1. Enter and View Reports - GP Practices

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    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.

  2. Enter and View Reports - Residential and Nursing Homes

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

  3. Enter and View - Other Providers

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    Healthwatch North and West 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.

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

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

  5. Annual Report 2015-16

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    Read all about our year!

  6. A report on the views of children and young people with SEND in Northamptonshire

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    Since September 2015, HWN has engaged with CYP with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) using a variety of activity and methods.

  7. Training and Consultancy Services

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    Connected Together can help organisations in many ways to effectively engage with your community.

  8. Healthwatch Northamptonshire Understanding Mental Health Easy Read Guide

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    This information guide has been produced by Healthwatch Northamptonshire and is an introduction to mental health, possible problems and what help is available. It has been written for Children and Young People and their friends and family.

  9. Healthwatch Northamptonshire Understanding Mental Health Easy Read Guide - Matthew's Story

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    A young persons guide to understanding mental health - telling the story of Mattew

  10. Northampton General Hospital 24 hour survey in A&E

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    To gain a better understanding of why more patient are attending A&E and whether anything can be done to prevent inappropriate attendances, NGH, with the help of Healthwatch Northamptonshire, conducted a survey of ‘walk-in’ patients attending A&E.

  11. Revolutionising Engagement and Involvement Workshop Report

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    In May 2016 Healthwatch and the Patient Congress jointly held a public engagement event focusing on ‘Revolutionising Engagement and Involvement’.

  12. Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire Visit to Kettering General Hospital

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    In July 2016 two Young Healthwatch volunteers visited Skylark Ward (the children’s ward) at Kettering General Hospital (KGH) in order to give feedback to the hospital about this ward from the perspective of young people.

  13. The views of Children and Young People in Northamptonshire about Eating Disorders

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    Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire (YHW) carried out a survey asking Children and Young People (CYP) aged 9 to 24 about their knowledge and awareness of eating disorders.

  14. Eating Disorders and Body Image - Issues affecting LGBTQ Young People

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    Healthwatch Northamptonshire and Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire conducted an Eating Disorder survey, gathering views of over 2,000 young people locally with a focus group session with young people who attend the OUT THERE LGBTQ youth group.

  15. 10 top tips to get the most out of your dental appointment

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    Everyone should be able to access good quality NHS dental services. Take a look at our top tips to help you get the most out of your next dental appointment.

  16. Northamptonshire Sustainability Transformation Plan (STP)

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    The Northamptonshire Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) sets out how health and social care in our county will change over the next five years.

  17. Healthwatch Northamptonshire Visit to St Andrew’s Healthcare

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    Healthwatch Northamptonshire visited St Andrew’s Healthcare last week to meet with their CEO, Katie Fisher, senior managers and take a tour of some of the facilities and the grounds.

  18. Kettering General Hospital and Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire shortlisted for National Award

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    Kettering General Hospital and Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire have been shortlisted for a national award for work they have undertaken with young people.

  19. Healthwatch Northamptonshire activity on sensory impairment in 2018

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    Healthwatch Northamptonshire identified sensory impairment as one of its priorities for work in the year April 2018 to March 2019. This short report provides a summary of our activity on sensory impairment issues during 2018.

  20. New online system to cut Blue Badge application time

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    People eligible for Blue Badges can apply in a fraction of the previous time, thanks to a new system in Northamptonshire.

  21. Successful procurements mean Corby’s Urgent Care Centre will continue and an extra 1,000 NHS appointments a month will be available via a brand-new service

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    NHS Corby Clinical Commissioning Group has successfully procured two new contracts - meaning Corby’s Urgent Care Centre (UCC) service will continue and a new service providing 1,000 extra GP related appointments a month will be on offer to patients.

  22. Kettering General Hospital and Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire wins PENNA award in 'Team of the Year' Category

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    Kettering General Hospital and Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire have won a national award for work they have undertaken with young people.

  23. World Health Day 2020

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  24. Maternal Mental Health Matters Awareness Week

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  25. Make May purple

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  26. Mental Health Awareness Week

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  27. Dying Matters Week

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  28. Dementia action week 2019

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  29. Registering with your GP: understanding your rights

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    People have told us they can have problems registering with a GP. This article explains more about your rights and what do to if you are refused the right to register.

  30. What would to do to improve local health services? #WhatWouldYouDo

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    With growing pressure on the NHS – people living longer, more people living with long-term conditions, and lifestyle choices affecting people’s health – changes are needed to make sure everybody gets the support they need.

  31. How can you change the way mental health services are run in Northamptonshire? #WhatWouldYouDo

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    Healthwatch England need your help to understand how services can change to benefit your local community.

  32. Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire and Shooting Stars premier video about visit to Kettering General Hospital

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    Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire and Shooting Stars teamed up to create a short film about their visit to Kettering General Hospital.

  33. Join the conversation about health and care in your community

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  34. Joint Community Engagement Event – 2 May 2019

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    To inform future changes in the health and care system in the county, Connected Together CIC, Healthwatch Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership (NHCP), held a successful community engagement event with around 90 attendees.

  35. A snapshot of Carers’ views on the impact of Northamptonshire County Council cuts

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    During the autumn of 2018, Carers’ Voice and Healthwatch Northamptonshire undertook a small piece of work to identify the impact of recent cuts to Adult Social Care by Northamptonshire County Council on carers and those they care for.

  36. Carers Rights Day

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  37. Self care week

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  38. International Volunteer Day

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  39. National Stress Awareness Day

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  40. World Hospice and Palliative Care Day

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  41. World Homelessness Day

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  42. National Eye Health Week

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  43. World Suicide Prevention Day

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  44. Men's Health Week

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  45. World Diabetes Day

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  46. Independent Review of Health and Wellbeing Fora in Northamptonshire

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    The Northamptonshire Health and Wellbeing Fora enable engagement with a broad range of public sector and voluntary organisations in seven districts and boroughs in the county.