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Four questions staff should ask you or a loved one about your oral health if you’re a care home resident, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quick guide. -
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Representing the voices of people with Learning Disabilities around their experiences at the Dentists. -
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Read how health and care services have adapted their services since lockdown -
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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. -
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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 -
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Healthwatch Sheffield report investigating the experience of disabled people accessing dentists in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw -
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Integrating collecting health experiences from people using Bentley Library's wellbeing network. -
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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 -
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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. -
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Bassetlaw residents group are a group of people living in Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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A group of adults ranging across all ages who meet together for the purposes of Peer Support around mental health -
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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 -
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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. -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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. -
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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 -
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Healthwatch England share what over 1,300 people have told us about their experience of NHS dentistry during July and September 2020 -
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today published the findings of an in-depth review on the state of oral health care in care homes across England -
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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 -
Advice and Information -
‘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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling for people to speak up about their experiences of care, as new research shows that people in Yorkshire Humber had concerns about their care but didn't raise them -
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Healthwatch England urge the Government to take urgent action to address issues with access to NHS dental care as people share their poor experiences. -
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Everyone should be able to access good quality NHS dental services. Take a look at our top tips to help you get the most out of your next dental appointment. -
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Health issues unfortunately don't leave us alone at the weekend and people are often in need of medical assistance out of hours. Using NHS guidelines, we have provided some advice and information on where you can go for help when your GP is closed. -
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Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments. -
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End of life care is support for people who are in the last months or years of their life. The guidance on the NHS website helps you know what to expect, how to plan ahead and how to manage your day to day decisions. -
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Help make sure that your practice meets people’s accessibility requirements using this checklist from Healthwatch Slough. -
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If you are experiencing or feel at risk of domestic abuse, or are worried about someone who might be, find out where you can go for advice and help. -
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National Voices, Traverse, PPL and Healthwatch England put together some tips on how to get the most out of the virtual health and care appointments both for patients and health and care professionals. -
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COVID-19 poses a unique challenge for health and social care professionals when talking to someone with hearing loss. Here are some important tips to help you communicate effectively. -
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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 -
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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. -
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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. -
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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 -
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As part of on-going work with our local partners Voiceability Doncaster, the Local Medical Committee and NHS Doncaster CCG there was a willingness to get involved in developing some videos and information to support people to prepare for dying well -
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One of our roles at Healthwatch is to make sure people in Doncaster are informed about health and social care in the Borough. To help do this, there is a regular e-newsletter that we distribute so you can have the information straight into your inbox -
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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. -
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The aim of the event were to raise awareness of Skin and Prostate Cancer and inform people what is happening locally around Prostate Cancer. -
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Healthwatch Doncaster planned a Living Well Event that included presentations to impart information and knowledge which attendees can share with other partners -
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Helping people choose the right health and care service in Doncaster