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Our top five work areas for 2019/20 have grown since last year and are set out here. -
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The Council (RBK) has been exploring setting up new ‘Wellbeing’ teams to provide a more ‘person-focused’ support for people requiring care at home. We aimed to find out what home care service users thought of the proposed changes. -
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The deadline for sharing your views is Sunday 1 November. We have been gathering experiences on access and quality of services during the pandemic and will be writing our report on these findings very soon. -
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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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Feedback from users of the Community Connector Service in Kingston -
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We are proud to share with you all we have been working on, over the past year (31 March 2019 - 1 April 2020) -
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Kingston Council are inviting Parents and Carers to have their say on Supported Living and Homecare Services -
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Presentations and documents shared at our last open meeting -
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The following gold briefing information has been shared with us from NHS South West London CCG. -
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Healthwatch Kingston recognises this is a sensitive time for many and we would like to hear about the experiences of residents, and also from family members and friends of residents of Care Homes, Supported Living Homes and Extra Care Housing. -
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You are invited to come along and find out how your Healthwatch Kingston is planning to listen to you this year and how you can influence our work. All are welcome to this virtual meeting. -
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The NHS in south west London drives forward ambitious vaccination programme -
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Since COVID-19 struck, the work of the Healthwatch network to support and listen to local people became more crucial than ever. Find out more in the Healthwatch England 2019-20 annual report to Parliament about how we have helped make care better. -
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Three months ago Kingston Borough’s daily case rate of Covid-19 infection peaked at over 300. Now it is averaging 11. Help Healthwatch Kingston find out what is going on by taking our survey. -
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REPORT PUBLISHED 15 June 2022: Between January to April 2021, HW Kingston ran two surveys about the experiences of residents, and family members and friends of residents of residential care during the pandemic. -
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Kingston Council Adult Carers' SURVEY is now LIVE, and also Carers UK is providing unpaid carers in Kingston access to a wide range of digital tools and essential resources. -
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Kingston’s Carers Strategy is being refreshed to make sure its able to support the needs of Kingston's carers.
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Safeguarding Adults Week 2021 (15 – 20 November) – London Safeguarding Adults Board schedule of events including annual LSAB Conference. Do join us. -
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Advice and information about places of worship in the community and bereavement services in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. -
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Healthwatch Kingston is working collaboratively with Kingston Voluntary Action to deliver this engagement with the South West London Bereavement Think Tank. -
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Advice and information about safeguarding services in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. -
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The LSV ensures that people with real lived experience of safeguarding are at the heart of London's safeguarding policies and procedures governance. -
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Healthwatch Kingston, working with Diabetes UK, encouraged Kingston residents with diabetes to share their views to help services work better for the people who use them. This report shares back what we learned. -
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The Department for Health and Social Care are running a consultation to inform the development of the government’s 10-Year Cancer Plan for England. It is open to everyone aged 16 and over, and closes at 11:45pm on 1 April 2022. -
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On 31 January 2022, the Department of Health and Social Care press released information about a consultation to remove vaccination as a condition of deployment as Omicron replaces Delta as dominant COVID-19 variant. -
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Race Equality Week is an annual UK-wide movement uniting thousands of organisations and individuals to 'seriously' address the barriers to race equality in the workplace. -
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Advice and information about Multiple Sclerosis services in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and other resources provided by the MS Society. -
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In April 2021 Healthwatch Kingston launched our ‘Pulse Check’ engagement programme to work more closely with our diverse communities in Kingston and listen to their views and experiences of health and social care services. -
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Working closely with Kingston’s diverse communities: listening to people and gathering and reporting their experiences of health and social care services.
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On behalf of the London Safeguarding Adults Board (LSAB) and London Safeguarding Voices (LSV), we would like to invite you to this year’s London Safeguarding Adults Board Conference and luncheons which will take place virtually. -
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Find out more about the Safeguarding Voices Hub -
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Healthwatch Kingston has been working with the Royal Borough of Kingston Adult Safeguarding Team to ensure that feedback from local people with lived experience of the safeguarding process improves the service. -
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Inclusion and amplifying the voices of people with a learning disability is a key priority for the work of Healthwatch Kingston. Here is the Healthwatch Kingston Learning Disabilities End of Year Report 2021 - 2022 -
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A carer is someone of any age who provides unpaid support to family or friends who could not manage without this help. -
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Dementia Action Week is an awareness raising campaign. This year's theme is 'diagnosis'. -
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During Carers Week, we're coming together from 6-12 June to make caring Visible, Valued and Supported. -
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This year, Mencap want to show how people with a learning disability are reconnecting with friends and their communities. -
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Healthwatch Kingston are delighted to share their Annual Report 2021-22 - Championing what matters to you -
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Welcome to the July update about how partnership working across health and care is making a difference for local people in Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth. -
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Healthwatch Kingston (HWK) and Kingston Voluntary Action (KVA) were commissioned by South West London Clinical Commissioning Group to undertake some research into people’s experiences of bereavement services in Kingston.
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#AskAboutAsthma is back for 2022. Now in its sixth year the campaign is about making simple changes to children and young people’s care that will make a big difference to how they experience their asthma. -
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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of people have shared their experiences of healthcare information and communication with us. We take an in-depth look at the impact of not being given information in the way you need had on you. -
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The health and care plan outlines how we will help the people of Kingston start well, live well and age well. -
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The public is welcome to join PART A of this meeting. -
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The theme was on the Cost of Living. We wanted to find out how it is impacting people with a learning disability, and their families and carers. -
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A number of NHS trade unions in England have balloted their NHS members to take part in industrial action. -
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We are proud of the impact our community engagement report is having at South West London (SWL) level. Here we share an article published by the SWL Integrated Care System (ICS) regarding new resources for staff and patients. -
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Kingston Council (RBK) Safeguarding Adults Board invited partner organisations in Kingston to join together and sign a pledge to uphold adult safeguarding responsibilities. Healthwatch Kingston are delighted to share our dedication to the pledge.