1. Report -

    Our work gathering feedback on the draft Wiltshire End of Life Care Strategy for Adults 2017-2020.
  2. Report -

    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.
  3. Report -

    The impact of our work with Alzheimer's Support to find out how dementia support services could be improved in Wiltshire.
  4. Report -

    The impact of our work gathering feedback on the quality of services for people living with dementia.
  5. Report -

    The impact of our work to help ensure that the voices of people living with dementia are heard.
  6. Report -

    The impact of our work to find out whether care home residents or people receiving domiciliary care can access NHS dental services.
  7. Report -

    The development and implementation of our Enter and View programme.
  8. Report -

    Our work gathering feedback from relatives of people who had used the Urgent Palliative Care @ Home service, and the staff providing and coordinating the service.
  9. Report -

    The impact of our engagement work on the End of Life Strategy 2017-2020.
  10. Report -

    The impact of our work gathering feedback from unpaid carers about what support they would like to prevent them from reaching a caring crisis.
  11. Report -

    A summary of our peer review with Healthwatch Warwickshire, looking at their Enter and View and Engagement programmes.
  12. Report -

    A summary of our work creating an A-Z directory for the Your Care Your Support Wiltshire website.
  13. Report -

    Our work with Wiltshire People 1st in creating Easy Read versions of pages on the Your Care Your Support Wiltshire website.
  14. Report -

    The impact following our work listening to people's experiences of navigating the complaints system.
  15. Report -

    The impact of our work enabling the public to have their say on proposals for a new dementia pathway and to enhance dementia specialist care home support.
  16. Report -

    The impact of our work looking at the information available for people living with dementia.
  17. Report -

    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.
  18. Report -

    An overview of our work in 2016-2017.
  19. Report -

    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.
  20. Report -

    Understanding the effect of new charging arrangements on people's lives, introduced by Wiltshire Council in 2016.
  21. Advice and Information -

    A year ago the Accessible Information Standard came into force. It requires any organisation providing NHS or social care to communicate in a way that everybody can understand. Here's a reminder of what you should expect.
  22. Advice and Information -

    The number of people being cared for in their own homes is increasing but what should you expect from home care services?
  23. Report -

    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.
  24. Report -

    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.
  25. Report -

    An easy read summary of our work on dementia and complex needs in 2017.
  26. Report -

    An easy read summary of our engagement work on dementia in 2017.
  27. Report -

    Feedback from patients and unpaid carers on the Early Supported Discharge service for patients with a fractured neck of femur (broken hip).
  28. Report -

    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.
  29. Report -

    Our report following a visit to Blenheim House in Melksham, a purpose-built care home with a specialist dementia unit.
  30. Report -

    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.
  31. Report -

    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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    We want to make sure that everyone is able to access the information we provide and communicate with us in ways that meet their individual needs.
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    Healthwatch Wiltshire is committed to protecting your privacy when you use our services, if you work for us, or provide services to us.
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  38. Page -

    Find out about our role, our plans and our people.
  39. Report -

    Our work at a glance from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018.
  40. Report -

    An easy-read summary of our work on information about long term illnesses.
  41. Page -

    Take a look at our upcoming events or check out our selection of health and care awareness events you can support.
  42. Page -

    Find the information and support you need to help you live well.
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  45. Report -

    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.
  46. Report -

    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.
  47. Page -

    People want health and care that works for them. Our job is to help make this happen, but we need to hear from you to understand what matters. Whether you have a couple of minutes to spare, or can commit to something longer, there are plenty of ways to get involved.
  48. News -

    Share your experiences of local health and care services and make it better for everyone.