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A visit was organised to Mary Seacole
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A mortality review of patients who underwent cardiac surgery at St George’s Hospital is being carried out. Read the update on the review. -
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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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What is it like being a carer in Wandsworth? We launched a survey to find out. -
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Two years ago we spoke to carers about the challenges they face and managing their own health and their feedback helped develop a new cares strategy. We spoke to carers recently to see if support had improved. Find out more about what they said. -
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If you are a Dermatology patient at St Georges Hospital and want to have your say about the service you receive. Join the Dermatology Patient Panel.
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There is a new system that makes it easy for health and care professionals to access your medical records that are held by another health organisation. Find out how it works! -
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The different levels and layers of mental health support available in our community were the focus of discussions at our public event back in February. If you couldn't attend take a look at what happened. -
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The Voluntary Sector Forum helps to connect local people, voluntary sector organisations and community services in such a way that all benefit from the services Wandsworth has to offer. -
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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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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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A new report from the CQC has found that there needs to be more of a focus on oral health in care homes. Read more from Healthwatch England about the perspective from the Healthwatch network.
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Read about the research from Healthwatch England suggesting that dementia care needs to be improved. Often people needing care are unaware of what they can access and what they are entitled to. -
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Wandsworth Council's Co-production and Partnership Group wants local people who use social services, carers and voluntary sectors representatives to work partnership with council staff to help shape the way adult social care services are developed. -
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Carers in Wandsworth told us they need more support and now Wandsworth Council are developing a new digital tool. Find out more and how you can shape this new tool. -
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You can contribute to the improvement of local NHS cancer services in Wandsworth. Find out how -
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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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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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If you need medical help and advice you can now choose a new online method to seek appropriate treatment. Find out more about how you can use this new service. -
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From October this year, the new NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service will offer local pharmacy appointments to anyone calling NHS 111 about minor conditions such as earache or a sore throat.. -
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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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You can contribute to improving your local NHS services for outpatients in Wandsworth. Find out how.
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Read more about a new and exciting opportunity for local people who have experience of using cancer services and have accessed psychological support during or after treatment. -
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We spoke to people to find out their experiences of our local recovery café, a relatively new type of service aiming to offer peer support, therapeutic activities and a "safe" place for people to talk. Read more about what people told us. -
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We talked about Health Inequalities at our event in September 2019. Find out what's happening locally and what people said about efforts to tackle Health Inequalities. -
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We went to speak to people who have support from East Wandsworth Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). We've written our report on what people told us, read this report and what the CMHT will be doing differently, based on what people told us. -
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The Wandsworth Health and Care Plan was launched on 7th October as a collaborative plan to tackle key health issues in the borough. Read more about the plans. -
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Read about a new NHS initiative which asks "What is Mental Health?" -
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Sometimes we say we're fine when we're not. Read about how the time to change campaign is looking to create more positive perspectives on mental heath. -
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What Does a Crisis Look Like? Find out about SHOUT for support in a crisis. -
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The service will help GP's and pharmacists prescribe and dispense medicines faster and more securely and make it easier for patients to pick up repeat prescriptions. -
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Read our report on the discussions about the best way to reach different groups with health inequalities, with public health campaigns. -
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Find out more about how a Pharmacy in Wandsworth could help you quickly get some advice if you are feeling unwell. -
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Do you have diabetes or care for someone who does? Find out more about a diabetes group now meeting in Wandsworth. -
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Are you passionate about care and support provided to people living with Dementia and their carers in Wandsworth? Find out how you could be involved in interviews for a Dementia Support Service.