1. Transfer of Care - initial findings, April 2017

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    The issues highlighted included delayed transfer of care, discharge from hospital without sufficient support in place, discharge from hospital when the individual requires rehabilitation rather than in-home support and confusion upon returning home.

  2. Support to Military Veterans Workshop 29th June 2017 - Event Report

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    We heard from the public that some confusion existed surrounding the provision of support to military veterans in the county so we held a workshop to explore the issues.

  3. Board Meeting papers - 11/06/2019

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    Board Meeting papers for 11/06/2019

  4. Healthwatch Rutland Annual Report 2018-2019

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    We experienced a lot of change in 2018-19, but were still busy working to ensure that the voices of all Rutland people were heard on the local delivery of health and social care. Read our annual report to find out what we achieved.

  5. East Midlands Ambulance Service Task Group

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    Concerns remain very high over the extremely poor response times in Rutland. Our EMAS listening event in July 2016 gave the opportunity to EMAS to describe current actions being taken to address issues in Rutland.

  6. Transfer of Care Task Group

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    This project ran from August 2016 to March 2017. The initial findings can be found in the report below:

  7. Enter and View report - Oakham Urgent Care Centre

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    Part of our local Healthwatch programme is to carry out Enter and View visits. Healthwatch Rutland authorised representatives carry out these visits to health and social care services to find out how they are being run and make recommendations.

  8. Enter and View report - Oakham Medical Practice July 2015

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    Part of the local Healthwatch programme is to carry out Enter and View visits. Local Healthwatch representatives carry out these visits to health and social care services to find out how they are being run and make recommendations.

  9. Enter and View report - Rutland Memorial Hospital, February 2015

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    Part of our local Healthwatch programme is to carry out Enter and View visits. Healthwatch Rutland authorised representatives carry out these visits to health and social care services to find out how they are being run and make recommendations.

  10. Enter and View Report - Younger Disabled Unit, Leicester General Hospital/Specialist Neurological Rehabilitation Unit, March 2016

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    Part of the local Healthwatch programme is to carry out Enter and View visits. Local Healthwatch representatives carry out these visits to health and social care services to find out how they are being run and make recommendations.

  11. Enter and View report - Brightways and Rutwel, October 2016

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    Part of our local Healthwatch programme is to carry out Enter and View visits to these visits to health and social care services to find out how they are being run and make recommendations.

  12. Enter and View report - Neurological Rehabilitation Unit, Leicester General Hospital Mar 2017

    Report -

    The purpose of this visit was to see if the recommendations from the last Enter and View visit in 2016 were being followed.

  13. Annual Report 2019-20 - Guided by you

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    During 2019-20 we continued to assert ourselves as an independent champion to put Rutland people at the heart of decisions as the health and care environment moves towards an integrated care system and single strategic commissioning body.

  14. Your experiences of Health and Care services during the Covid-19 pandemic

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    1383 people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland completed a survey from local Healthwatch and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG), that ran from 30 April to 7 June 2020. Of these there were 135 responses from people in Rutland.

  15. Report highlights how people’s experiences of health and social care services in Rutland differed from neighbouring Leicester and Leicestershire, during the Covid-19 lockdown

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    During the height of the Spring 2020 Coronavirus lockdown, between late April and early June, we were asking the public across Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) to tell us about their experiences of health and care support.

  16. Considerations for Rutland - questions on the Leicester acute hospitals and maternity reconfiguration proposals

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    Read our 'Considerations for Rutland' document that was sent to commissioners in response to the Leicester acute hospitals and maternity reconfiguration pre-consultation business case.

  17. Healthwatch Rutland reflects the public voice: The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust consultation on reconfiguration of acute hospitals and maternity services

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    The consultation about proposals to transform Leicester acute hospitals and maternity services has now closed. Thank you to everyone who has given feedback on how the changes may affect you and your families.

  18. Annual Report 2020-2021 - On equal terms

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    This year has been a very difficult one for everybody. While Healthwatch couldn't visit health and social care premises, we were still able to investigate the impact of the pandemic on people's access to the services that matter to them most.

  19. What Matters to You? Our report on what people in the county want from Place-based Health and Care

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    To help inform the creation of a new Place-based Health and Care Plan for Rutland, we asked people in Rutland to tell us what they need and want from local health and care services when they are ill, and to help them live healthy lives.

  20. Let's Talk... Hospital Visiting - Engagement Report

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    The Healthwatch ‘Let’s Talk...’ project in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland is looking at how the changes that have been made to health and social care services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, have affected patients and their loved ones.

  21. How have the changes in Urgent and Emergency Care affected patients?

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    As part of our 'Let’s Talk...' project we recently asked the public about their experiences of Urgent and Emergency Care, to understand the impact of changes to these services that have happened throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

  22. Annual Report 2021-22: Championing what matters to you

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    Our work over the past year has focused on ensuring that the public and patient voice is heard as early and loudly as possible in the development and transformation of health and care services across Rutland.

  23. Experiences of the Urgent Care Centre in Oakham

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    Oakham Urgent Care Centre: Enter and View Report

  24. Leicester Royal Infirmary Emergency Department Visit Report

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    A look inside the Adults Emergency Department at Leicester Royal Infirmary

  25. Our 2022-2023 Annual Report: Together we're making health and social care better

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    Our work over the past year has focused on ensuring that the public and patient voice is championed in the development of health and social care services to meet the needs of the Rutland community.

  26. Visit Report: Corby Urgent Care Centre

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    Our programme to understand more about how local urgent care services are meeting people's needs continued as Healthwatch Rutland recently visited the Corby Urgent Care Centre.

  27. Healthwatch revisits LRI ED: report of findings

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    We found some welcome improvements but more work to do in our revisit to the Leicester Royal Infirmary last Autumn