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Our public event in May was all about improvements to local services and how these changes are reflected in documents such as the local Health & Care Plan. Read on to find out more if you couldn't attend. -
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As you told us that mental health is one of the most important aspects of health and social care, we made it a top priority for this year. -
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Many people want to know where to go when they need urgent health advice, treatment and care at any time of the day or night. Find out about how our report highlights some important consideration for people designing the urgent care system. -
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GP appointments in the UK are the shortest in Europe, so we tried to find out how people can maximise the benefit of time spent with their GP. Read more about what local people told us. -
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The health and development of children and young people can have far reaching consequences later on, both physically and mentally. Find out about the priorities of local people we spoke to about this issue. -
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The government has begun a consultation on its plans to improve mental health support for children and young people. -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth visited St John’s Hill and Brysson Whyte centres that provide Intermediate Care to people in Wandsworth. Read our report on what people said about their care.
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We spoke to people about managing their eye health. Read our report to hear people's experiences about what it's like to live in London with poor vision. -
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At our events we often hear that communication with healthcare professionals could be better.
In September 2018, local people discussed how professionals could better
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In May 2018, we held one of our quarterly events which members of the public attended to discuss health inequalities in Wandsworth. Read about what people said in our report. -
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Wandsworth Council and Enable Leisure and Sport wanted to update their Active Wandsworth
Strategy, which supports and encourages people to keep physically and mentally healthy through
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Evidence shows that mental health problems are significantly higher within prisons than in the
general population. Read our report on how this problem can be addressed.
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Each year we take a retrospective look back at our achievements throughout the last twelve months and try and pull them all together in our Annual Report.
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According to The National Autistic Society around 700,000 people in the UK have an Autistic
Spectrum Condition. Together with their families, this means autism is a part of daily life
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Healthwatch Wandsworth decided to visit Wandsworth prison to find out more about the quality of services, particularly for more disadvantaged groups such as older prisoners or those with mental health problems. Read our report on our findings. -
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A visit was organised to Mary Seacole
Ward at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, which provides an Inpatient Elderly
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Intermediate Care (IC) is intended to be a range of integrated services that promote faster recovery from illness; prevent unnecessary acute hospital admissions and premature admissions to long-term care and support timely discharge from hospital. -
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At our event in September 2018 we discussed communication with healthcare professionals and about what is important when we want to give feedback or raise a complaint. If you couldn't attend you can find out more in our report below. -
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We wanted to start a conversation about health inequalities in Wandsworth. Find out more about what health inequalities are like in Wandsworth. -
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Each year we publish an annual report so that you know what your local health and care champion have been doing and what we are planning for the next year. Hear about our fifth year in our annual report. -
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We focused on young people's mental health at our Assembly in May. We heard about local services and discussed new plans to improve support. Read more about it if you were not able to attend. -
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Planned improvements to the design and delivery of key local services was the topic of our Assembly event in December. Find out more about the key changes happening in our report. -
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We covered many things at our Assembly in September including our local health and wellbeing hub resource, making the most of a GP appointment and how St George's Hospital understands patient experience. More information is available in our report. -
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At our Assembly in May we covered a variety of mental health topics including local services available. The information presented on the day is available in our report. -
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Our event in February focused on electing our new Healthwatch Executive and changes to the way that health services in our community work together and be co-ordinated by a new organisation. Find out more what happened at our event. -
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We have been working as your champion for health and care services for four years. Read more about our work over the past year in our annual report. -
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In our third year as your consumer champion for health and social care we have been very busy. Read our annual report on how we have tried to represent the views of the Wandsworth community to improve health and social care. -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth has finished it's first year as the consumer champion for health and social care. Read about what we have done in our first year in our first annual report. -
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Find out what we have been doing in our second year at Healthwatch Wandsworth by reading our Annual Report for 2014-15. -
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In March 2017 we distributed our annual survey to our members, local residents and organisations, to find out how they view Healthwatch and our role. -
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Wandsworth Care Alliance (WCA) operates Healthwatch Wandsworth. Find out more about our WCA complaints policy. -
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We held an event in March about new developments to our local health services and a service that could help people who have complaints about NHS services. If you couldn't be there, you can still find out more in our report. -
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We had a busy event on 30th November 2016, we heard about many topics from a new mental health talking therapy service to larger scale plans to improve local health and care. If you want to catch-up on these topics, then read on. -
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At our event in June we heard about plans for improving outpatients at St George's Hospital and how Wandsworth Council have a standard to make sure their information is accessible for people. Read more about it in our report. -
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We held an event in December to hear more about developments at Nine Elms in Wandsworth and also to tell people what our Enter and View team have found when speaking to local people. For more information about these topics read this report. -
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At our event in May 2019 those in charge of local health and care services told us of plans to make improvements to services across Wandsworth and also specifically for hospital outpatients. Read the report on what attendees thought about the plans. -
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Young people who need support from mental health services can find their care interrupted as they make the transition from child and adolescent services (CAMHS) to adult services (AMHS). See what people told us about the transition in our report.
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Research suggests that 1 in 3 individuals with a disability will experience a mental health problem within their lifetime compared to 1 in 4 of the wider population. Find out what local people told us about the issues involved. -
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Research indicates that members of the LGBT+ community have higher instances of mental health problems than the rest of the population. We heard from the local LGBT+ community about their experiences and mental health. -
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At the start of 2016, Healthwatch Wandsworth was looking at ways in which young people would engage in online discussions about health and social care. Find out about a campaign the young people created and the responses they got from local people. -
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The Government launched a consultation on the NHS' plans to change how it uses patient data. Find out what people told us about the topic. -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth became aware of plans to develop a new strategy for carers; addressing their needs and how more can be done to support them. Find out what local people told us about being a carer in Wandsworth. -
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The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) developed nine standards for Pharmacists to ensure that patients receive safe and effective care and can maintain and improve their health and wellbeing. Read about experiences local people shared with us. -
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Wandsworth has a higher proportion of obese children than the England average and low levels of awareness about obesity and the many related health risks presents a serious local and national challenge. Hear local views on the topic in our report. -
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We caught up with the Head of Offender Healthcare to hear about what has changed since we visited. Find out more about how things have changed or improved. -
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Healthwatch Wandsworth were invited to visit three senior health wards at St George’s Hospital, Tooting to talk to patients and carers in September 2017. -
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Members of Healthwatch Wandsworth’s ‘Enter & View’ team made three visits to Champneys Ward and Dialysis service at St George’s Hospital to learn about the renal services that were being provided in February/March 2017. -
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We ran a campaign #ItStartsWithYou, highlighting the importance of the feedback that we received from each and every one of you about local health and social care services. As part of the campaign we analysed what people had told us in 2016-7. -
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Recent statistics have shown that the suicide rate in Wandsworth has increased. However, if the right support is available and accessible at the right time, suicide can be preventable. Find out what local people told us about the subject. -
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We spoke to local families about their experiences of Health Visiting services. We asked them if they understood the role of the Health Visitor (HV) and the kind of service they should expect from them. Find out what they said.