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Hivewatch Enter and View Report 07/02/2018. Healthwatch and The Hive were funded to undertake visits to health and care services to observe and report on the services from the perspective of a person with a learning disability. -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire undertook an enter and view revisit to Gracefields Care Home in March 2017. -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire undertook a 2 hour morning enter and view visit to Fairview Court with the purpose of finding out about residents’ lived experience of care.
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire undertook one enter and view evaluation revisit
to Willow Cottage Care Home in January 2017. -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire undertook an Enter and View revisit to Little Croft Care Home in January 2017. -
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Revisit Enter and View report
Edgemont View Nursing Home -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook two Enter and View visits to Wickwar Care Home in March and April 2016 -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook two Enter and View visits to Woodlands Manor Care Home in January and March 2016. -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire authorised Enter and View volunteers undertook two follow-up enter and view visits to Stanshawes Care Home on 14 October 2015 and 13 January 2016. -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook two enter and view visits on Wednesday 11 November and Tuesday 24 November 2015 -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook one two hour morning Enter and View visit on Thursday 10 November 2015 to Gwendoline House Care Home -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook an Enter and View visit to Blossom Fields Nursing Home in Sept 2015 -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook an Enter and View visit to Kenver House in Sept 2015 -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook an Enter and View visit to Oaktree Care Home in July 2015 -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook two Enter and View visits to Willow Cottage Nursing Home during May 2015 -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook two Enter and View visits to Deerhurst Nursing Home during April 2015 -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook two Enter and View visits to Beaufort House Care Home during March and April 2015. -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook two announced Enter and View visits to Little Croft Care Home in February 2015. -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook one Unannounced Enter and View visit to Kingswood Court Care Home on 12th November 2014 -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook two Enter and View visits to Stanshawes Care Home during November 2014 -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook one announced Enter and View visit to Gracefields Nursing Home in January 2015 -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook two Enter and View visits to Beaufort Grange Care Home on different days of the week, and at different times of the day, during September and October 2014. -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook two Enter and View visits to Beech House Care Home on different days of the week, and at different times of the day, during September 2014. -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire Enter and View authorised representatives undertook a series of three Enter and View visits to Stanshawes Care Home on three different days of the week, and at three different times of the day, during June and July. -
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Healthwatch South Gloucestershire undertook a 2 hour afternoon enter and view visit to Beck House on Tuesday September 27 with the purpose of finding out about residents’ lived experience of care. -
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A joint report with The Carers Centre around Home Care -
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Share your stories of care with Healthwatch - we want to recognise all the wonderful work being done to help people in their homes and the wider community. A virtual hug from us to all the social care sector. -
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Contact tracing is working well in the South West with an 83.3 per cent success rate compared to a national average of 77 per cent. -
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In their annual 'State of Care' report - the first to cover a full year of the pandemic - the independent regulator has called for increased stability and collaboration across services, plus investment in 'new ways of working'. -
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The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. Their latest report sets out the challenges the NHS and social care sector face: 'the health and care system is gridlocked, unable to operate effectively.' -
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Online or offline Healthwatch is working with South Glos Council and volunteer groups to round up useful support services! Even if you have no computer you can get practical support or advice to stay safe and well during the coronavirus outbreak. -
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Latest NHS Coronavirus Guidance | Over 30 Translations Now Available -
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Here is a list of links for help and advice regarding Coronavirus and specific health conditions. -
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Find out how Coronavirus is affecting services run by South Gloucestershire Council. -
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Safeguarding tips, which we recommend community groups adhere to and suggest people familiarise themselves with these tips to keep themselves safe too.
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Read our Newsletter for February and March 2020. Containing information regarding Coronavirus and how we are helping the community along with local information for support groups and aid. It also contains updates from our launch events.
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Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG have launched a campaign to help local A&E services, encouraging people to go to the right place for minor injuries and illnesses. -
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The Keep Safe website has put together a range of resources for people with learning difficulties. -
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People who need emergency dental treatment are advised to contact their regular surgery - and their case will assessed on a priority basis. They will then be referred to two new dental hubs, one in Bristol and one in Weston, for treatment.
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If you are at home self-isolating and need a support lifeline you can now call our team to find the right type of help from the new army of NHS Responders. -
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Only a small fraction of “at risk” children are taking up the emergency school places which are open to them, prompting concerns that they are facing increased danger during the lockdown. -
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The health pandemic has resulted in many mental health support services either being suspended or becoming ‘self-service’ over the internet due to social distancing. -
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People are not seeking help for potentially life-threatening health conditions due to the Covid-19 outbreak, Healthwatch has learned.
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People with disabilities and those who are less mobile may be struggling to attend necessary medical appointments due to reduced transport services. -
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Mental Health Week May 18th – 24th is about kindness and we at Healthwatch want to focus on the phone friends, from Age UK South Glos, who are chatting to older people to help them through this pandemic. -
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We are marking Mental Health Awareness Week by looking at the barriers faced by the deaf community making them twice as likely to develop a mental health condition. Healthwatch is supporting work to help tackle the added difficulties of Covid-19. -
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We are celebrating Volunteers' Week June 1st to 7th by saying a big thank you to our 30 volunteers and 7 trustees who help us at Healthwatch Bristol, North Somerset and South Glos. -
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Police are warning of a new scam where callers pose as NHS Track and Trace advisors who ask the householder to pay £500 to be tested or face a “penalty.” -
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Two new nominations in our Share Your Care campaign are for Mark and Margreth, who have selflessly been at the side of people that needed them during this pandemic. Well done to both of you. -
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Lu, who suffers from chronic condition fibromyalgia, tells us how her family were her lifeline when she suffered a distressing fall and how she struggled to get help for severe shoulder pain.