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Mental Health Service Watch Group

Our work on Mental Health remains a Healthwatch Hertfordshire priority, but following much discussion and a consultation, our Mental health Service Watch group has decided that there are more effective ways of engaging on the subject.

22 November 2017

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Volunteer Induction

We had our second induction session for new volunteers on Tuesday 24th October. Led by Priya, it was a half-day event, attended by a small group of interested volunteers.

17 November 2017

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Healthwatch England Launch Annual Report to Parliament

Over the last year Healthwatch has heard from 341,000 people, carers and staff, all of whom have given their time to share their experiences of health and social care services.

3 November 2017

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CQC Publish 359 Reports

In the past week, the Care Quality Commission has published 359 reports on services which have been inspected by specialist teams of inspectors.

23 October 2017

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Enter & View: Specialised Training Now Available

To improve our important Enter and View Programme we recently developed and launched accessible training for people with learning disabilities.

21 October 2017

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Hatfield Healthfest and Beyond!

We attended Hatfield Healthfest on Saturday 23rd September which gave us a great opportunity to get out and talk to people in the community.

17 October 2017

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Healthwatch Hertfordshire Annual General Meeting 2017

On Friday the 12th October Michael Downing our Chairman opened our 2017 Annual General Meeting.

17 October 2017

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Enter & View: Princess Alexandra Hospital

Our Enter and View volunteers also known as Authorised Representatives have been busy doing visits at the Princess Alexandra (PAH) Hospital in Harlow this month.

17 October 2017

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Event: #TeamHerts

On the 20th September Jane and Alice attended a really positive #TeamHerts Volunteers’ Event at Ware Priory.

17 October 2017

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Consultation: Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2018

Hertfordshire County Council have asked us to let you know about a current consultation: The Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2018.

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East of England Ambulance Service to provide non-emergency transport Service

The East of England Ambulance has been awarded a caretaker contract to provide non-emergency patient transport in Bedfordshire, Luton and Hertfordshire.

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PLACE 2017: What Our Volunteers Did

Find out what our volunteers reported when they visited four sites in Hertfordshire this year to assess non-clinical services on behalf of Healthwatch Hertfordshire.

18 September 2017