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Healthwatch Hertfordshire welcomes new NHS structure

Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) today becomes a statutory body, creating new opportunities to feed people’s views into the planning and running of local services – especially the voices of those not being heard now.

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Your Voice matters – read about the work of your Hertfordshire health and care champion in our Annual Report 2021/22

Read about our work during the past year to ensure the patient voice is heard as we continue to have a direct impact on the transformation and development of health and care services across Hertfordshire.

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Armed Forces Day 2022 - How are services supporting our local veterans?

Armed Forces Day on Saturday 25th gives us an opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved in the last year to improve access to healthcare for local veterans.

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What is Monkeypox?

As you will have heard in the news, monkeypox is a rare viral infection and the risk to the UK population is low.

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Diabetes Week 2022

Organised by Diabetes UK, 13–19 June is Diabetes Week 2022, which aims to raise awareness, provide support and encourage people to share their experience of living with diabetes.

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MacMillan Cancer Support - Helping those living with and affected by cancer

MacMillan has appointed a local Engagement Lead to support those living with cancer in Hertfordshire. If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with cancer, they can help to do whatever it takes to help them live life as fully as they can.

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So you're a carer - who looks after you?

This Carers Week, from 6-12 June 2022, we are helping highlight the challenges faced by unpaid carers and helping those who don't even realise they are carers to access much-needed support.

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What you've been telling us about local services

Problems with accessing GP surgeries, waits for hospital appointments and care home visiting rules are some of the top concerns you've been sharing with us over the past six months through our Signposting service.

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Care Home Visiting Beyond the Pandemic: share your experiences

Do you find your care home visiting arrangements flexible and supportive? Share your experiences of visiting so that we can help care homes to ensure that visits are safe, as well as meaningful, for you.

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Consultation on the Hertfordshire Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2022

The government requires all health and wellbeing boards to produce an assessment of pharmaceutical services in its area, at least every three years.

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Never too young for bowel cancer

Every 15 minutes somebody is diagnosed with bowel cancer in the UK - that's nearly 43,000 people each year – according to figures from Bowel Cancer UK.

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Don’t be embarrassed – simple checks save lives

April is Testicular Cancer Awareness month. In the United Kingdom, testicular cancer is the most common cancer amongst males aged between 15 and 35.

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