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New report: Living with a long-term health condition during Covid-19
A new report from Healthwatch Gloucestershire looks at the health and social care experiences of people living with long-term health conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting common issues to help care providers understand the needs of this particularly...
Public and patient feedback helps improve mental health A&E care in Gloucestershire
The views and experiences of people who have used A&E mental health services in Gloucestershire, are being used by local hospitals to help improve mental health care in the county. Healthwatch Gloucestershire and Evolving Communities recently gathered and analysed...
Healthwatch Gloucestershire wants to know your experiences of GP care
Local health and social care champion, Healthwatch Gloucestershire, has launched a new campaign 'GP feedback fortnight', which runs from 23 November to 6 December 2020. The aim of the campaign is to encourage Gloucestershire residents to share their experiences and...
Healthwatch Gloucestershire reveals what people are saying about health and social care during Covid-19
A new report out today from Healthwatch Gloucestershire reveals local people’s experiences of health and social care during the first six months of Covid-19. It highlights common issues people have faced and how these have changed over time, and it identifies the...
New report by Healthwatch Gloucestershire and Evolving Communities recommends improvements to A&E mental health care
New research out today, from Healthwatch Gloucestershire and Evolving Communities, reports on people’s experiences of A&E mental health care in two local hospitals, and recommends improvements to help put mental health care in the county on a par with physical...
Healthwatch Gloucestershire highlights public concerns over difficulties accessing urgent dental care
Healthwatch Gloucestershire has found that a lack of urgent NHS dental care in the county is a cause of growing public concern, with over a quarter of all enquiries between July and September from local people who have had difficulties getting to see a dentist. This...
New Healthwatch Gloucestershire report shines a light on the challenges of being a carer during Covid-19
As Covid-19 cases are beginning to rise, including in care homes, a new report from Healthwatch Gloucestershire highlights how the pandemic has created additional challenges for those who care for some of our most vulnerable people, either as paid or unpaid carers....
Healthwatch Gloucestershire launches #BecauseWeAllCare campaign, calling on local people to feedback about care during COVID-19 to help services improve
62% of people in South West ready to help improve health and social care after coronavirus Healthwatch Gloucestershire has joined local and national health and care organisations calling on Gloucestershire residents to give feedback about their care during coronavirus...
Healthwatch Gloucestershire Annual Report: Listening to local people helps make health and social care better
Over the last year, more than 1,000 people shared their views on the county’s health and social care services with Healthwatch Gloucestershire, helping to make care better for local people. In its latest Annual Report, published today, Healthwatch Gloucestershire...
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