1. World COPD Day

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  2. World AIDS day

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  3. International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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  4. International Volunteer Day

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  5. GP Website Audit – Finding information during COVID-19

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    Are GP websites providing up to date information on COVID-19 and is there accessible and available advice for cancer patients, particularly at a time when it is likely that there would be an increase in patients accessing websites for information?

  6. Looking Ahead: Our Strategy 2020 - 2024

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    This is the second strategy for Healthwatch Hertfordshire enabling us to look back to our beginnings in 2013 and plan for our future from 2020 onwards.

  7. Don’t Rely on GP Websites for Cancer Information…Speak to your GP

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    With the help of our volunteers we checked 103 local GP websites, and found that while most offered advice for patients about cancer, the quantity and quality of that advice was not always very good.

  8. Healthwatch Board Meeting in Public - 17th November 2020

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    Read more about our November 2020 Board meeting in public. Our Board members reviewed and signed off a new Decision Making Procedure and agreed the dates of their public Board meetings taking place in 2021.

  9. Healthwatch Board Meeting in Public - 17th November 2020

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  10. Feeling Good Week 2021 – Get Involved!

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    Feeling Good Week is a Hertfordshire-wide event that encourages schools and the wider community to promote children and young people’s emotional wellbeing.

  11. Meg Carter: Volunteer Interview

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    Meg is a Trustee on the Healthwatch Hertfordshire Board.

  12. Digital Exclusion Case Studies: Covid-19 Patient Experience

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    We spoke to people who are digitally excluded to find out their reasons for not being online, and how this has affected their experiences during the coronavirus pandemic.

  13. Digitally Excluded During the Pandemic

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    Find out the reasons for people not being online, and how being digitally excluded has affected people’s experiences during the pandemic.

  14. Getting Local Dentistry Back on Track

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    Healthwatch Hertfordshire has been rallying to help people struggling to access urgent dental care services during the pandemic, ensuring they get the treatment they desperately need.

  15. A Message from Our Chief Executive

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    ‘Lockdown’ has been named the 2020 Collins Dictionary word of the year. Others that made the top 10 list included furlough, key worker, self-isolate, social distancing and Coronavirus

  16. NHS 111 First

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    To keep urgent NHS services safe and to make sure that they are available for everyone who needs them, an appointment system for urgent and emergency care is being introduced across the country from 1 December.

  17. Staying Well This Winter

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    Our local NHS services are here to help you stay well, safely. Do not delay getting help for your health this winter.

  18. Travel with confidence during the pandemic in Herts taxis

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    Thanks to the new ‘Travel with Confidence’ scheme, people can feel more confident taking a taxi or minicab in Hertfordshire during the Covid-19 pandemic.

  19. Covid-19 Vaccinations Underway in Hertfordshire

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    The first phase of the NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme has begun across Hertfordshire, with those in the top priority groups being offered the vaccine first.

  20. Healthwatch Board Meeting in Public - 23rd February 2021

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  21. Healthwatch General Meeting and Board Meeting in Public - 25th May 2021

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  22. Healthwatch Board Meeting in Public - 24th August 2021

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  23. Healthwatch Board Meeting in Public - 23rd November 2021

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  24. Enter & View

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    Local Healthwatch have the legal right to visit places that provide publicly funded health or social care services to find out about people's experiences.

  25. Meet our Authorised Representatives

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    Meet the people who are authorised to carry out Enter & View work on behalf of our Healthwatch. They are called Authorised Representatives.

  26. HPFT webchat service available from 7am-7pm, Monday to Friday

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    This live webchat service, which launched in August, has helped over 1,100 people in the first two months, including service users, carers and health and care professionals.