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My volunteering diary – by Healthwatch Dorset’s Volunteer officer Holly
Volunteers STILL required for vaccination centres Community Action Network are still looking for volunteers who wish to help with the vaccination programme running throughout Dorset. Volunteering as a marshal can involve a whole host of things! From making...
New Healthwatch Dorset survey asks the public ‘How could Dorset’s COVID-19 vaccination programme be improved?’
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...
Eating Disorder Awareness Week: 1 – 7 March 2021
Written by Healthwatch Dorset volunteer, Richie, who is currently studying a Masters in Nutrition and Behaviour at Bournemouth University. Eating disorders and the pandemic Whilst it is tricky to separate most things from the effects of the current pandemic, eating...
Healthwatch Young Listeners Project
Call out for young volunteers age 16-25 - Join us and help make Dorset’s health and care services work better for young people Hi, I am Lindsey Fish, Youth Engagement Officer for Healthwatch Dorset, and I run our Young Listener Project which we launched in...
What is obesity and how can we beat it? – National Obesity Awareness Week
This week is all about raising awareness of obesity, how it affects our health, and what we can do to improve the nation’s collective wellbeing. Whether it’s being more physically active or keeping a closer eye on what we eat, even small changes can go a long...
Healthwatch Dorset asks young people ‘How could health and social care services work better for you?’
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...
Dorset’s community mental health services can be improved by listening to those they support
Dorset’s community mental health services could learn and improve if they listen to the views of the people who need their support, according to a new report out today from Healthwatch Dorset. Healthwatch Dorset has been talking to local people with a range of mental...
My diary: conversations about homelessness and health
by Lucy Cribb, Healthwatch Dorset Engagement Officer - December 2020 Working with HealthBus in Bournemouth In October and November 2020, I carried out some engagement work with people who are experiencing homelessness and people who use drug and/or alcohol services,...
Covid vaccination programme gets underway
A vaccine which protects against Covid-19 is being distributed in the UK today as part of the biggest mass vaccination campaign in NHS history. People aged over 80 in hospital, frontline health staff and care home workers will be first to get the jab at 70 designated...
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