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Updated Generic Terms of Reference for Healthwatch Kingston Task Groups. -
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We believe it is import for people to have access to the patient survey results for their local practices and would welcome the opportunity to hear your views. -
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We are pleased to support the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) #DeclareYourCare campaign which is currently focussing on people with a learning disability, their family, carers and advocates. -
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The public consultation on three potential options for the location of a brand-new specialist emergency care hospital – on the Epsom, St Helier or Sutton hospital sites is currently open until Wednesday, 1 April 2020. -
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Youth Out Loud! is a group of young people, helping to improve our local health and care services. YOL! works across Healthwatch Kingston and Healthwatch Richmond to make health and care services better for young people. -
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Board Meeting Agenda -
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Advice from Kingston Hospital and Kingston and Richmond Clinical Commissioning Groups -
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Thanks to all those who attended our open meeting on Monday, 17 February 2020. -
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Posters in different languages are now available for you to download, print off and distribute to your local communities. -
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Staff are working remotely -
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Read the latest advice and information from NHS England and Public Health England about the Coronavirus.
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Kingston Council, Kingston Voluntary Action and Volunteering Kingston are working together to create 'Kingston Stronger Together' Find out how you can get involved. -
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Helpful tips to manage your mental and physical wellbeing -
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Board Meeting Agenda -
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Are you currently self isolating, vulnerable and need help accessing essential goods and services in Kingston? -
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Dear Healthwatchers! We hope you are all keeping well during this challenging time.
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I am a classically trained musician and music teacher. I love going to the theatre and music concerts. I have been living with a mental health condition for 15 years. -
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I’m a mum to a fifteen-year-old daughter, and I work in mental health for the charity Mind. I also live with Bipolar Disorder. In my spare time I love spending time with dogs and drinking tea. -
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This poem was written when I was starting to improve during a mental health crisis while living in the community, following a medically authorised withdrawal from lithium carbonate. -
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I love podcasts, travelling and disappearing into a good book. I currently have three jobs: working in mental health, with children in schools and most recently as a trained massage therapist. -
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I love art and design as well as broadcasting, which I learned at the BBC in Birmingham, many moons ago. That’s where I grew up. Depression hit me in 2008 during the economic downturn where life got really difficult. -
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I am a bespoke tailor and I enjoy photography as a hobby, using mainly film cameras. I have suffered from anxiety since the age of 11 and have post traumatic stress disorder from two separate incidents.
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I love to sing. It’s my therapy. I sing in the Sisterhood Choir at the Kingsgate Church.
I was diagnosed with ADHD at 47.
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I’m passionate about community-led projects and making things happen that grow my own wellbeing and the wellbeing of people around me.
10 years ago I was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation.
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Having lived in Kingston for many years, I'm currently a Royal Borough of Kingston councillor focussing on community mental health. I have battled depression for much of my adult life but thankfully I now feel more in control of my mental wellbeing. -
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Goal setting helps me to develop an action plan which encourages me to carry out my tasks. It helps me to motivate myself during challenging and uncertain times we are going through. -
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Being with nature is something I have been passionate about since the age of five and which has been personally very beneficial to my mental wellbeing. -
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Through therapy, I have learnt to implement various tools to help me control my anxiety, panic attacks, and feelings of discomfort, and through trial and error I have found the ones that fit best for me and would like to share them with you. -
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Sticking to some sort of routine has really helped me stay focused and has been a healthy way to cope with any anxiety that this uncertain time can cause. A routine can include simple things, like brushing your teeth and getting dressed. -
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Time to Change Kingston have launched some exciting events, blogs and lockdown tips for mental health awareness week! -
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Our youth group - Youth Out Loud! (YOL!) have put together a fantastic set of resources which have been shared in schools for Mental Health Awareness Week. -
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Board Meeting Agenda and Papers -
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Feedback from users of the Community Connector Service in Kingston -
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It’s Carers Week, an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities. -
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Healthwatch Kingston has compared experiences of NHS and social care services prior to and during the Coronavirus pandemic. This snapshot report presents information shared with us from before ‘lockdown’ and between the beginning of April to mid-June -
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Presentations and documents shared at our last open meeting