1. Information and Signposting

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    Healthwatch Northamptonshire's information and signposting support is confidential and free. Below are some useful links or search our advice and information page for lots more articles.

  2. Care Choices

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    Need to know more about care and care services in Northamptonshire? Care providers and care homes in the county are listed in the Northamptonshire Care Services Directory.

  3. Support At Home - British Red Cross Independent Living Services

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    British Red Cross offer short-term practical and emotional support to help people improve their wellbeing and quality of life and live independently in their community. Their services are tailored to each person’s needs and goals.

  4. Elderly Care: A Guide for Families New to Caring

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    SuperCarers (a UK organisation that helps families find the best possible elderly care option) has created a guide for families new to caring for elderly loved ones.

  5. Professional Standards Authority

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    The Professional Standards Authority helps to protect the public through their work with organisations that register and regulate people working in health and social care.

  6. Information on Modern Slavery

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    Modern slavery is the illegal exploitation of people for personal or commercial gain. It covers a wide range of abuse and exploitation including sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, forced labour, criminal exploitation and organ harvesting.

  7. Supporting Independence Programme

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    Each year, around one in three people over the age of 65 has a fall, resulting in significant injury. Falls are not an inevitable part of growing older, and there are lots of things you can do to help reduce the risk of falling.

  8. ACTS Amputee Support Group

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    ACTS is a group set up by Amputees in the Northampton area to provide support, advice and friendship to other Amputees and those who care for them.

  9. Empowering patients to stay independent after a broken bone

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    Strong bones after 50 is a guide that provides jargon-free information to patients and carers for supporting older people who have broken a bone following a fall.

  10. British Heart Foundation Heart Support Group

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    British Heart Foundation hosts Heart Support Groups, bringing hope and a healthier lifestyle to thousands of patients and carers across England and Wales.

  11. NICE Care Guides

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    A list of NICE's social and intermediate care guides

  12. VoiceAbility

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    VoiceAbility provide advocacy for people who need help to have their voice heard and to make complaints to health and social care services.

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

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    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.

  14. Annual Report 2013-14

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    Read all about our year!

  15. The views of people using Musculoskeletal (MSK) services and staff delivering MSK services

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    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.

  16. How to Make a Complaint About Adult Social Care Services

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    Adult social care is usually very good and most people don’t have any problems. But sometimes you need to raise concerns. This page tells you how to make a complaint.

  17. Local health and social care complaints contacts

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    A collection of local health and social care complaints contacts

  18. The Care Act 2014

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    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.