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Doctors’ Strike Action – What You Need to Know
Industrial action by Resident Doctors, will take place from 7am on Monday 15th June to 6.59 on Friday 19 June. The NHS is asking patients to choose services appropriately during industrial action and take simple steps to help ensure care is available to…
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Building Carer Friendly Communities: Carers Week 2026
With so many adults in the UK providing unpaid care and support, carer friendly communities can have a real and lasting difference to the lives of carers everywhere.
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Youth Out Loud! members tackle the stigma of menstruation and endometriosis in new film
Members of Youth Out Loud! have collaborated with a local filmmaker to create a new short film driven by the voices of young people experiencing endometriosis.
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Kingston residents face losing their independent voice in the NHS and social care
Local watchdog, Healthwatch Kingston upon Thames has warned that the Government plans to remove the only independent champion for the voice of health and social care users in Kingston upon Thames, with no equivalent to fill the gap.
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What is the single patient record?
Plans to introduce a single patient record promise to bring all your health information together in one place. Here’s what you need to know.
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Taking small actions to support good mental health this Mental Health Awareness Week
Around one in five adults in the UK have a common mental health condition such as anxiety and depression. With poor mental health affecting so many of us it's the actions we take for ourselves and others that make all the difference.
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Looking for medical support in Kingston this Bank Holiday weekend?
If you need medical help over the Easter long weekend, use NHS 111 - or call 999 in a life-threatening emergency
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Doctors’ Strike Action – What You Need to Know
Industrial action by Resident Doctors, will take place from Tuesday 7th to Monday 13th April 2026. The NHS is asking patients to choose services…
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Feeling Grief Differently: Adults with autism and ADHD share their experience of bereavement
Everyone experiences bereavement differently. In this podcast series, New Dialogue Engagement Officer Scott speaks to adults with autism and ADHD…
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Latest reports and publication
Enter and View: Surbitonian Gardens Care Home
Healthwatch Kingston champions better standards of care in socially funded health and social care services. This report presents the findings of the Healthwatch Kingston's Authorised Representatives’ visit to Surbitonian Gardens Care Home. Surbitonian Gardens is situated in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and is one of the 13 homes across the country run by Anovo Care Ltd.
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Enter and View: Bourne House
Healthwatch Kingston champions better standards of care in socially funded health and social care services. This report presents the findings of the Healthwatch Kingston's Authorised Representatives’ visit to Bourne House Nursing Home. Bourne House is situated in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK) and is one of a number of homes across the country run by Aria Healthcare.
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