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We wanted to share some important information regarding the coronavirus situation. -
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What do dental practices need to do to make them accessible for their patients? -
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The national COVID-19 vaccination programme is well underway in Hertfordshire, with both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines being given to local residents. Whether you have had the vaccine or not, we want to hear from you. -
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NHS organisations in the East of England and North London are working together to review services at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre and resolve concerns about the ageing estate, support facilities and patient pathways. -
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The national vaccination programme is well underway in Hertfordshire and both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines are being given to local people. -
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To ensure that everyone who is most at risk from COVID-19 can get protected as quickly as possible, the NHS is calling those in the first four priority groups to contact and book their vaccine, if they haven’t got an appointment yet. -
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Across East and North Hertfordshire, a new survey has been launched to gain vital feedback on end of life care to help improve services and share learnings. -
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To ensure you are offered the COVID-19 vaccine, it is very important that you are registered with a GP practice. Not being registered with a GP practice could delay receiving your vaccination. -
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Keith Shephard has been volunteering for Healthwatch Hertfordshire for almost five years and shares his reasons for volunteering and commitment to the charity. -
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This is the second strategy for Healthwatch Hertfordshire enabling us to look back to our beginnings in 2013 and plan for our future from 2020 onwards. -
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Healthwatch Hertfordshire has been working with Newton Europe to ensure service user experiences fed into their work on improving community and acute services. -
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We worked with our Learning Disability Service Watch Group to co-produce an Annual Health Check research project. The focus of the work was to investigate the uptake and quality of Annual Health Checks from the Learning Disability Community. -
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Find out what the veteran community in Hertfordshire told us about their experiences of accessing healthcare. -
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We engaged with the veteran community in Hertfordshire to find out their experiences of accessing healthcare. -
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What’s it like having a Physiotherapy assessment on the telephone and what do patients think of the physiotherapy service provided by Connect Health in West Hertfordshire? Read our report to find out what they said. -
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The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way people access their GP practice and a report by Healthwatch England has found not everyone is pleased with these changes. -
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The CQC said it was unacceptable for any do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions to be made without proper conversations with the individual, or an appropriate representative, taking into account their wishes and needs. -
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The review of Mount Vernon Cancer Services is moving into a new engagement stage and project organisers want to hear from you. Find out what is happening now and how you can get involved and have your say. -
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We want to hear about your experiences of accessing dental services over the past few months, to learn what worked well and what could be better. -
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Read more about our May 2021 General and Board meeting in public. Our Board members re-elected a Trustee who had served their three year term of office and heard about our priorities for the year ahead. -
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Healthwatch England warns the dental care crisis shows no signs of slowing, with four in five people (80%) struggling to access timely care between January and March 2021. -
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The COVID-19 vaccine is our best defence against the virus, alongside effective social distancing, wearing a mask and washing your hands. Getting vaccinated means protecting yourself and may also help to protect your family and friends. -
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Read more about our 2021 AGM, where the members approved the accounts, we took a moment of pause to reflect on the past year - and we heard from guest speaker Jim McManus, Director of Public Health for Hertfordshire. -
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Saturday 26th June 2021 was Armed Forces Day and an ideal occasion to look at what has been achieved since we published our Veterans Healthcare Access report last March. -
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Read about our efforts during the past year to ensure the patient voice was heard amid the Covid-19 pandemic and improvements made to Hertfordshire services as a result. -
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Official message from NHS England - Anyone using or visiting healthcare settings must continue to wear a face covering and stick to social distancing rules. -
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Have you had to self-isolate in the last six months? Hertfordshire County Council is carrying out a survey to understand the challenges and barriers people face when required to self-isolate. -
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Welwyn Garden City’s Urgent Care Centre (UCC) is to close overnight, due to very low numbers of patients using its services at night for a number of years. -
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Every year our AGM is an opportunity to reflect and celebrate our achievements over the past year. -
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The UK's COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been the most significant public health exercise in recent history. While the rollout has been an incredible achievement, we wanted to understand people's motivations to either receive or refuse the vaccine. -
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Our report detailing what people told us about the COVID-19 vaccines has been published and contains the views of more than 1,800 Hertfordshire residents. Find out what people told us. -
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In a recent letter to midwives, obstetricians and GPs, Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, Chief Midwife, reminds all healthcare professionals that ‘they have a responsibility to proactively encourage pregnant women to get vaccinated.’ -
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Read more about the August 2021 Board meeting in public. This time our Board Members discussed the recruitment efforts and the figures from our recent contract monitoring return to commissioners. -
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The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is advising that all 16 and 17 year olds receive their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. -
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Even positive change can lead to anxiety, and it can take time to readjust to things we have not done for a while. -
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Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT) Step2 Early Intervention wants to hear from children and young people about their information leaflet on self harm. -
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As the success of the COVID-19 vaccination programme sets the UK on a course towards recovery, it is essential that we learn lessons from the past 18 months. -
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During the past 18 months, patients have found it very difficult to find up-to-date information about NHS dental practices. Read our report to find out why and how patients could be better supported to find the information they need. -
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During the past 18 months, patients have found it very difficult to find up to date information about NHS dental practices. Read our report to find out why and how patients could be better supported to find the information they need. -
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Carers of people who have used psychiatric inpatient services called for more support for both themselves and the person they care for. -
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Find out how carers, support services and our local mental health Trust took action to improve support for carers when they were most vulnerable. -
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A Health and Social Care Bill was introduced to Parliament in early July. -
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You might think your feedback doesn’t make a difference to how health and social care services are run. We want to show you that it does. -
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The Government are encouraging all 12–15 year olds to have their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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The King’s Fund and Healthwatch England have jointly called for urgent action to address hospital waiting lists and improve patients’ experience of delays to treatment. -
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Feeling Good Week is a Hertfordshire-wide event encouraging schools and the wider community to promote children and young people’s emotional wellbeing by raising awareness of mental health and showing where help can be accessed within the community. -
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Join us for our Extraordinary General Meeting, where the company will be voting to elect and re-elect those Members of the Board of Trustees who are standing. -
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Local healthcare leaders have made further improvements to Annual Health Checks, in response to our research investigating the experiences of the learning disability community.
