News and reports

In line with national guidance issued in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, dental practices in the Midlands are currently not providing routine care in the same way as they were prior to the pandemic.

Take a look at what the guidance around visiting your loved ones in care homes means in practice.

We have been interviewing people in Rutland with long term or multiple health conditions in order to understand their experiences of care at their GP surgery.

A consultation is open to gather feedback and hear the views of the public on the proposal to relocate the Peterborough Urgent Treatment Centre and GP Out of Hours Service from the City Care Centre to the Peterborough City Hospital site.

Visiting restrictions at Peterborough City and Stamford Hospitals will be partially lifted from Monday 3 August after the number of Covid-19 positive patients has reduced.

Rutland has 11 residential care homes who between them provide over 300 beds for older people and a further 40 for people with Learning Disabilities, and 12 homecare providers delivering care to people in their own homes.

Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for Summer 2020

The Patient Engagement team at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) wants to hear from you!

This year’s Carers’ Week ran from June 8-14 with the theme #MakingCaringVisible.

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.

In England, you must by law wear a face covering when using public transport, when visiting an NHS hospital setting and, from 24 July 2020, in shops, banks and supermarkets.

Although a localised lockdown is in place for Leicester and some of its outlying areas for at least two weeks, the tougher restrictions do not apply in Rutland.