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5 local Healthwatch organisations (Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Southampton and Portsmouth) have come together with NHS England Wessex to form 'Wessex Community Voices'. -
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Healthwatch is an independent consumer champion for health and social care services. We welcome the fact that the Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group has put their draft Primary Care Strategy out for public consultation. -
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Sustainability and Transformation Plans are being developed across the country to integrate local health and social care services and identify better ways of working. -
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Nominated against tough competition from across England in the 'Engagement in Service Improvement' category, we came out top for our work improving the quality of care in local nursing and residential care homes. -
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We have been contacted by numerous people with concerns about the future of Childrens Autism diagnostic services. -
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Do you need to see a healthcare professional but struggle to attend during the day? -
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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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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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Medical appointments as we knew them have dramatically changed as a result of Covid-19.
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In the period 1st April 2020 – 31st March 2021, Healthwatch Isle of Wight received 1415 pieces of feedback regarding Health and Social care, directly linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. -
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The Lloyds pharmacy located in the Sainsbury supermarket in Newport is closing.
Originally the closure was planned for the 25th July 2023. However, this has changed and the new closure date is 13th June 2023.
Please remember to make alternative provisions for any prescriptions you may need in plenty of time. -
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This morning (Monday 22nd May 2023) Healthwatch Isle of Wight contacted the IOW NHS Trust following concerns raised by people about the future of Wellow ward.
We were told that the ward will not be closing, it will be moved temporarily to another area of the hospital, but the same number of beds will be provided for people needing end of life care. There will still be a separate room available for family members to use.
The services provided by staff on the ward are recognised and valued by the Trust and they will be announcing the new home for Wellow ward within St Mary hospital, within the coming weeks.
We will be working closely with the Trust on this and will share any updates as and when we receive them. -
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Last year over 900 experiences of health and social care services were shared with Healthwatch Isle of Wight by members of the public. -
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Last year Healthwatch Isle of Wight undertook visits to 46 local services. -
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Over 450 people have received information, advice or signposting from Healthwatch Isle of Wight in the past year. -
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This year Healthwatch Isle of Wight's 'Mate Crime' film was presented at the Royal College of Medicine Conference in November 2017 and has been viewed over 1000 times. -
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When is poor care not poor care? -
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New report highlights issues of the quality of care on the Isle of Wight. -
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As previously reported by Healthwatch Isle of Wight many people considering complaining about a hospital, care home or GP practice, find the procedures both complicated and frustrating. -
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As previously reported by Healthwatch Isle of Wight, many people considering complaining about a hospital, care home of GP practice, find the procedures both complicated and frustrating. -
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Healthwatch Isle of Wight's Maternity Review discovers more positive experiences than negatives but there are improvements still to be made. -
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Healthwatch Isle of Wight have been working with Carers IW to identify and improve the support that is offered to unpaid carers on the Isle of Wight. This was a priority area chosen by the public during a prioritisation consultation. -
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When Community Mental Health was identified as a Healthwatch Isle of Wight workplan topic, targeted engagement work began. This took place, to find out more about people's experience of mental health services. -
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Back in 2015 we found that complaints procedures at the IW NHS Trust needed large scale improvements. This mirrored the findings of the Care Quality Commission in 2014. -
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An Isle of Wight film produced by Utility Films and Healthwatch Isle of Wight in collaboration with people with a learning disability will be presented at the Royal Society of Medicine Conference on the 20th November. -
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Our Empowering Engagement event that we hosted in March is the first of its kind on the Island. -
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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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2019-2020 was a challenging year in many ways. It was a year of consolidation and developing new priorities based upon what you were telling us, details of which are contained in this report. -
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this has been a difficult year for everyone including Healthwatch and our staff and volunteers. -
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Throughout this very difficult year we have continued listening to the
experiences of islanders on the full range of health and social care services. -
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Every year, Healthwatch Isle of Wight looks at five health and social care services/topics in depth, highlighting people’s experiences of this service, looking at what is working well and what needs to be improved.
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The health and social care landscape has changed a lot in ten years, but thanks to you taking the time to share your story with Healthwatch Isle of Wight, we've been able to champion your voice to help improve care. -
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Every year we ask people on the Isle of Wight to complete our prioritisation survey, the top three services/topics chosen by the public then become our priorities for the forthcoming year.
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The last year has been difficult for everyone, including the providers of health and social care services, as the process of recovery after COVID developed. -
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Public health and care champion Healthwatch Isle of Wight has a new name at the helm after eight years of dedicated service draws to a close for its former chairman.
Bob Pitts, currently a Non-Executive Director at Healthwatch Isle of Wight has taken over the role of chairman from Chris Orchin who has held the post since 2015.