Kettering General Hospital and Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire have won a national award for work they have undertaken with young people.

The two organisations entered the Patient Experience Network National Awards (PENNA) in the ‘Team of the Year’ category.

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We are very pleased that our work on maternity services, Young Healthwatch and access to services for hearing impaired people (by our volunteer Sandra Bell) was recognised at the Healthwatch Network Awards!

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• New Healthwatch Northamptonshire Manager

• New smartphone waiting times app helps patients locate NHS services in Northamptonshire

• Healthwatch Northamptonshire Visit to St Andrew’s Healthcare

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Annual Report 2017/18

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Thank you so much to all our lovely volunteers and their passion for creating positive change with regards to health and social care locally. 

Volunteer Lead, Becky Calcraft said: "We are delighted to achieve Investing in Volunteers. I am extremely proud of our diverse team of committed volunteers."

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We are extremely proud of our young volunteers who keep inspiring us with their desire to have a positive impact on health and social care locally. Their work has been recognised by Investing in Children.

Read our article to find out more about Young Healthwatch and the award

Our Young Healthwatch volunteers celebrated winning the Investing in Children (IiC) award! This was a great way to acknowledge their great achievements so far, alongside with their parents and carers.

Read more and see pictures from the event here

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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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