Speak up and help improve mental health services in Northamptonshire

We all love the NHS, but let’s make it even better this year. Tell us about your experiences of health and social care, and the changes that you would like to see made locally, in our online survey. #SpeakUp2020

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We want to know about the emotional wellbeing of Young Carers’ in Northamptonshire

Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire Young Carers Service want to find out about the emotional wellbeing of young carers locally.

Following on from the emotional wellbeing project with Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership in which Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire gathered the views and experiences of young people across the county on mental health and wellbeing services, Young Healthwatch now wants to find out specifically about the emotional wellbeing of young carers in Northamptonshire.

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We want your views of using emergency ambulance services

To support our work on ambulance response times, we need your recent experiences of calling for an emergency ambulance.

We want to know your experiences of using EMAS from the last 12 months. We will be collating patient stories across Healthwatch in the East Midlands. This will help us get a picture of how the service meets the needs of those in our area.

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Healthwatch Northamptonshire and NHCP community engagement report now published!

Nearly 300 people shared their experiences and views on how to improve health and care services in Northamptonshire through our surveys and joint community engagement event with Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership.

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Healthwatch Northamptonshire receives highly commended recognition at national award

A soldier returned safely from Afghanistan, heads home with his family.

We are pleased to announce Healthwatch Northamptonshire has been recognised as highly commended in the ‘Helping more people to have their say’ category at the 2019 Healthwatch Network Awards.

Veronica Male is a Chartered Legal Executive at a Northamptonshire solicitors, specialising in Court of Protection work and has been a volunteer with Healthwatch Northamptonshire for almost 2 years.

As part of Volunteer’s Week Veronica spoke to us about her role and why she thinks volunteering helps her in her job as a Legal Executive.

Please take some time to complete our very quick poll!

We are currently asking about your experiences of using NHS 111.

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Find out more about local consultations and have your say!

Local and national health and social care organisations often want to know what you think about changes they want to introduce. Some of the issues that these organisations are currently asking could affect people who use health and social care services, so it is important that you have your say.

Ever wondered what we do and how we can help you? Check out short video!

Healthwatch video: What are we all about?

We are here to make sure your voice is heard and that you get the best out of health and care services in Northamptonshire. This short animation explains in just one minute what are we all about.

Check out our one minute video and see how we can help you!

Healthwatch Northamptonshire Strategy 2018-2020

Our vision: Healthwatch Northamptonshire will be a strong, resolute and independent community champion. We will give local people a voice and work in partnership to influence the design and quality of health and social care provision so that all local people have an opportunity for an improved quality of life.

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