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Raising Awareness of Women’s Cancer Screening
On Women’s Day, we were in General Gordon Square with a focus on promoting women’s health screening. Using a combination of strategies in a community setting, including face-to-face interaction (short, informal conversations), incentives (freebies), and…
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Shweta’s experience: “If only a GP had seen me in person, I would have my degree with no delays.”
An international student shared how not receiving timely care delayed her prospects of graduating on time.
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Government and unions urged to find resolution to strike action
Five organisations representing NHS leaders and patients join forces regarding on-going industrial action in the NHS.
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"Healthwatch Greenwich has taught me about the importance of giving people a voice": Volunteer Jocelyn
Healthwatch Greenwich volunteer Jocelyn Foxworth reflects on a transformative summer of volunteering.
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Teen co-researchers tackle youth contraceptive knowledge gap
Oluwatoyosi Disu, a 17-year-old co-researcher, shares her experience of being part of the project, interviewing friends and peers on their contraceptive knowledge.
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Carers UK - unpaid carers in England and Wales providing care worth £162 billion a year
New findings from Carers UK and University of Sheffield's Centre for Care look at how much the contributions of unpaid carers would cost the social care system, if the hours were provided by paid care workers.
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NHS to rollout new multiple sclerosis jab cutting treatment time in hospital by over 90%
Patients with multiple sclerosis are to benefit from a new 10-minute injection on the NHS that can help slow the progression of disability while…
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Annual GP Patient Survey-Healthwatch England Response
On Thursday 12 July, NHS England published their annual GP Patient Survey. Read Healthwatch England's response.
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"Joining Healthwatch Greenwich as a volunteer has been a new and enjoyable experience. The reason why I decided to volunteer was to help support my local community and better understand the issues that our communities face"
Mia Mikala Ofori, an outreach volunteer at Healthwatch Greenwich, shares her journey with making a difference in her local community and growing her…
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Latest reports and publication
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Healthwatch Greenwich Annual Report 2023-24
Our Annual Report for the year 2023-2024. How your feedback helped us work to improve health and social care services in Greenwich over the past year, and what our key priorities will be for 2024-2025.
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Enter and View Report: 1a Webb Road
Read and download the full report at the end of this page.
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