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We are recruiting
14/11/2019
Engagement & Communications Officer Salary: £20,000 pa Full time (35 hours per week) Closing date 29th November 2019 We are seeking a highly...
Supporting our lung cancer patients and their loved ones
04/11/2019
Patients and their families whose lives have been touched by lung cancer are being invited to a weekly support session. Each week, a member of the...
CQC prosecutes care home provider for failing to provide safe care and treatment
30/10/2019
A care provider that failed in its duty to provide safe care and treatment has been ordered to pay £123,699.90 in fines and costs by Leeds...
CQC Inspection The Spire Hospital & Hyperbaric Service
18/08/2015
Have you used The Spire Hull & East Riding Hospital, Spire Hesselwood Clinic or North of England Medical Hyperbaric Services Ltd in the last 12 months? The CQC wants to gather your views and exepereinces of using these services ahead of their planned inspections in September. For more...
Volunteer for Healthwatch North Lincolnshire
17/08/2015
Are you passionate about Health and Care? Can you spare a few hours a month? Why not volunteer with Healthwatch North Lincolnshire? We're looking for more people to join our Enter and View team. Part of the work plan of Healthwatch North Lincolnshire is to undertake Enter and View visits...
Tell us your views on accessing GP appointments
17/08/2015
Our report ‘Understanding Why Patients Choose to Attend the Emergency Centre’ found that out of 169 people interviewed 42% of people had tried to book an appointment with their GP before they resorted to attending the Emergency Centre. We have decided to explore this further, to find out if the...
Scunthorpe General Hospital Parking Consultation
12/08/2015
NLC are proposing to change the parking arrangements around Church Lane. We have been contacted by their a member of their Transport Engineer team who is seeking views on the proposed changes after explaining that o ver the last few months NLC have had a number of complaints about blue badge...
NHS Patient Transport Service Survey
05/08/2015
North and North East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) intend to jointly commission Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) for the area from April 2016 onwards. The service provides transport for eligible patients to attend NHS-funded non-primary services to which they...
Do you have something to say about North Lincolnshire Mental Health Service provision?
30/07/2015
Healthwatch North Lincolnshire have been approached to feed into the Care Quality Commission's consultation ahead of their inspection of RDaSH Mental Health Service provision in North Lincolnshire in September. We are planning to feedback intelligence we already hold and to add this we have...
Why do people choose to go to A&E?
24/06/2015
Why do people choose to visit the Accident & Emergency department in a hospital? Are the visits a consequence of either accidents or emergencies? Or is it that they can't get an appointment with their GP, if they have one? Is it about access and availability to advice or treatment that is an...
Signposting Directory second edition - calling local groups.
10/06/2015
Visitors to the website might be aware of the Health and Social Care Signposting Directory produced last year, it is still available as a download and we have a few printed copies left if anyone is in need of one. We can arrange for copies to be collected from our office but regretably we cannot...
Changing Places Consultation
03/06/2015
North Lincolnshire Learning Disability Partnership Board (LDPB) is carrying out a consultation into disabled toilet facilities across North Lincolnshire. 'Changing Places' toilets are large rooms with special equipment to help toilet and change people with severe physical disabilities so that they...
Arthritis Care Week
20/05/2015
It's National Arthritis Care Week! Arthritis Care is the UK's largest charity working with and for all people who have arthritis. If you have arthritis and live in Scunthorpe, why not join the local branch of Arthritis Care? The group meet the last Monday of every month at 7pm, the Community...
Dementia Awareness Week Physical Activity Taster Sessions
11/05/2015
Do something new! Physical activity for brain health, Friday 22nd May,10am- 3pm, Central Community Centre Scunthorpe. Taster sessions, information stands, refreshments and much more! For full detials download the flyer below.
Dementia Awareness Week: 17 - 23 May 2015
07/05/2015
The Alzheimer's Society invites you to join them at one of their open events near you: Monday 18 May, 1pm onwards - “Music from the musicals” and afternoon tea at Scunthorpe community wellbeing Hub. Tuesday 19 May, 10.30am onwards - Coffee morning with a singalong at Barton community wellbeing Hub...
Mental Health Awareness Week 11th – 17th May
05/05/2015
Every year, between the 11 th and 17 th May, the Mental Health Foundation help raise awareness of mental health and wellbeing issues. This year the focus is Mindfulness. What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is a way of paying attention to the present moment. It helps us become aware of our feelings and...
PPG Awareness Week 1st -6th June 2015
05/05/2015
The National Association for Patient Participation (N.A.P.P) is hosting Patient Participation Group (PPG) Awareness Week from 1 st to 6 th June. Established in 1978, N.A.P.P is uniquely placed as the only UK umbrella organisation for patient-led groups in general practice. What is a PPG? Patient...
Dementia Awareness Week 17th - 23rd May 2015
05/05/2015
In 2015 there will be 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK, with numbers set to rise to 1 million by 2025. Dementia is not a disease, but an umbrella term used to describe a set of symptoms which are caused by certain diseases that affect the brain. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common...
ICA Drop-In Sessions
01/04/2015
Do you have a Health and Social Care enquiry? Are you unhappy with your NHS care? Do you want to make an NHS complaint but don't know where to start? We can help...drop in and speak to the Healthwatch team! Crosby Community Association, 105-107 Frodingham Road, Scunthorpe 1.30pm-4pm on the...
Need a Pharmacy over Easter?
26/03/2015
Easter Bank Holiday Opening Times across North Lincolnshire Good Friday Easter Sunday Easter Monday Boots 11 George Street Barton on Humber DN18 5ES 0900-1700 X X Boots Unit 2, North Lincs Shopping Park, Doncaster Road Scunthorpe DN15 8JH 0800-1800 X 10.30-16.30 Boots 7 Wrawby Street Brigg DN20 8JH...
All Age Carers: consultation appeal.
25/03/2015
Are you a carer? Can you help inform the commissioning strategy for Carers currently out for consultation by North Lincolnshire Council? North Lincolnshire Council explain: The purpose of this Commissioning Strategy is to outline the commissioning intentions for Carers across North Lincolnshire...
JOB OPPORTUNITY
17/03/2015
Have you got what it takes? Join the dynamic Healthwatch North Lincolnshire team. Are you good with people, are you able to engage with them and encourage them to share their experiences of health and social care provision? Can you then collate these experiences and analyse them to create a useful...
Healthy Cook & Eat Sessions
09/03/2015
Do something different...6 Healthy Cook & Eat Sessions (for adults with a disability (16 plus) Thursdays 11am - 12.30/1pm Winterton Rangers Football Club, 12th March - 16th April £3 per participant. Find out more, download the flyer.
Love Your Health
18/02/2015
Love Your Health Event! We all start the New Year with a healthy attitude, but if you've lapsed already, then come and get the support you need to keep motivated! Love Your Health hosted by Healthwatch will be at two locations next Friday 27th February. Hepatitis C Testing Pakistan Islamic Social...
Have you got your copy of our recently published HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE SIGNPOSTING DIRECTORY yet?
18/02/2015
If not then quick, before they disappear again ..... We've just taken delivery of another batch of Health & Social Care Signposting Directories. Since the publication's launch on 30 January at Cafe Indie we have been busy distributing copies to people across North Lincolnshire. We are planning...
Hard of hearing?
04/02/2015
We would like to hear from residents who have been unhappy with the length of time it takes for them to be assessed for their hearing and then the time it takes for them to be fitted, poor repair service etc. at the local hospital Trust. Part of the NHS 5 Year Forward Plan supports putting hearing...
Complaints and Raising Concerns: Health Committee publish report.
21/01/2015
House of Commons Health Committee Fourth Report: Complaints and Raising Concerns Summary: Most of those who complain about NHS services do not seek financial redress. They do so because they wish to have their concerns and experiences understood and for any failings to be acknowledged and put right...
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Patient Survey
13/01/2015
Yorkshire and Humber Commissioning Support are taking part in the Stonewall Healthcare Equality Index, auditing their performance on how well they meet the needs of lesbian, gay and bisexual patients, carers and their families. If you are a lesbian, gay and bisexual patient, carer or family member...
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