🌟 2025: a year where we continued to make health and social care services better for you in Leicester and Leicestershire
🌟 2026: our work continues
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We were delighted to meet women in Coalville last week who shared their health experiences and priorities with us.
We were also joined by local MP Amanda Hack.
The Government has published plans to transfer the functions of Healthwatch England to the Department of Health, and
transfer the functions of local Healthwatch into Integrated Care Boards and local authorities.
Please read our statement from Healthwatch Leicester and Healthwatch Leicestershire.
This week we celebrated #VolunteersWeek with some of our fantastic volunteers in Leicester and Leicestershire!
We really appreciate their time and support.
Have you been discharged from one of our local hospitals in Leicester or Leicestershire or do you care for someone who has?
We want to hear your views.
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Help us to work on improving hospital discharge.
#Leicester #Leicestershire
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Join the Govt's call for evidence to inform the development of a Men’s Health Strategy for England.
Anyone with an interest in men's health - whether male of female members of the public, health care professionals or academics - can feed back.
consultations.dhsc.gov.uk/mens-health-...
Were you at our conference in March?
It was certainly the highlight of the year for us so far.
We were delighted with the number of people who attended and said how much they enjoyed the event.
It was also very helpful for us to get feedback in setting the priorities for the 2025 -2026. 🔎
This time last Tuesday our conference was up and running. We were delighted that Louise Ansari, chief executive of @healthwatchengland.bsky.social, spoke at our event.
Lots of great conversations about health and social care priorities for Leicester and Leicestershire. ✅
Join our Advisory Board! Apply today to make a difference in local health and care services.
If this is something you would be interested in please contact us to arrange an informal conversation or for a recruitment pack: email enquiries@healthwatchll.com or call 0116 257 4999.
"Any changes in structure need to have improvements in patient access and experience of care at their heart." Quote from Louise Ansari, Chief Executive at Healthwatch England
The Prime Minister has announced today that he will bring the NHS back under the control of ministers by abolishing NHS England. Our Chief Executive has responded highlighting the importance that patients care is not disrupted and progress is not reversed - www.healthwatch.co.uk/response/202...
This time last Tuesday our conference was up and running. We were delighted that Louise Ansari, chief executive of @healthwatchengland.bsky.social, spoke at our event.
Lots of great conversations about health and social care priorities for Leicester and Leicestershire. ✅
Thanks for sharing.
We're supporting @healthwatchengland.bsky.social and Care Quality Commission's #ShareforBetterCare campaign this week.
Take 3 minutes to share feedback and help us drive positive changes for health and social care locally.
healthwatchll.com/have-your-say/
Use your free time to make a difference. It takes just three minutes to share your health or care experience. Photo of a young Asian woman scrolling on her phone on the bus. Logos of Healthwatch, care quality commission and share for better care week.
The average person spends 18 minutes of their day
waiting or with nothing else to do...
Use just 3 of those minutes to share feedback about
your health and social care services and help make care
better for everyone. #ShareForBetterCare
Healthwatch in action!
Here's one of our #SpeakUp events.
Today we're at St Peter's, Highfields in Leicester speaking about mental health to members of the Bangladeshi community.
Lots of questions and conversations.
We're joined by NHS Leicester Partnership Trust.
"Instead of taking my complaint seriously and fixing the problems in their system, the hospital staff just circle the wagons and deflect."
We've heard how people's experiences of the complaints system shattered their confidence to raise complaints again.
We are calling for the NHS to develop a culture of listening to and learning from complaints.
Read our report bit.ly/40VRO8y
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Our Comms officer Ella and volunteer Kim went to the drop-in event organised by LLRICB for the proposed Hinckley Day Case Unit.
The unit is scheduled to open in 2026.
Good to see the plans and proposals.
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Join us at our first Healthwatch Leicester & Healthwatch Leicestershire conference.
🗓️ 11 Mar 2025
🕙 9.30am register, starts 10am till 1pm
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Help set 2025 -26 health & care priorities for our local region.
#Leicester
#Leicestershire
New Healthwatch England research this week highlights the complaints system fails patients, which gov’t has acknowledged in its response. Only 1 in 10 who receive poor care complain, the process leaves people dissatisfied & the NHS doesn’t learn from complaints
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/have-your-...
Come and join the team, be part of the conversation around local health and well-being priorities.
"We need a step change in how people's complaints are handled and acted on." Quote from Louise Ansari, Chief Executive at Healthwatch England.
An effective complaints system should be an essential part of improving health services and restoring public satisfaction with the NHS.
We need a change in the NHS complaints system.
Read our recommendations www.healthwatch.co.uk/news/2025-01...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@healthwatchengland.bsky.social said
“These devastating stories shared by nurses in the report by the RCN echo experiences that people tell us about.
Patients say they’re witnessing stressed & overstretched staff valiantly trying to cope with these extreme pressures."
Together with a coalition of trade unions, professional bodies, charities and patient groups, we have called for an end to treating patients in corridors and other inappropriate spaces. Read the full letter: www.healthwatch.co.uk/response/202...
📣 We make sure the people of Leicester and Leicestershire have their say about NHS and social care. We collect your feedback through surveys and listening to you at events and visits. Find out about how we help you ➡️
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Will you be in Hinckley town centre tomorrow 15th Jan?
Come along and hello to us at the Support Sofa in the Britannia Centre, 11.00-12.00 👋
We'll be there to get your feedback about NHS and social care services.
If you've not heard of Healthwatch before, here's some information from our national organisation.
Get your FREE personal quit smoking plan.
It’s never too late to quit smoking and you will notice almost immediate improvements to your health when you stop.
New Year is a great time to join others giving quitting a go.
Get your plan for 2025 here 👉 nhs.uk/.../ready-to...
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Do you have an idea on how the NHS can change? Your views, experiences and ideas will shape a new 10 Year Health Plan for England.
If you are a member of the public or someone who works in health and social care in England - give your opinion today. change.nhs.uk/en-GB/projec...
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