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Healthwatch Southend annual report 2020/2021

This report sets out what we have done during the last year and our plans for the future.

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GP Website Survey Report - New Patient Registration Information

Healthwatch Southend undertook a mystery shopper exercise to see what information local practice websites held for patients seeking to register as new patients.

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Advisory Board minutes October 2020

Advisory Board minutes of meeting held in the public domain 9th October 2020

12 November 2020

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Advisory Board minutes August 2020

Advisory Board Minutes of meeting held in the public domain August 2020.

1 September 2020

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GP Website Survey Report - Support for cancer patients during the Covid-19 crisis

Healthwatch Southend undertook a mystery shopper exercise to see what information local GP practice websites held for patients with cancer, especially during the lockdown period.

Graphic saying 'Speak-up' from our annual report

Healthwatch Southend annual report 2019/2020

This report sets out what we have done during the last year and our plans for the future.

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HWS COVID-19 local survey report; your experiences of health and social care services during the corona virus pandemic.

Healthwatch Southend has published the results of a survey to find out how Covid-19 has affected the care of people living in the area.

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HWS sample survey of PPE in local care homes and home care agencies April 2020

We undertook a local sample survey of care homes and home care agencies to see whether they were having any problems getting supplies of PPE during COVID-19

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Advisory Board summary of private meeting minutes April 2020

Our Advisory Board met via an online app called ZOOM on 21st April to discuss Health and Social Care issues and how these can be improved locally. All meetings in public have been temporarily postponed due to coronavirus.

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Advisory Board minutes January 2020

Our Advisory Board met to discuss local Health and Social care issues and how these can be improved locally.

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Advisory Board minutes September 2019

Our Advisory Board met to discuss local Health and Social care issues and how these can be improved locally.

NHS Long Term Plan

With growing pressure on the NHS - people living longer and more people living with specific conditions, changes are required to ensure the correct support is available and maintained. To gather local resident’s views, key questions were asked.