by Healthwatch Dorset | May 24, 2021 | News, Projects
Wessex Cancer Alliance, working alongside Wessex Voices and Healthwatch Dorset have launched a new project called ‘Our Cancer Our Way’. The aim is to creatively engage with children, teenagers, young people, and their parents and carers, to understand what...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Apr 28, 2021 | News, Projects
Healthwatch Dorset has announced the areas of health and social care that it will investigate this year to make sure that local people’s views and experiences are used to drive and support improvements in services. Following analysis of public feedback to find common...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Mar 8, 2021 | News, Projects
Local health and care champion, Healthwatch Dorset, has launched a new public survey asking people to share their views and experiences of the county’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The public feedback campaign, which is welcomed by local NHS providers, will help...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Jan 7, 2021 | News, Projects, Volunteers
What’s it like being a young person using health, social care and wellbeing services in Dorset, and what changes do young people want to see? That’s what Healthwatch Dorset wants to find out, so they are recruiting young volunteers aged 16-25, to design and deliver an...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Oct 8, 2020 | News, Projects
A new film out today from Healthwatch Dorset (released to coincide with World Mental Health Day on 10 October*) shows local people sharing their mental health stories to raise awareness of the challenges people face and the support that makes all the difference –...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Sep 15, 2020 | News, Projects
Healthwatch Dorset recently took part in a national research study to understand patients’ experiences of virtual and remote health consultations. As many health care appointments are now being delivered over the phone or by video call in response to the Covid-19...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Jul 15, 2020 | News, Projects
62% of people in South West ready to help improve health and social care after coronavirus Healthwatch Dorset has joined local and national health and care organisations calling on Dorset residents to give feedback about their care during coronavirus (COVID-19) to...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Apr 22, 2020 | News, Projects
Healthwatch Dorset is looking forward to helping local health and care services learn and improve with the announcement of several new projects for the year ahead. The new Healthwatch projects will address the impact of coronavirus and look into issues raised by local...
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Young people in Dorset want health and social care services to listen more, communicate better and coordinate their care