1. NHS warning as winter vomiting bug closes 1,000 hospital beds

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    Find out more about how you can prevent the spread of winter norovirus

  2. Do you need help getting to hospital?

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    Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments.

  3. Do you need help travelling to NHS services?

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    Find out what support is available to help you when travelling to your GP, hospital or other NHS services.

  4. We want your views of using emergency ambulance services

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    To support our work on ambulance response times, we need your recent experiences of calling for an emergency ambulance.

  5. Annual Report 2018-19

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    Read all about our year!

  6. Fifteen Steps for Maternity at Kettering General Hospital

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    Together with Northamptonshire Maternity Voices Partnership, we carried out a 15 Steps Maternity Visit across both hospital trusts in Northamptonshire – Northampton General Hospital and Kettering General Hospital. This is the report for KGH.

  7. Fifteen Steps for Maternity at Northampton General Hospital

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    Together with Northamptonshire Maternity Voices Partnership, we carried out a 15 Steps Maternity Visit across both hospital trusts in Northamptonshire – Northampton General Hospital and Kettering General Hospital. This is the report for NGH.

  8. Where can I go for help when I’m ill in winter?

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    Feeling unwell? Read on for advice about where you can go for help with your health during the winter months.

  9. The ‘Big Ideas’ people in Northamptonshire think would improve local health and care services

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    Healthwatch Northamptonshire and NHCP NHS Long Term Plan community engagement report now published!

  10. 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.

  11. Young Healthwatch attend training on how to use the 15 Steps Challenge tool

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    This week we were pleased to run training about NHS England's 15 Step Challenge for young people from local Young Healthwatch's across the country.

  12. Northamptonshire Health, Care and Wellbeing Plan

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    Join the conversation and have your say

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. Thank you: Nearly 300 people told Healthwatch Northamptonshire what they think would make health and care better

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    Local people shared their views about how they want local health and care services to improve.

  19. The CQC rates EMAS as ‘Good’ overall and ‘Outstanding’ for caring

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    Congratulations to East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) which was graded overall as 'Good', with 'Outstanding' for the care that it provides, in the recent Care Quality Commission inspection report.