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Annual Report 2015-16

Read all about our year!

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Make Your Voice Count - Views and experiences of health and social care in Northamptonshire, specifically cancer, diabetes and dementia

Between October 2015 and January 2016 Healthwatch Northamptonshire (HWN) carried out our third annual ‘Make Your Voice Count’ campaign.

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Enter and View - Other Providers

Healthwatch Northamptonshire is able to use it's Enter and View role to look at and report on a variety of health and social care services, including privately run services, where public money is used to provide care.

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Enter and View Reports - Residential and Nursing Homes

Healthwatch Northamptonshire reports on its Enter and View visits to residential and nursing homes

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Enter and View Reports - GP Practices

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.

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The views of parents/carers, staff and volunteers on services for under 5s delivered by Children’s Centres and Library Plus in Northamptonshire

Healthwatch Northamptonshire (HWN) Children, Young People and Families working group visited Library Plus and children’s centre services in Northamptonshire to hear from families, staff and volunteers about the services provided for children under 5.

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Healthwatch volunteers and staff asked 565 people in the waiting areas at Northampton General Hospital A&E, Kettering General Hospital A&E and Corby Urgent Care Centre about their experiences of A&E and urgent care.

18 September 2015

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Healthwatch Northamptonshire’s report on people’s experiences of services provided by NHFT

We have published our report on the experiences of people using services provided by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT).

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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.

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Annual Report 2014-15

Read all about our year!

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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.

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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.