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Do you struggle to speak to your doctor about your medical concerns? You’re not alone. Take a look at these top tips to make the most out of your GP appointment.

Rutland County Council is once again inviting people to get involved in the Future Rutland Conversation, during the next stage of developing a new shared Vision for the county.

Two doses will give you vital extra protection against the Delta variant which data suggests is between 40% and 80% more transmissible than the Alpha variant

Have you tried to visit someone in hospital during or after lockdown? Did you spend time in labour without your birthing partner present? If so, we would value hearing your experiences.

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.

If you are a patient of one of the four Rutland GP practices you can book at the Rutland Covid vaccination centre by using the link that is sent to your mobile phone as a text message (SMS).

Leicestershire Partnership Trust’s (LPT) independent Patient, Carer and Voluntary & Community Sector led People’s Council has set it priorities for the year ahead and its plans for how it will raise awareness of its work.

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.’

The NHS in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland is asking local residents to share their views and experiences of services provided at local GP practices and health centres by taking part in an online survey.

The plans to reconfigure Leicester’s acute hospitals and maternity services were approved by the Governing Bodies of Leicester’s Clinical Commissioning Groups, at an extraordinary meeting on 8 June 2021.

We are aware that people are finding it difficult to access NHS dental treatment and we are discussing the issues with NHS England. The NHS England Midlands Dental Commissioning Team have sent us the following new update.

As part of our new 'Lets Talk' joint project with Leicester and Leicestershire Healthwatch we will be having our first conversation around accessing appointments at GP practices in Rutland.