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SPARK was a two-day event led in partnership between Rewired Counselling and Pound Arts. -
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Wiltshire People 1st ran sessions to support people with learning disabilities to lead an active and healthy lifestyle. -
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Our Engagement Lead Julie Brown talks about her role in our dementia project. -
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Healthwatch Wiltshire volunteer Deborah Judge shares her experiences of working on the dementia project. -
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Wiltshire Wildlife Trust's project was designed for people who are experiencing mental health issues. -
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Rowden Surgery in Chippenham set up a choir especially for people with respiratory conditions, with help from our Community Cash Fund. -
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Our commitment to ensure people from BAME communities have a voice in health and social care. -
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With worries about dental care at a record high, we look at how easy it is for new NHS patients to access treatment in Wiltshire. -
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Meet our Young Healthwatch Wiltshire volunteer Robyn and find out why she joined our team. -
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We worked with Wiltshire College students to gather feedback from young people on a variety of health and care topics. -
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The introduction of our Integrated Care System on 1 July 2022 gives us a new way to ensure people's voices are heard in the planning and running of services. -
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Sounds Better CIC's pilot project in Salisbury for families living with childhood asthma. -
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Rethink Mental Illness used our grant to fund this group for a year, providing a safe space for its members and an opportunity to gather feedback on services. -
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Find out more about how we decide on our projects for the year ahead. -
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Highlights of our projects supporting ethnic minority families. -
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Communities across England have made it clear that NHS dentistry needs to be fixed – so it’s affordable and accessible. Read more about our evidence and what changes Healthwatch England is calling for the NHS and Government to make. -
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Highlighting what local people said when they were asked about proposed changes to Wiltshire Council's Charging for Care Policy in 2016. -
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We asked people to tell us what they thought of health and social care services in Wiltshire during a two-week tour of the county. -
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Understanding the effect of new charging arrangements on people's lives, introduced by Wiltshire Council in 2016. -
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Our work with Year 8 students at Devizes School, focusing on both physical and mental health. -
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Finding out what children and young people living in Wiltshire feel about using health and care services. -
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Our work at a glance from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018. -
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An overview of our work from 1 April 2015-31 March 2016. -
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An overview of our work in 2016-2017. -
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This project provided people with a learning difficulty the opportunity to check the quality of residential care services. -
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Our work gathering feedback on the draft Wiltshire End of Life Care Strategy for Adults 2017-2020. -
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A group of Quality Checkers visited Mencap accommodation in Chippenham to look at how support is provided to adults with learning difficulties. -
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What unpaid carers said when they were asked about whether support services on offer were meeting their needs. -
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Our work with Youth Action Wiltshire and Community First’s Community Organisers to create an engagement programme training students to become Young Listeners, hearing the views of their peers on health and wellbeing support in school. -
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Feedback from patients and unpaid carers on the Early Supported Discharge service for patients with a fractured neck of femur (broken hip). -
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We spoke to patients, relatives and staff about the effectiveness of the Home First service, which aims to support early discharge of patients who are medically able to leave hospital or a care home.
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Looking at the value of Sound Doctor patient information videos from the point of view of people with long term conditions, their carers and health and care professionals. -
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An easy-read summary of our work on information about long term illnesses. -
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A report examining where people go for information on five key long term conditions: cardiovascular disease, diabetes, respiratory disease, cancer, dementia, musculoskeletal, and mental health and wellbeing. -
Better Care Plan engagement report: Single View - evaluation of Adult Care Information Sharing Pilot
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A report on the Adult Care Information Sharing (ACIS) pilot scheme, part of the Single View project to provide a simple and secure way for GPs and Care Coordinators to gain access to information on the Wiltshire Council's Adult Care System. -
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Hearing from people whose care had been transferred between different services or settings, and from their unpaid carers. -
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This report focuses on what people told us about the Dementia Adviser Service and issues which may relate to this service. -
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Working with Alzheimer's Support, the aim of this project was to map and evaluate dementia community support services across Wiltshire, considering both equity and quality of provision. -
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An easy read summary of our work on dementia and complex needs in 2017. -
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An easy read summary of our engagement work on dementia in 2017. -
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Our work gathering people's views on dementia in 2015, following the introduction of Wiltshire’s Dementia Strategy the previous year. -
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A report from 2015 looking at what information is available for people living with dementia and their carers in Wiltshire. -
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People living with dementia and their carers share their experiences of primary care services in Wiltshire, including GP surgeries and health care centres, pharmacies, opticians and dentists. -
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People share their views on proposals for caring for people living with dementia who have complex needs, which were put forward by Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Wiltshire Council in 2017. -
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Feedback on health and care services for people living with dementia. -
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The views of local people on a where a specialist dementia hospital should be located in Wiltshire. -
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Focusing on how people with dementia who live alone can be supported by health and social care services and in their community. -
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Our report following a visit to Blenheim House in Melksham, a purpose-built care home with a specialist dementia unit. -
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Our report following a visit to Coombe End Court in Marlborough, a purpose-built care home with a specialist dementia unit. -
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Our report following a visit to The Wingfield, Trowbridge, which provides accommodation to frail older people, people with nursing needs and people living with dementia.