Issue 2 - 2022
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Your Voice Makes A Difference
Each month Healthwatch provides reports to local Health and Social Care service providers and commissioners to inform them of the type of experiences we’ve received.
By speaking to Healthwatch you are helping us highlight to those who run and fund these services what is working well an what could be better.
NHS Complaints
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Our NHS Complaints page answers these questions for you and provides easy means for you to access any support, if you need it.
Local Services
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Our interactive map has each area broken down by postcode to make accessing the information you need as easy as possible.
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Healthwatch has unique roles which provide you with opportunities you need to improve your local community for the future to come.
#YourCareYourWay
No one should ever feel judged for asking for healthcare information in a different format so that they can understand it. Some people, such as disabled people and those with sensory impairments, have the right to get this information provided in a way they can understand.
Help us create change and extend these rights to ensure no one is ever stuck with information they can’t understand – share your experiences with us today.
Young Carers Action Day
Do you look after a family member, like your mum, dad, sister or brother? What support do you get to help look after them? We want to know!
Take five minutes to tell us – anything you say won’t be shared with anyone else.
Partner Information
Have You Got The NHS App?
The NHS App gives you more control over your health and care. Use it wherever you are, at any time of the day or night.
It puts information about your health and treatments at your fingertips. This means you can see it when speaking to a health and care professional, for example.
You can use the NHS App to:
- book and cancel appointments;
- access your medical record securely;
- order repeat prescriptions;
- find trusted NHS information on hundreds of conditions
and treatments and get instant advice; - register your organ donation decision;
- find out how the NHS uses your data.
Cancer Quality of Life Survey
People diagnosed with breast, prostate or colorectal cancer are being asked to complete a #CancerQualityOfLife survey 18 months after diagnosis. The results of the survey will be used by NHSEngland to improve support for patients.
Have you had your cervical screening?
All women and people with a cervix aged 25-64 are eligible for cervical screening.
Females will be invited for screening every three years if aged 25-49 and every five years if aged 50-64.
Those registered as male will need to make an appointment with their GP practice.
Patient Engagement Forum
Would you like to help shape our services @HullHospitals?
The next patient forum is being held on the 24th March from 10am – 12 noon with guest speakers from Orthopaedics, Patient Knows Best and the Operational Improvement Team
Our Best Years’
New programme launches to support older people’s health and wellbeing with help from rugby stars
Hull KR Foundation and Hull FC Community Foundation have partnered with Age UK Hull and Pickering & Ferens Homes to deliver this new initiative, which is part of NHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group funded programme; ‘Teaming up for Health’.
Our Best Years welcomes every older fan, regardless of ability, to join what will be primarily conversation-led sessions, incorporating a mixture of light, appropriate exercises, such as chair exercises and tai chi.
Following the launch event, regular sessions will take place three times a week across the East and West of the city. No booking is required.
- Every Monday at Hebrides Close, East Hull HU9 3LF, 1.30pm-3.30pm
- Every Tuesday at West Garth Ave Pop-In, West Hull, HU6 8LS, 1pm-3pm
- Every Friday at the MKM Stadium Community Hub, West Park, 10.30am-12.30am
For more information on the project, please email maisie.malton@hullfc.com or ian.spencer@hullkr.co.uk.
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