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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
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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
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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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Local Healthwatch is shortlisted for work on urgent and emergency care in major national awards scheme. Shortlisting recognises Healthwatch Doncaster’s volunteers for gathering people’s experiences of A&E services in the Borough. -
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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 -
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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. -
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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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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 -
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Healthwatch England have published a new report on hospital discharge during Covid-19 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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Healthwatch Doncaster attended the Hospital Services Review event on 8th March -
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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 -
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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 -
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A new resource to support people working alongside Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) with end of life care. -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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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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 -
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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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After months of preparation and international rigorous testing, the first Coronavirus vaccine will land in Doncaster this week -
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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 -
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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 -
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Reports during the pandemic highlighted the importance of gathering people's experience of accessing 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. -
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Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals are encouraging local people to continue their support for the NHS following the Covid-19 pandemic and stand for election as public governors.
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A new ‘self-service’ system will be in place in the emergency departments at Doncaster Royal Infirmary and Bassetlaw Hospital as clinicians work to improve the sign-in process within the area and reduce overcrowding in waiting rooms. -
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Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) have appointed their very first Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) Lead Nurses.
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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.