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Our annual report tells the story of our work over the past 12 months. -
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Find materials for this meeting of the Islington Patient Group. -
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Self-care, social issues affecting health, and care delivered closer to home -
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Diverse Communities Health Voice gathers the views of black and minority ethnic communities that don't speak English as a first language. -
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Our complaints process outlines how to make a complaint about us and our approach to making sure complaints are resolved. -
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Local community organisations would welcome stronger referral pathways, and the opportunity to develop dialogue with Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. -
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Get involved with Healthwatch Islington -
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Directors Rose McDonald and Shelagh Prosser have stepped down from the Board at the end of their terms of office. -
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Jana works as a Programme Manager in the healthcare sector and has a strong interest in promoting patient choice. -
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New campaign calls on the public to share their experiences of NHS services to help make care better for all. -
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We'd like to see clearer eligibility criteria, and better access to the service for patients with communication support needs. -
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A brief introduction to Zoom - giving guidance on how to join a virtual meeting. -
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With social distancing measures in place, we're doing more and more essential tasks online. Our digital champions make sure that local residents that need some support don't get left behind. -
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Last year, we engaged with over 2300 residents. 650 people shared their stories about health and social care, and we made 25 recommendations to services about the improvements that people would like to see. -
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Two-thirds of people in England say they are more likely to act to improve health and social care services since the outbreak of COVID-19. Help services improve and join our campaign #BecauseWeAllCare to encourage people to share their experience. -
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We're doing more and more essential tasks online. Our digital champions offer support and encouragement to local residents who are learning how to use digital platforms. -
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Feedback we received from residents and local organisations supporting migrant communities is helping make mental health services easier to access for people from diverse cultural backgrounds -
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Patsy used to just use her phone for making calls. Now she can use it to to share photos of her beloved dog with her friends. We hope this is just the start of her digital journey.
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Digital can be for anyone, but it isn’t for everyone. -
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Our congratulations go to David Mallory, who has been recognised as a champion among Digital Champions -
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We know that there is a huge digital divide in Islington and that this is likely to exacerbate existing inequality if we don’t take joined-up action. -
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Here are ten top tips for using e-consult -
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We engaged with and supported 2,189 residents with issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic this year. 781 people shared their experiences of health and social care. -
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We continue to hear reports from residents that the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service doesn’t work well for them. Lack of clarity in the wording of eligibility criteria creates ambiguity, confusion, and unfairness. -
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We're seeking participation from people from Black and Asian backgrounds. We are also looking for people who may have experience as a family carer, or who use health services regularly. -
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Integrated Care Systems go live in April 2022 and will change the way health and care services are planned and delivered. Commissioners told Healthwatch how the new system and structures should improve on the old. -
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Healthwatch Islington has been shortlisted for the work of our volunteer team in a major national awards scheme. -
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Local health champion wins ‘Celebrating our volunteer team’ category in major national awards scheme. -
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We have been awarded a contract of up to nine years starting from 1 April 2022. -
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We engaged with over 2,200 residents, providing information, digital support, and gathering views on accessing health and care services, experiences of Long Covid, and the wider impact of the pandemic. -
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Jenni volunteers as a Health Champion. As Covid restrictions ease we are looking forward to getting back out into the community and speaking to local residents again. -
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Our advice and information worker wrote nearly 30 emails and made over 40 phone calls to get Paul the support to which he was entitled. -
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Julia volunteers for Healthwatch as a Health Champion and as a Digital Champion. Here she talks about why she volunteers and how she benefits. -
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It's been a great year of growth for Healthwatch Islington. We are the independent champion for people who use health and social care services in the borough. -
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Our staff and volunteers have been putting that question to shoppers at Chapel Market and partygoers at the Caledonian Road street festival. -
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Celebrating ten years of Healthwatch Islington -
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Celebrating ten years of Healthwatch Islington -
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Celebrating ten years of Healthwatch Islington -
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Celebrating ten years of Healthwatch Islington -
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Our tenth birthday celebration gave us the chance to say thank you to all the volunteers, partner organisations, and residents who have been key to our success. -
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A quick heads-up on eight of our key projects for this year. -
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We helped over 1,300 people improve their understanding of hypertension and identified over 130 people with undiagnosed hypertension, whom we were able to point in the direction of their GP or community pharmacy for further tests.