1. Domiciliary Care Lay Monitoring Pilot Project Report

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    Healthwatch Northamptonshire has been working in partnership with Northamptonshire County Council on a pilot project to monitor the quality of home (domiciliary) care services.

  2. Report on the Domiciliary Care Lay Monitoring Project Phase 2: November 2014 – March 2015

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    We have been finding out what people who use domiciliary care and their families think about the quality of this essential service.

  3. Annual Report 2014-15

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    Read all about our year!

  4. A summary of parents’ experiences of using the health visiting service in Northamptonshire

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    Healthwatch Northamptonshire volunteers interviewed 221 parents in 8 locations across Northamptonshire. We found that the majority of parents were satisfied with the service in general, especially when they had specific concerns.

  5. Home care services: What people told Healthwatch about their experiences

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    Over the last year, the number of local Healthwatch citing improvements to home care services as a priority for their community has doubled. A new report explains what people have told Healthwatch about their experience of home care.

  6. CQC publishes its review of how local health and social care systems work together in Northamptonshire

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    The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its findings following a review of health and social care services in Northamptonshire.

  7. Quick poll results - Three-quarters of you would like to be involved in producing your care plan

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    Our June 2018 quick poll asked you about how you want to be involved in planning for your care as you get older.

  8. Healthwatch Northamptonshire’s support for health and care services and the people using them during the pandemic

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    As a statutory body, Healthwatch has the role of working with others to both help communities have clear and accurate information and advice and safeguard the rights and wellbeing of people who use health and social care services.

  9. Share your experience of health and social care services during the COVID-19 pandemic so we can help services better help you

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    During the current crisis, it is really important that we hear about your good and bad experiences of health and social care.

  10. Northamptonshire Adult Social Services Independent Service User Survey

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    Last year Northamptonshire County Council commissioned us to find out what changes are needed in the way they provide adult social care.

  11. The future of health and social care in Northamptonshire workshop report

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    On the 14 May 2015 Healthwatch Northamptonshire invited the heads of the local health and social care providers to a workshop to discuss the future of health and social care in Northamptonshire.

  12. Experiences of caring during the coronavirus pandemic

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    Your feedback from 2020 suggested that more people were providing care to their loved ones during the pandemic and the changes to services had put extra strain on carers. In 2021, we set out to find out more about the experiences of unpaid carers.

  13. Annual Report 2020-2021 - On equal terms

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    This year has been a very difficult one for everybody. While Healthwatch could not visit health and social care premises, we were still able to investigate the impact of the pandemic on people's access to the services that matter to them most.