Report
Our Impact: new booklet available
Alongside this year’s Annual report, we have created an A5 booklet that shares the impact of our work, with a focus on tackling health inequalities and improving local services.
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Have your say about contacting your GP practice online
Healthwatch Hillingdon have launched a survey to find out how local people in North West London have found contacting their GP practice online.
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Improving dental and oral health in care homes: new research project
We’ve been hearing from a number of care home residents in Westminster and RBKC about the difficulties they have when trying to access dental care. This got us thinking about how dental care is managed in care homes.
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Vaccination: now offered to 12-15 year olds in schools
The vaccine is now being offered to all 12 to 15-year-olds and the NHS will be delivering the vaccination through schools. Schools are contacted with students of this age to arrange a date to vaccinate their students.
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International Influence: strengthening local health and care for young people
Our work is focused on giving local people a voice in health and care; however, we also like to share when our work gets mentioned internationally…
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What is adult social care?
Do you or a loved one need help with social care? Read the article below and find out answers to key questions about who can access adult social care and how to pay for it.
Advice and Information
We are piloting an exciting new student engagement project with the North West London Schools Research Network
Healthwatch Central West London will collaborate with the North West London Schools Research Network to pilot a new student engagement project in schools across North West London.
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We take on a leading role in a new pilot project to reduce health inequalities nationwide with Healthwatch England
Imagine a project that not only facilitates conversation and idea-sharing between Healthwatch branches across the country, it also plays an important part in removing barriers that may prevent engagement work with minority ethnic groups and other minority groups…
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Homecare: helping our local councils to understand what needs to change…
In our first ‘in-person’ event after lockdown restrictions eased, we brought together people who receive home care, relatives, unpaid carers, and workers from Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea Councils for a workshop on improving local home care services.
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Digital Healthcare: hearing from minority ethnic groups locally
For the past 8 months, we have been carrying out public engagement in collaboration with a range of grassroots partnerships to understand how people have been using health services and healthcare support ‘online’. Using health services in this way is becoming known as Digital Healthcare*.
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Helping Garway patients to understand what’s happening to their data
We were delighted to work with the Garway Medical Practice Patient Participation Group (PPG) earlier this month to help Garaway patients to understand the issues surrounding General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR).
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