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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Survey of patients waiting in Accident and Emergency at Northampton General Hospital

We asked 173 people in the A&E waiting area at NGH about what other services they had tried to access before going to A&E and what their experience was

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Annual Report 2013-14

Read all about our year!

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A report on the views and experiences of children, young people and families of health and social care in Northamptonshire

Healthwatch Northamptonshire (HNW) wants to ensure that the views of children, young people and families are gathered and heard and positively influence current changes in health care for children and young people.

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Notes from Mental Health and Wellbeing Workshop

Healthwatch Northamptonshire held a mental health workshop in May to understand the changes happening in mental health services currently and to ensure service users and carers are involved