1. Experiences of Deaf service-users in local hospitals

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    Deaf service users raised a range of concerns about experiences in local hospitals.

  2. Interpreting services in GP practices

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    A mystery shopping project

  3. Experiences of the Integrated Care Ageing Team Service

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    We carried out interviews with residents, relatives and staff in local care homes.

  4. Customer Service in GP reception areas

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    A mystery shopping project

  5. NHS Complaints Insight

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    We carried out some work on local complaints processes in Islington.

  6. Experiences of Integrated Care

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    Gathering views on Multi-Disciplinary Team pilots

  7. Mental health services for young adults

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    50 young adults from a range of vulnerable backgrounds gave us their views on mental health, and the mental health support services they would find most useful.

  8. GP online services in Islington

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    To gather local people's views on the online GP appointment booking service, we created a survey.

  9. Care home visits

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    We visited Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre, Cheverton Lodge Care Home, The Highgate Nursing Home, and Muriel Street Resource Centre.

  10. 10 top tips to get the most out of your GP appointment

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    We know from our conversations with the public that some patients report feeling rushed during appointments and struggling to make themselves heard. Here are some tips that could help you get the most out of visiting your GP.

  11. Mystery shopping: Healthcare Travel Costs

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    Healthwatch mystery shoppers phoned GP surgeries and visited local hospitals to see how easy it was to make a claim for reimbursement under the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme.

  12. Challenging Inequalities Self-Assessment Toolkit

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    Progressing Equality Through Mental Health Commissioning and Mental Health Service Delivery

  13. If I could change just one thing about health and care, this is what it would be

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    Local people share their key concerns about health and care services today

  14. Our plans for 2024

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    A quick heads-up on eight of our key projects for this year.

  15. Update on services at Moorfields Eye Hospital

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  16. Healthwatch tackles high blood pressure

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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.

  17. Find out how we help community groups to offer mental health support

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    Our Mental Health Partnerships team delivered a wellbeing session about depression at the end of last month. We share the story of the event.

  18. Raising awareness of hypertension in Islington

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    We helped over 1,300 people improve their understanding of hypertension.

  19. Our response to proposed changes to maternity and neonatal services in North Central London

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    This is a joint response and comes from Healthwatch Islington and Islington Somali Community.

  20. We'd like to hear from people using home care services

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    We can point you in the right direction if you need help accessing other health or care services. We'd also like to hear your views on the care you receive at home.

  21. Our best practice coordinator for carers engagement gets to work

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    We'll be supporting the North Central London Mental Health Trust to learn from best practices across the region to improve the experience of carers

  22. What are your expectations for your annual health review?

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    We asked over 500 residents with long-term health conditions what they wanted from their yearly check-ups

  23. Working across North Central London

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    Five local Healthwatch represent the boroughs of North Central London. Learn how we collaborate.

  24. Conversations with GPs can give patients with health conditions confidence to increase physical exercise

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    Residents with long-term health conditions tell us that the opportunity to speak directly to a health professional can give them the confidence they need to increase their levels of physical activity safely.

  25. Islington patients managing long-term conditions give feedback on their annual health checks and patterns of physical activity

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    We asked over 500 residents with long-term health conditions what they wanted from their yearly check-ups and how their health affected their physical activity patterns.

  26. Islington residents share feedback on how their health conditions affect their activity levels

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    We asked over 500 residents with long-term conditions about their patterns of physical activity and exercise and how this was affected by their health.

  27. Supporting the uptake of cervical screening within the Somali and Turkish speaking communities in Islington

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    Guided by learning from a Public Health Cancer Needs analysis, and support from North Central London Cancer Alliance, the project has focused on supporting uptake of cervical screening in the Somali and Turkish Communities

  28. Supporting the uptake of cervical screening within our Somali and Turkish speaking communities

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    Somali and Turkish women have a higher refusal rate for cervical screening than the Islington average. Our project has enabled women to have one-to-one conversations about screening with cancer champions in their first language.

  29. Healthwatch Week

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