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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...
Susan’s story: Delays in dental treatment dangerously affected her health
Susan (not her real name), from Cheltenham, kindly shared her story of accessing urgent root canal treatment during August and September 2020. She was repeatedly passed from one service to another, which caused her pain and anxiety, and dangerously affected her...
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...
Healthwatch Gloucestershire investigates care during COVID-19
It's national Carers Week (8-14 June) and Healthwatch Gloucestershire wants to know about your experiences of being an unpaid carer or being cared for during COVID-19, to help local services understand how to provide better social care and support. Read Daphne’s...
Daphne’s story: Caring for over 40 years and now coping with COVID-19
80-year-old Gloucestershire resident Daphne [pictured], has cared for her 83-year old husband Michael for 43 years since he suffered brain damage during a suicide attempt. Michael now has additional health and care needs which, combined with COVID-19 and social...
Healthwatch Gloucestershire thanks inspiring volunteers who help make health and social care better
It’s Volunteers’ Week 1-7 June, so Healthwatch Gloucestershire is sending a huge 'Thank You' to the inspiring volunteers who help to make health and social care better for local people. Over 50 volunteers currently support the work of Healthwatch Gloucestershire,...
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