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What's your Covid-19 story?

Local Healthwatch on the Isle of Wight, in Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton have launched a survey asking local people to share their stories on how accessing health and social care services is working for them during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Intelligence reports

With a fast-moving response to COVID-19, real-time intelligence for services about the issues the public are facing is valuable.

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Managing self-harm in children and young people

Are you worried about self-harm in a child or young person? The Isle of Wight Council have created a resource to highlight the support services that are available.

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight Extended Access Report

What is extended access? Extended access is the offer of pre-bookable appointments outside of the surgery’s core contractual hours. This could be either in the early morning, evening or at weekends.

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Isle of Wight GP Practices

Are you looking to register with a GP? There are currently 20 GP surgeries across the Isle of Wight. The surgeries contact details are listed here.

12 November 2019

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Healthwatch Isle of Wight response to government announcement of £48m to redesign acute services for Isle of Wight residents

We are delighted that the government has announced that the IOW NHS Trust will be receiving £48m to improve acute services. We know that Island residents value local services and want to be treated here on the Island.

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What is a Primary Care Network?

Primary care is changing. You may have heard the term Primary Care Network recently and be unsure what this means. Healthwatch Isle of Wight have created a patient guide to Primary Care Networks to explain what changes this may mean for you.

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Healthwatch Isle of Wight Annual Report 2018/19

2018-2019 has been no less challenging than previous ones and for the same fundamental reasons of increasing demand and inadequate resources; physical and financial.

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Substantial quality improvements made following Healthwatch Isle of Wight visit

In January 2019, our enter and view authorised representatives visited all inpatient mental health wards at the IOW NHS Trust as part of our focused work on mental health.

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Shackleton Ward, inpatient mental health ward enter and view report

This visit was arranged as part of an ongoing mental health work plan. The visit was designed to look at experiences of people who spend time as inpatients on local mental health wards either voluntarily or under sections of the Mental Health Act.

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What do you think about local health services

The Care Quality Commission, in partnership with Healthwatch Isle of Wight are holding a focus group on Wednesday 22nd May at 11am at the Riverside Centre, Newport.

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Registering with your GP: understanding your rights

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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