent ambulance services, commissioners and the wider system to do more to make sure patients are safe, following concerns identified during its inspections

  43. Hospital Services Review event – 6th November 2018

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    A team of people have carried out a review of hospital services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw. The review has looked at all of the services and has made recommendations on changes they think could be made to some of our hospital services

  44. Call for more BAME residents to get involved in research

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    A Doncaster researcher is making a call out to people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities across the UK to get more involved in research

  45. Dying really does matter

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    NHS Doncaster CCG. senior doctors and nurses in Doncaster are encouraging people to think about eventuality of death as part of national Dying Matters awareness week.

  46. New app launched to help you find NHS services locally

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    The Choose Well App will help you to ‘choose well’ when you need to use NHS services in Doncaster, leaving urgent care to those who need it most