1. What is the sunflower lanyard?

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    The sunflower lanyard is a globally recognised symbol for non-visible disabilities, also known as hidden disabilities or invisible disabilities.

  2. Colonoscopy confidence - your common sense bowel check

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    Find out more about what a colonoscopy is and what the simple check involves.

  3. How your voice is making a difference across the country

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    Our nation’s health faces enormous challenges. Find out in Healthwatch England's Annual Report to Parliament how your feedback has helped to improve NHS and social care services.

  4. My experience as a Digital Communications volunteer at Healthwatch Greenwich

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    Find out more about our Digital Communications volunteer.

  5. Would you like to shape patient experience in Greenwich?

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    Find out more about an opportunity to shape patient experience strategy at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust.

  6. Why we are supporting Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

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    Find out why we are supporting Bowel Cancer Awareness Month.

  7. Are you waiting for hospital treatment, consultation or surgery?

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    A new NHS tool has been created to find out the average waiting time for your upcoming treatment, consultation or surgery.

  8. Let's talk health and care in South east London

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    Get involved and participate in conversations about health in South east London.

  9. How to order a repeat prescription

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    Find out how to order repeat prescriptions.

  10. What is the London Care Record and how does it benefit you?

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    Read more about the London Care Record.

  11. Help to shape the new Integrated Care System

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    Find out how you can get involved in shaping healthcare.

  12. Social Care reform: your questions answered

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    Read more about the upcoming changes to social care reform and what they mean for you.

  13. South Asian Heritage Month: Dr Sid Deshmukh shares his story

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    Read the blog from South East London Integrated Care System.

  14. Supporting National Inclusion Week

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    Find out more about National Inclusion Week.

  15. It's Stoptober - the perfect time to quit smoking

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    Public Health England’s Stoptober campaign has been an annual event since 2012. Each year it inspires thousands of smokers to give up for 28 days during the month of October – and its aim is to support them in quitting for good.

  16. Record 7 million people awaiting hospital treatment – our response

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    With a record seven million people awaiting hospital treatment, Louise Ansari, our National Director, told BBC News that people need reassuring that the NHS is still there to help them.

  17. Reflecting on our co-produced work with young people

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    Beginning in the summer of 2022, Healthwatch Greenwich ran a co-produced piece of work on young people’s contraceptive use and what they know, don’t know and aren’t sure about when it comes to LARC methods .

  18. The Power of Co-Production

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    In this blog post, Jahan Foster, Social Care Researcher at Healthwatch Greenwich, reflects on the successful co-production project completed with young people, which explored their contraceptive knowledge and awareness.

  19. When patient voices go unheard

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    The key to addressing this challenge lies in recognising the importance of patient and family voices and actively incorporating them into the fabric of health and care decision-making, writes Healthwatch Greenwich CEO Joy Beishon.

  20. Barriers and inequalities in cervical screening

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    This week is Cervical Cancer Prevention Week. Our new blog brings together some of the key challenges people have shared about cervical screening with local Healthwatch and outlines the steps we are taking nationally to address those.