by Healthwatch Dorset | Oct 26, 2023 | News, Publications
Our new report Your Mind, Your Say, provides valuable insight from young people to help inform NHS Dorset’s current review of young people’s mental health services. The report builds on our 2020 pre-pandemic research, to assess if previous recommendations for...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Oct 12, 2023 | News, Publications
In our latest report, we explore the challenges faced by patients as they navigate urgent and emergency healthcare services in Dorset, identifying ways to improve people’s understanding and access to these vital services. NHS Dorset asked us to independently evaluate...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Jun 29, 2023 | News, Publications
Last year (April 2022-March 2023), Healthwatch Dorset supported over 2,000 people to have their say on health and social care and to get information and advice about local services. In its latest Annual Report, Together we’re making health and social care better,...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Mar 2, 2023 | News, Publications
Healthwatch Dorset, the county’s health and social care champion, has published a new report highlighting the ongoing difficulties people are experiencing accessing NHS dental care in Dorset, as they are across the country. The report, titled Why are people finding it...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Sep 28, 2022 | News, Publications
Carers feedback helps improve the service In a new report published today, Healthwatch Dorset shines a spotlight on the experiences of carers as they support loved ones leaving hospital to recover at home. The report highlights the challenges carers face and their...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Jun 30, 2022 | News, Publications
Last year (April 2021-March 2022), Healthwatch Dorset supported more than 4,700 people to have their say on health and social care and to get the right information and advice about local services. In its latest Annual Report, Championing what matters to you,...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Apr 13, 2022 | News, Publications
256 people have told Healthwatch Dorset about their experiences of being treated at Dorset County Hospital A&E, to inform a new report that will be used by the hospital to improve A&E care for local people. Healthwatch Dorset investigated the experiences,...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Feb 8, 2022 | News, Publications
Healthwatch Dorset recently investigated why people are struggling to get dental care in the county, finding only three of Dorset’s 99 NHS registered dental practices who were taking on new adult patients and only 13 who were accepting children as new patients. Access...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Nov 15, 2021 | News, Publications
In a new report out today from Healthwatch Dorset, young people are asking the county’s health and social care services to improve how they support and care for young people. 70 young people have told Healthwatch Dorset’s Young Listeners about their...
by Healthwatch Dorset | Oct 7, 2021 | News, Publications
In a new report out today (to mark World Homeless Day on 10 October), Healthwatch Dorset shines a spotlight on the health and care needs of people who are homeless and the challenges they face when trying to access vital care and support, such as dental care and end...
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