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Help Shape Healthwatch Sheffield
15 April 2025
Healthwatch Sheffield is recruiting to their Strategic Advisory Group – a group of volunteers who steer the direction of their work. The opportunity is open to anyone who lives, works or volunteers in Sheffield. If you’d like to be involved in the design and delivery of health and social care services, the closing date for applications is Tuesday 22nd April 2025 at 5pm.
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Healthwatch Sheffield Annual Report
23 July 2024
Celebrating its 10th year as our local consumer watchdog for health and social care services, Healthwatch Sheffield’s annual report for ’23 -‘24 shows the ‘Value of Listening’. Listening to people from all across Sheffield and ensuring your views, experiences and priorities are fed in to NHS and social care services at all levels.
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Latest Healthwatch Sheffield Briefing
08 March 2024
What are are the key issues Healthwatch Sheffield has been hearing about in December ’23 to January ’24 from members of the public, voluntary sector colleagues and stories shared on Care Opinion? Their briefing includes feedback from GPs, hospital care, and mental health services
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African Women's Experiences of Healthcare in Sheffield
26 July 2023
Healthwatch Sheffield has worked with United Women’s Affiliation to explore the barriers facing African women living in underprivileged communities in Sheffield. Find out what African women said and the changes they’d like to see in their #SpeakUp report.
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What is End of Life Care like in South Yorkshire?
26 June 2023
This Healthwatch Sheffield project is working with partners including hospitals, hospices, and community services to inform their plans to make improvements in Sheffield and the rest of South Yorkshire. They want to make sure that your experiences are also heard and welcome your feedback, appreciating the very difficult nature of this topic.
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#Speak Up Grant Applications Now Open
11 May 2023
Sheffield Healthwatch has announced the latest round of their #SpeakUp small grants scheme. This year Sheffield Healthwatch are looking for 4 voluntary or community sector groups or organisations to work on projects with a grant of £2,000, on issues in health and social care that are important to them which capture the views and experiences of the people they support. The deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 5th June 2023
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Barriers Over Online Access To GP Practices
08 February 2023
Some patients in Sheffield are facing ‘significant barriers’ to accessing GP practices online, a new report has said.The report is the work of Healthwatch Sheffield, who set up a GP website health check, which analysed 74 GP practice websites, finding a widely varying picture across the city.
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Healthwatch Sheffield Work Priorities
01 February 2023
Healthwatch Sheffield is dedicated to helping improve health and social care services in Sheffield. If you’d like to have your say on what you think Healthwatch Sheffield should focus on over the next 2 years, please complete their new Work Priorities Survey 2023-2025 or attend a meeting on 21st (online) and 28th (in person) of February.
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Health and Care Forum Ageing Well
30 September 2022
The next Healthwatch Sheffield Health and Care Public Forum will take place on 11th October 2022 from 1pm-2.30pm on Zoom. Discuss what would help you age better with NHS professionals working on the Sheffield Ageing Well Programme.You can attend on a one-off basis if a topic interests you.
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What's an Integrated Care System?
01 July 2022
An Integrated Care System is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined-up health and care services. ICSs have formally started working this month, replacing the current system of local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). The local version is called South Yorkshire ICS. Healthwatch Sheffield has reflected on how this change will affect their work.
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