1. 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.

  2. New NHS treatment guidelines introduced in Doncaster

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    NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group have issued a news release today confirming new NHS treatment guidelines introduced in Doncaster. They will come into effect later this month after a review of national and regional treatment guidelines

  3. Micro-Grant Report: Doncaster Parents Voice (2017)

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    Joint event with The LADDER Group and Young Healthwatch Doncaster celebrating and encouraging young people to have a voice about services they use in Doncaster

  4. COVID-19: Local information

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    Find out local support and information that can help during this Covid-19 pandemic

  5. COVID-19: Local health and care information

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    Read how health and care services have adapted their services since lockdown

  6. Enter and View Policy

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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.

  7. 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

  8. Micro-Grant Report: Wellbeing Network (2017)

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    Integrating collecting health experiences from people using Bentley Library's wellbeing network.

  9. Event: Healthwatch Doncaster Cancer Signs and Symptoms Event 2015

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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.

  10. Transformation of Outpatients Services

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    Healthwatch Doncaster facilitated a workshop with NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group and Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to look at the proposals to transform outpatients follow-up care

  11. 24 Hours in Urgent and Emergency Care

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    Healthwatch Doncaster attended emergency and out of hours services across Doncaster over a 24 hour period in September 2019, to engage with patients to gather their experiences.

  12. Event: Healthwatch Doncaster Living Well Event Report (2015)

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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

  13. 24 Hours in Urgent and Emergency Care Follow-up 2020

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    The project on urgent and emergency care was re-created in 2020 in order to measure the impact of any changes to patient experience, either as a result of the review or Healthwatch Doncaster’s recommendations in 2019

  14. Hospital discharge during COVID-19

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    Healthwatch England have published a new report on hospital discharge during Covid-19

  15. Healthwatch England report on service user confidence in the NHS and social care services

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    In a recent poll, Healthwatch England asked people how confident they are that NHS and social care services can meet their needs

  16. Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals is rated ‘Good’ by Care Quality Commission

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    The CQC report published today (19/02/20), recognises a number of areas of quality care, practice and improvement at the Trust. Reflecting an overall positive picture, this latest report means that in addition to an overall Trust rating of Good

  17. Care Quality Commission tell local hospital Trust to make improvements despite being rated good in some areas

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    England’s Chief Inspector of Hospitals has told Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that it must continue to make improvements following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission

  18. NHS 70th birthday celebrations at Flourish Enterprises

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    Healthwatch Doncaster attended the NHS birthday celebrations last Sunday at Woodfield Park, where we had an Operation game for people to get involved in, and giving information to local people, raising awareness about Healthwatch

  19. Many women are positive about their maternity care, but improvements still needed

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    Findings from the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) national survey of more than 17,600 women who gave birth in February last year show that many had a good experience, including in relation to interactions with staff

  20. Care Quality Commission’s 2019 State Of Care Report

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    State of Care is Care Quality Commission‘s annual assessment of health care and social care in England

  21. Healthwatch England publishes its five year strategy from 2018-2023

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    Healthwatch England, the national umbrella organisation for local Healthwatch, has published its report focusing on its five year strategy from 2018-2023

  22. Think you need to go to A&E? Call NHS 111 first

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    The NHS is providing a new and more convenient way for you to access urgent care from the 1 December. Find out what this means for you and your loved ones

  23. Shortlist Announced for Local Hospital Awards

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    Healthwatch Doncaster are sponsoring one of the Star awards this year’s event – the Volunteer of the Year award and Healthwatch Doncaster are included in 2 of the shortlisted projects for the Collaboration and Partnership Award

  24. Report by Care Quality Commission shows confidence and trust in hospital staff high but stalled in some areas

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    Care Quality Commission report shows confidence and trust in hospital staff high but overall improvements in people’s inpatient experience have stalled

  25. National survey shows most people experience good urgent and emergency care, but lengthy waiting times remain a problem

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    50,000 people who received urgent and emergency care from services provided by 132 NHS trusts across England show that the majority are positive about most aspects of their care and treatment. However, a significant continue to report long waits

  26. New resource supports people and communities to influence local health plans on end of life care

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    A new resource to support people working alongside Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) with end of life care.

  27. PRESS RELEASE: Hospital urges patients to get in touch if they are unable to attend their appointments

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    Press release from Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) focusing on the hospital appointments work that Healthwatch Doncaster will be working on

  28. 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

  29. Healthwatch England report into analysis of NHS readmissions data

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    As part of a broader investigation into people’s experiences of leaving hospital, Healthwatch England is today publishing new analysis of NHS emergency readmissions data

  30. 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

  31. NHS warning to seek help for cancer symptoms as half of public report concerns with being checked

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    England’s top cancer doctor has urged people not to hesitate to get checked as new research revealed that nearly half of the public have concerns about seeking help during the coronavirus pandemic

  32. 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

  33. Care Quality Commission shows people in Yorkshire and Humber regret not raising concerns about their care – but those who do raise concerns see improvements

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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

  34. Healthwatch Doncaster volunteers Highly Commended for work on urgent and emergency care

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    At Healthwatch England's National Conference, hosted virtually week commencing 2nd November 2020, our volunteers' work on the Urgent and Emergency Care was Highly Commended

  35. Healthwatch England Annual Report 2019-20

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    Since COVID-19 struck, the work of the Healthwatch network to support and listen to local people became more crucial than ever. Find out more in Healthwatch England's 2019-20 annual report to Parliament about how we have helped make care better

  36. People's experiences of Cancer services in Doncaster

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    Reports during the pandemic highlighted the importance of gathering people's experience of accessing cancer services in Doncaster.

  37. New reports published - experiences of cancer services in Doncaster

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    Reports during the pandemic highlighted the importance of gathering people's experience of accessing cancer services in Doncaster. Read our report to find out more.

  38. Adult inpatient visiting suspended at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals

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    Due to a recent spike in COVID-19 transmission, visiting at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) has been restricted as of 11.59pm on Wednesday 16 March 2022.

  39. Local hospitals mark two years since completion of first in-house COVID-19 test

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    The Microbiology team at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) has marked the two-year anniversary since the very first in-house test for COVID-19 was completed at the Trust.

  40. 100 eggs donated to Children’s Ward at local hospital

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    Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals’ (DBTH) paediatric services have received a donation of 100 Easter eggs from John Mee Construction Ltd.

  41. Fluoroscopy Room Opens at Doncaster Royal Infirmary

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    A brand new fluoroscopy room has been opened at Doncaster Royal Infirmary (DRI), following an investment of more than £410,000.

  42. Local Hospitals Appoint First Ever Research Midwife

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    At the end of 2021, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) appointed its first-ever Research Midwife.

  43. Doncaster launches new research study to improve health outcomes for local children and families

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    An exciting new research study launches in Doncaster today (6 July), called ‘Born and Bred in Doncaster’ (BaBi-D).

  44. Trust-wide tea party hosted to raise funds for NHS

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    On Tuesday 5 July, and throughout the month, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) will be taking part in the NHS Big Tea to celebrate the 74th birthday of the NHS and say a huge thank you to all of our amazing colleagues across DBTH.

  45. Patient Initiated Follow Up introduced at local hospitals

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    Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals have started offering Patient Initiated Follow Up (PIFU) appointments to some of their patients.

  46. Doncaster Royal Infirmary officially opens the Jeannette Fish MBE CT Imaging Suite

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    After a delay due to the difficulties posed by the pandemic, the Jeannette Fish MBE CT Imaging Suite has officially been opened at Doncaster Royal Infirmary (DRI).

  47. Staff-only smear clinics to increase uptake in screenings

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    The smear clinics, which are hosted across all three of the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) sites, are specifically for staff who cannot attend cervical screening appointments outside of working hours.

  48. Local hospitals introduce therapy dog to improve staff wellbeing

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    Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals has welcomed Thunder the Therapy dog, an 8-year-old Woolly Siberian Husky known for his soothing abilities. Thunder is renowned for his ability to lower stress & anxiety levels of hospital staff and patients

  49. NHS veteran steps down after 65 years’ service to Montagu Hospital

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    The Chair of Montagu Hospital Comforts Fund was presented with a plaque by the Comforts Fund Trustees as she steps down from the role. Nora Gill, who trained as a nurse at St Luke’s in Bradford began working at Montagu Hospital in 1957.

  50. Charity Skydive raises over £7,500 for appeal at local NHS Trust

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    Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals held their first charity skydiving challenge at Skydive Hibaldstow, raising £7700 for the Serenity Appeal. The Appeal will enable the Trust to significantly enhance the maternity bereavement services.