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Today we launch the “What Would You Do?” campaign to encourage everyone in Rutland to share their views about what changes to local NHS services should be made in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. -
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We are working with colleagues in Healthwatch Leicester/Leicestershire to deliver co-ordinated engagement with the public about the plan’s proposals. -
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Local health and social care leaders together with voluntary sector organisations in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) have unveiled new plans for supporting people with dementia and their carers. -
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People in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are being asked to share their views on healthcare that patients receive at home and in local communities as the local NHS looks to improve community health services. -
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NHS organisations in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) have published the Better Care Together ‘Next steps to better care in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland’. -
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This week GPs in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are encouraging people with a learning disability to make sure they have an annual health check. -
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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. -
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Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for September 2019 -
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We all love the NHS, but let’s make it even better this year. Tell us about your experiences of health and social care, and the changes that you would like to see made locally, in our online survey. #SpeakUp2020 -
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Leicester Partnership Trust (LPT) patient involvement update in response to changes due to coronavirus -
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Find out local news and coronavirus guidance for and about unpaid carers -
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This year’s Carers’ Week ran from June 8-14 with the theme #MakingCaringVisible. -
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The best way to help protect yourself and others from catching and spreading flu is to have the flu vaccination every year. Flu strains change from year to year so that last year’s vaccine may not protect you from this year’s strains. -
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The Covid-19 vaccination programme in Rutland is planned to start on December 21st 2020, subject to delivery of the first batch of the vaccine. -
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We were thrilled to receive some good news at the very start of 2021! Jacqui Darlington, our Vice Chair was awarded a British Empire Medal in the New Year’s Honours list, for services to the community in Rutland. -
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For a brave and honest view from an unpaid carer, about how the coronavirus crisis has affected carers in Rutland, tune into Jacqui Darlington’s livestreamed chat with James Townsend from Mobilise Care -
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We had a great conversation around carers mental health as part of Carers Week. The theme of the week was making sure caring was ‘visible and valued.’ -
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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. -
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Carers Week 2021 'Making Caring Visible and Valued: A Focus on Carers Mental Health in Rutland. -
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'Making Caring Visible, Valued and Supported’. -
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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. -
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Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for Summer 2022 -
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Are services in Rutland meeting the needs of people with dementia, their families and carers? -
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New local Healthwatch research shows that one of the big challenges for people living with dementia, and their carers, is to be able to access information and support services that are appropriate for their individual needs, at the right time -
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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. -
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This year, Dementia Action Week will run from 13-19 May. Each year organisations come together to raise awareness of dementia and the support which is available.
Join us in Uppingham on Monday 13 May for an event to kick off this week of dementia awareness raising. -
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There were events held each day in Rutland during the recent Dementia Action Week (13-19 May) to raise awareness of dementia and the local support services available. Healthwatch Rutland supported an event held at The Falcon Hotel in Uppingham organised by The Rotary Club, in partnership with Uppingham Surgery Patient Participation Group.