1. 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.

  2. Micro-Grant Report: Choice for All Doncaster (2017)

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    Representing the voices of people with Learning Disabilities around their experiences at the Dentists.

  3. Micro-Grant Report: Choice for All Doncaster (2019)

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    Members of ChAD and Rossington Smile held several meetings to discuss scenarios which can be used to show people what could occur through social media.

  4. Spreading the News July - Speakup and their advocates

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    Catch up with the latest news and updates from Speakup and their advocates.

  5. Spreading the News August - Speakup and their advocates

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    Catch up with the latest news and updates from Speakup and their advocates.

  6. Flying the flag for learning disabilities

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    An NHS governor is flying the flag for people with learning disabilities by using his own knowledge and lived experience to improve the lives of people living with the condition.

  7. Have your say on a New Barnsley all-age autism strategy

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    NHS South Yorkshire is working with Barnsley Council and local health and social care partners to help build a new All-Age Autism Strategy for the next five years and are seeking the views and experiences of children and adults with autism, parents, carers and experts in the town.
    Members of the public are invited to attend the first in a series of drop-in events to help develop new, long-term plans for supporting people with autism of all ages in Barnsley.

  8. Do you need help travelling to NHS services?

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    Find out what support is available to help you when travelling to your GP, hospital or other NHS services.

  9. Should I see a pharmacist instead of a doctor?

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    ​​​​​​​Avoid the wait at the GP and know when to visit your pharmacist instead. Look at how your pharmacist can help you.

  10. Event: Healthwatch Doncaster Community Pharmacy Event

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    Healthwatch Doncaster planned the Pharmacy and Keeping Safe Event as part of its commitment to their strategic engagement priorities, cross boundary working and signposting. In addition the presentations aimed to impart information and knowledge

  11. Prescribing changes could save NHS £569 million

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    NHS commissioners in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw are asking local people to help them save a share of £569 million

  12. Self-care campaign launched in Doncaster, to encourage purchasing over-the-counter medicines

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    A new campaign led by Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group to help raise awareness of the importance of self-care has launched in Doncaster, to help reduce prescribing by encouraging people to purchase over the counter medicines

  13. Self-care in Doncaster

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    This year, a campaign was launched to help increase self-care and reduce prescribing in Doncaster

  14. Healthwatch Doncaster event on Your Local Pharmacy & Keeping Safe Campaign

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    An event by Healthwatch Doncaster on Your Local Pharmacy & Keeping Safe Campaign

  15. Choose Well Doncaster – an app to help advise on using health services and how to find them

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    ‘Choose Well Doncaster’ is a handy and easy-to-use app for iPhone, which gives local people advice when it’s best to use health services and where they can find them

  16. Healthwatch England Annual Report 2016/17

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    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

  17. Healthwatch England Annual Report 2018-19

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    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

  18. Local practice teams gearing up to deliver the Coronavirus vaccine in Doncaster

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    After months of preparation and international rigorous testing, the first Coronavirus vaccine will land in Doncaster this week