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Report on the Domiciliary Care Lay Monitoring Project Phase 2: November 2014 – March 2015
We have been finding out what people who use domiciliary care and their families think about the quality of this essential service.
20 July 2015
Report
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Annual Report 2014-15
Read all about our year!
19 June 2015
Report
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A summary of parents’ experiences of using the health visiting service in Northamptonshire
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.
21 May 2015
Report
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The future of health and social care in Northamptonshire workshop report
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.
14 May 2015
Report
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Patient experiences of GP services in Northamptonshire
Healthwatch Northamptonshire visited 25 GP practices in 2014 and spoke to 234 people. We spoke to the practice managers to find out more about how their practice works, what they thought worked well and their views on the challenges faced.
12 May 2015
Report
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A report on Healthwatch Northamptonshire’s public engagement campaign
Throughout October, November and December 2014, we ran our public engagement campaign, Make your Voice Count 2. Our aim is to engage with the community and gather your views and experiences.
9 April 2015
Report
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A report on Healthwatch Northamptonshire’s Young People’s Health and Wellbeing Conference
Healthwatch Northamptonshire’s Young People’s Conference, held on the 18 February 2015, was planned and designed to be a positive and fun day to enable young people between the ages of 12 and 18 to engage with other young people and professionals.
20 March 2015
Report
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A report on a survey of Young People’s Wellbeing in Northamptonshire
Healthwatch Northamptonshire and the Northamptonshire Young Leaders carried out a survey on the wellbeing of young persons aged 11-25 across the county
4 March 2015
Report
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The Care Act 2014
There are new duties for local authorities, as well as changes to how care is charged for, who has to pay and how much people will have to pay towards their care.
8 December 2014
Report
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A report on patient experience at Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Healthwatch Northamptonshire has published a report on patient experience of Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KGH)
2 December 2014
Report
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Domiciliary Care Lay Monitoring Pilot Project Report
Healthwatch Northamptonshire has been working in partnership with Northamptonshire County Council on a pilot project to monitor the quality of home (domiciliary) care services.
26 September 2014
Report
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The views of people using Musculoskeletal (MSK) services and staff delivering MSK services
Working in partnership with the local NHS, we wanted to find out what patients and staff thought of current services and how they could be improved.
11 August 2014
Report