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Our defibrillator report is now available to read below. The report highlights the importance of defibrillators being available and accessible to the public, locations in Rotherham, how to purchase one and training videos/guides -
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Our September ‘Let’s Talk’ event looked at suicide prevention and awareness. -
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Join us at our online drop in on Tuesday 11th October from 9:30am-11:30am.
Grab yourself and cuppa and share your story with us on healthcare services in Rotherham
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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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Healthwatch Rotherham have been undertaking community engagement in various services within the Rotherham area. We have listened to service users and noted down some key comments regarding their experiences with health and social care -
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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.
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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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The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has been ordered to pay a total of £233,238 after pleading guilty to one charge of failing to provide safe care and treatment to four young children. -
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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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We are pleased to present our Healthwatch Rotherham animation, highlighting what we do as a service and how you can get in touch.
This was kindly donated to us by 'Banimated', who have done a fantastic job. Please spare a minute to watch below -
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A huge thank you to all our guest speakers and attendees for attending our November Let's Talk event, this month focusing on Care Homes and Home Care -
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Please find attached our spotlight shares from the previous 2 weeks, this time covering Mowbray Gardens Library, Rotherham United Dementia Cafe, Mature Millers, Veterans Group and St Mary's Church -
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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 latest report into how Rotherham residents access Health and Social Care Information is now published and available to read below.
Thank you to all those who have contributed to this. Any questions please contact us directly. -
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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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On the 30th January 2023 we held our first in-person Let's Talk event at Brentwood Hotel, Rotherham. Our first event discussed diabetes and was attended by 20 people. -
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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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Our Community Engagement Officer has been out in the Rotherham community over the past 2 weeks to gather their opinions and experiences of services in Rotherham
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On Thursday 9th February 2023 a member of staff and a volunteer from Healthwatch Rotherham attended an announced visit of Athorpe Lodge. We spoke to staff, residents, family and friends and you can view the results of our inspection below -
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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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Our March 'Let's Talk' event focused on Cervical Cancer. We had 5 attendees. Sadly, our guest speaker Sally Abbott was unavailable to present, but she kindly sent us some slides regarding Cervical Cancer that you can view below -
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Our second 'Enter and View' inspection took place at Ashton Court Care Home on Friday 24th March 2023. We would like to thank Ashton Court for allowing us into their care home and letting us complete the inspection.
You can view the report below -
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Our Community Engagement Officer Andrea has been hearing residents views from a number of different services in Rotherham. Thank you for speaking with us and making your voice heard -
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Our former volunteer, Anointed Riches, has recently been awarded the Chevening Gold Award at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office for volunteering 100 hours with Healthwatch whilst studying at University in Sheffield. -
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Our June 'Let's Talk' took place in a sunny Clifton Park, with 20 attendees from the Rotherham Yemini and Kashmiri Group learning about diabetes, in-line with National Diabetes Week. -
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Our Community Engagement Officer Andrea has been out in the community this month talking to various Rotherham residents, at a number of services and events, to listen to their experiences of local services
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Our 2022-2023 Annual Report has now been published and is ready to download and read. We would like to thank everybody who has contributed to this report and taken the time to read it. We look forward to another great year.
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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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In May 2023, we decided to ask a handful of people about their experiences with hospital appointment wait times in Rotherham. We decided to just do a small overview of the situation initially, before following up with a larger sample report in 2024 -
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Rotherham Council is seeking to update its adult social care priorities for the borough. To achieve the best outcomes for people, they recognise the importance of putting the person at the heart of everything they do.
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Please see below a list of our current surveys. Completing these surveys allows you to share your experiences, views and opinions anonymously. All feedback is compiled into a report and sent to the relevant services to help improve patient care. -
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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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Our engagement officer Andrea has been busy out in the community this month listening to people's experiences and feedback from various services in Rotherham. You can find a snapshot of some of their comments below. All feedback is shared -
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In July 2023 we spoke to 106 people about their experiences of health and social care in Rotherham. This was done through in-person engagement at services and events and through our enquiries. You can read a summary of what we heard below -
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Our Community Engagement Officer Andrea has been out in the community again this month speaking with people and hearing their views/experiences on Health and Social care services in Rotherham. All feedback is given to the mentioned services -
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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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We were back again at the Rotherham Show with Citizens Advice on the 2nd and 3rd September in glorious sunshine. We spoke to so many of you, handed out surveys, listened to your experiences and made sure you knew how to contact us if needed. -
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In August, we spoke to 52 people about their experiences with Health and Social Care services in Rotherham. We have broken down the feedback we have received into services and common themes. All feedback will be shared with the services mentioned. -
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Our Community Engagement Officer Andrea has been out in the community again this month gathering feedback from residents on health and social care services. All feedback will be shared with services to improve the patient experience -
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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 Monday 9th October, Healthwatch Rotherham organised an event with Hellaby Craft Club to discuss self-care in extreme weathers and our ever-changing climate. Our guest speaker for this event was Kym Gleeson, a wellbeing co-ordinator with Age UK -
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On Friday 22nd September we conducted an announced inspection on Eastwood House Care Home in Rotherham. We spoke to a mixture of staff and residents, and you can find our observations and survey results below. Thank you to Eastwood House Care Home -
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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 October 2023, we spoke to 35 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 Wednesday 15th November, Healthwatch Rotherham and Rehana Hussain from the RDASH Long Covid Team, spoke to 20 people at the Unity Centre about Long Covid. The session was split into two 10 minute sessions (men and women) and was given in Urdu. -
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Hearing the voices of Unpaid Carers in Rotherham -
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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: