by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Nov 27, 2023 | News
Access to care is the main concern people have shared with Healthwatch in the past year. A new report by Healthwatch England looking at health and social care from the patients’ perspective has warned that we risk “a two-tier health and care system”...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Nov 6, 2023 | News, Project
We want to hear about your experiences of using urgent and emergency health care services. We will use your feedback to help the NHS in Gloucestershire understand how to guide and support people to use the right services for their urgent health care needs, and to...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Oct 25, 2023 | News, Publications
In our latest report, we use feedback from Gloucestershire residents to answer the question: ‘How can people’s social care needs be better assessed and supported?’ In response to public concerns and confusion surrounding social care, we undertook a public...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Sep 27, 2023 | News, Publications
In our latest report, we highlight how the rising cost of living is affecting people’s health, calling on those responsible for health and care in the county to improve support for those struggling to stay well. As concerns about the cost of living continue to...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Sep 25, 2023 | News, Project
Share your feedback to help improve access to GP care We want to hear about your experiences of accessing care through your GP practice. We will use your feedback to tell those responsible for GP services in Gloucestershire how to make it easier for you to get the...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Aug 29, 2023 | Blog
By Rachael Veitch, Healthwatch Gloucestershire Engagement Officer (ICS) Deirdre and Mike’s story: Rapid deterioration and death following unsafe hospital discharge Deidre is in her 70s and lives in a village near Stroud. In December 2022, her husband Mike was...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Jul 31, 2023 | Blog
By Rachael Veitch, Healthwatch Gloucestershire Engagement Officer (ICS) Graham and Jean’s story: Constant communication failures Graham and Jean from Gloucestershire are in their 70s and have been married 37 years. Having always been fairly fit and healthy, Jean...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Jul 31, 2023 | Blog
By Rachael Veitch, Healthwatch Gloucestershire Engagement Officer (ICS) Richard’s story: Lack of holistic care following a spinal stroke Richard is 61 and lives in Stroud with his wife Emily. He is a qualified therapist and enjoys walking his dog, cooking, and DJing....
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Jul 31, 2023 | Blog
By Rachael Veitch, Healthwatch Gloucestershire Engagement Officer (ICS) The One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS) came into power in July 2022. Since then, we have been finding out how well different health and care services are working together to provide...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Jun 29, 2023 | Blog
By Rachael Veitch, Healthwatch Gloucestershire Engagement Officer (ICS) Sandra and Bob’s story: A long struggle to cope and care at home Sandra, originally from Gloucester, is 79 and lives in Cheltenham. She has two sons and four grandchildren, and she enjoys...
