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During early 2014 Healthwatch Rotherham received concerns from parents regarding the
CAMHS. We worked with these families to capture the views of local people on the culture of the
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We carried out this report to enable commissioners to develop an outcomes framework for the Adult Mental Health Older Peoples
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A new website has been launched which will help young people deal with emotional health and well being issues. "My Mind Matters" website offers advice and guidance to young people, their parents and carers and those who work with young people on emotional health and well being issues.
The website has been set up by Rotherham Council and NHS Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group with help from young people, will help the borough's younger residents and their families access information, advice and support, on emotional health and well being issues.
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Alliance of local and national care organisations calls for feedback from unpaid carers after a year which has seen enormous challenges for all those working in the health and social care sector, those using services, and their loved ones -
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A big thank you to all the participants who attended our February Lets Talk...session where we talked about mental health and what support is on offer in Rotherham -
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During March and April 2021 we conducted three surveys looking into mental health services in Rotherham. The three surveys were: children and young people, adults and an organisational survey. -
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Healthwatch Rotherham are undertaking a new project titled 'Mind, Body and Soul' over the next few months to find out what people in Rotherham want from services. We will be releasing three surveys in total. -
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Thank you to everyone who attended out latest "Lets Talk" session, where we discussed anxiety, what causes anxiety? how can we manage our anxiety? and is all anxiety bad? -
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Thank you to everyone who attended our latest ‘Let’s Talk’ session which discussed suicide prevention and awareness, in collaboration with Rotherham’s ‘Be the one’ suicide prevention campaign. -
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Our latest report titled 'Mind, body and soul' is now published and available to read below. -
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Our latest 'Let's Talk' event took place on Wednesday 23rd March at 11am and discussed an Age Friendly Rotherham -
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Our latest Let's Talk event was held on Zoom and discussed Perinatal Mental Health -
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Our latest report on Long Covid/Post-Covid syndrome is now available to read below. We wanted to get an overview of how Long Covid is affecting Rotherham residents, what symptoms they are experiencing and what services they are accessing -
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Our September ‘Let’s Talk’ event looked at suicide prevention and awareness. -
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Healthwatch Rotherham believe it is important that you, as a resident, knows who pays for your health and social care services in South Yorkshire. -
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Our final event of 2022 discussed loneliness. We were joined by 13 attendees and had some fantastic guest speakers who generated some really in-depth and thought provoking discussions. -
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Our second in-person Let's Talk event took place at Silverwood Miners Welfare Resource Centre to a group of 35 attendees from the Military Community Veterans Centre (MCVC).
The topic chosen by the group was Dementia. -
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Our February Let's Talk event focused on eating disorders and had 7 attendees with a mixture of the public and professionals. -
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On the 29th June, Healthwatch Rotherham and Shiloh embarked on a unique 'Let's Talk' event with 5 attendees on a barge at Swinton Lock. The event covered mental health and 5 ways to wellbeing. -
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Healthwatch Rotherham are working with the Rotherham Crisis Team Service to gather feedback from those who have accessed the service themselves/on behalf of someone else, and wish to share their experiences, good or bad. All feedback is anonymous.
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In June this year, we were approached by RDaSH to find out about local people's experiences with the Crisis Service in Rotherham. You can view our findings in our report below: -
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In January 2024, we spoke to 61 people about their experiences and feedback on health and social care services in Rotherham. This was through a combination of in-person engagement and enquiries. You can find their feedback below: -
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In February 2024, we spoke to 43 people about their experiences and feedback on health and social care services in Rotherham. This was through a combination of in-person engagement and enquiries. You can find their feedback below: -
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On Thursday 21st March 2024, Healthwatch Rotherham attended Landmarks College 'Independence Fest' at Renishaw Community Centre! -
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Our Community Engagement Officer Andrea has been out and about in the community this month gathering feedback from local people about their experiences with health and social care services in Rotherham. -
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In March 2024, we spoke to 58 people about their experiences and feedback on health and social care services in Rotherham. This was through a combination of in-person engagement and enquiries. You can find their feedback below: -
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During February and March 2024, we were joined by two University of Sheffield students, Olivia and Holly.
They were a fantastic addition to our team and spent their time carrying out vital research for us as well as attending engagement events with our Community and Engagements officer, Andrea.
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On 8th April 2024, our Community Engagement and Projects Officer, Andrea, visited Rotherham’s Parkinson's support group to have a general chat about all things Healthwatch. -
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In April 2024, we spoke to 47 people about their experiences and feedback on health and social care services in Rotherham. This was through a combination of in-person engagement and enquiries. You can find their feedback below: -
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Our Community Engagement Officer Andrea has been out and about in the community this month gathering feedback from local people about their experiences with health and social care services in Rotherham. -
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On Tuesday 14th March 2024, Healthwatch Rotherham attended Dearne Valley College for their Health & Wellbeing event! -
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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. -
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The Rotherham Health App the new tool to help you manage your healthcare more efficiently. -
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The NHS states that patients have a legal right to register at whichever GP practice they choose. GP practices must accept any patients who wish to register with them unless they have reasonable grounds to refuse registration. -
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Feeling unwell? Read on for advice about where you can go for help with your health during the winter months. -
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Find out about the drive and walk through flu vaccine clinics used in Rotherham this winter -
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Thank you to everyone who attended our latest Let's Talk session where we discussed the current access to GP Services -
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Healthwatch Rotherham have conducted a report that looks into how Rotherham residents access GP services, any issues they have experienced in the past 12 months, and how providers can improve the patient experience. -
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Our May 22 newsletter is now available to read -
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Our 2021-2022 Annual Report is now published and available to read.
If you have any questions about anything featured in this report, please contact the Healthwatch manager Natalie Palmer on: Natalie.palmer@healthwatchrotherham.org.uk -
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Please see below the front page of last weeks Rotherham Advertiser, which highlights GP appointment issues in Rotherham, and that patients are demanding change, which has been taken from our recent GP report. Thank you for all your support -
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Please find attached our slides on Blood Pressure, kindly sent to us by Sara Eckersley - a Health and Wellbeing Coach at Dinnington Group Practice.
If you have any questions for Sara or us, please contact us on: info@healthwatchrotherham.org.uk -
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We were joined by 10 attendees for our October Let’s Talk event, this time focusing on Breast Cancer Awareness, in line with Breast Cancer Awareness Month that takes place annually in October. -
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Please find attached our spotlight shares from November 2022 covering Mowbray Gardens Library, Hygge Cafe tots club, Shiloh, Kimberworth Park and Breathing Space -
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Our Engagement Officer Mariah has been busy talking to people in the community to gather their thoughts on local health and social care services in Rotherham -
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Our first Let’s Talk of 2023 focused on the menopause. -
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Our latest report is now available to read, discussing the issues those with English as an additional language experience when trying to access primary care services (mainly GP's) in Rotherham.
A thank you to everyone who contributed to this report -
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On Friday 7th July at Springwell Gardens Community Centre in Rotherham, Healthwatch Rotherham attended an engagement session with 25 members of the Rotherham deaf futures community group -
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In September, we spoke to 60 people regarding their experiences with health and social care services in Rotherham. You can hear about their experiences with GP's, Rotherham Hospital and mental health services in our report below -
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On Friday 2nd February 2024, our Community Engagement Officer Andrea McCann went along to meet the u3a Lifestyle group at Tesco’s community room, to discuss all things NHS!