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At our Open Meeting held on 24 May 2022, we invited speakers from the NHS to come and update us on the latest ICS plans. We can now share responses from our NHS colleagues to the questions asked at that meeting. -
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The public is welcome to join PART A of this meeting. -
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Alzheimer's Society are running drop-in sessions for Dementia Support at Kingston Libraries. -
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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. -
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The Kingston Carers All Age Strategy sets out our renewed vision and strategic priorities to support carers. -
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The Kingston Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) seeks to identify the current and future health and care needs of local populations to inform the planning of services within Kingston. -
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We were joined by Sarah Ireland, RBK Interim Chief Executive and a number of representatives from different services provided updates on the progress of their Healthwatch Kingston recommendations. -
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NHS and social care services only make the best decisions if they listen to the people they care for. Read Healthwatch England's Annual Report to Parliament to see how your feedback has helped decision-makers prioritise what matters most. -
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The LSV wants to bring together people with lived experience of Safeguarding from each London borough. Healthwatch Kingston has been re-commissioned by the London Safeguarding Adults Board to coordinate the LSV work programme. -
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Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP) puts the person who is the focus of a concern at the centre during a safeguarding enquiry - from the beginning to the end.
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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. -
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Mental health continues to be of significant concern locally, with people seeking information and requesting help to access support.
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Towards the end of 2021, in response to some concerns raised about the treatment of frontline staff in the care sector in Kingston, the Royal Borough of Kingston (RBK) Quality Assurance Team ran a wellbeing survey for care workers. -
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Healthwatch Kingston is delighted to share our Annual Report 2022-23 - Together we're making health and social care better. -
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How do we include the digitally excluded? -
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The Primary Care team worked collaboratively with Kingston Council, SPEAR, Public Health, Healthwatch, Refugee Action Kingston, Kingston Churches in Action, Kingston Voluntary Action, Voices of Hope and Your Healthcare to organize the event.
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Kingston Eco-Op are proud to launch The Larch - a social club for adults with autism, every Wednesday 6-9pm. -
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We are looking to recruit two more volunteers from Kingston to not only make safeguarding adults better in Kingston, but across London too. -
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Healthwatch Kingston is the independent champion for people who use health and social care services. As a team of staff and volunteers, we are here to make sure that those running services, put people at the heart of care. -
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A guide to Healthwatch powers to Enter and View health and care services. -
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Passionate about care services and working with volunteers? Skilled engaging people, sharing their views and observing what matters to them? Download the application pack below. -
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Healthwatch Kingston presented how we have been engaging with adults with lived experience at the Kingston Safeguarding Adults Board Development Day 2024 on 1st February 2024. -
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The London Safeguarding Adults Board (LSAB) Conference, organised by the London Safeguarding Adults Board, took place during National Adult Safeguarding Awareness Week (November 2023), which focused on how to prioritise the welfare and wellbeing of yourself and others.
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The JSNA is a comprehensive picture of information and data of the health, care, and wellbeing needs and inequalities of Kingston (now and in the future) in order to improve and protect health and wellbeing outcomes. -
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We would like to extend our congratulations to the Your Healthcare team for being awarded Best Health and Wellbeing Provider in the 2024 Kingston Borough Business Awards, organised by the Kingston Chamber of Commerce.
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The Healthwatch Kingston team have been doing a number of outreach activities recently. -
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Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments. -
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The theme of LGBT+ History Month 2021 is ‘Body, Mind, Spirit’.
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Kingston Race and Equalities Council and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames host the fifth Session in the Black Lives Matter series. -
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Youth Out Loud! develops, produces and distributes podcasts made by young people, for young people, using the expertise of professionals, on important topics around health and social care services. -
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This year, in collaboration with local organisations, we will seek the experiences, views and concerns of patients, service users, carers and the public to find out about health and care services in Kingston. -
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Youth Out Loud! Launches the second podcast in their YOL!Talks podcast series about being part of the LGBTQ+ Community -
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Information and advice about Healthwatch Kingston's policies, procedures and plans. -
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The National Learning Disabilities Senate have created five videos for people with learning disabilities coming out of lockdown. -
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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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2022 is the 50th anniversary of the first Pride March in the UK. -
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HIV now infects more heterosexual people than gay or bisexual men. -
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This report is a snapshot of the work achieved by partners and people with a learning disability, their families, carers and advocates during 2021. -
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Youth Out Loud! are a group of people aged 13-17 working with Healthwatch Kingston and Healthwatch Richmond. -
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The LSVG will bring together three people with lived experience of Safeguarding from each London borough. Healthwatch Kingston has been commissioned by the London Safeguarding Adults Board to coordinate the LSVG work programme.
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Yesterday we held our Open Meeting where NHS colleagues presented an update on SWL ICS and Kingston Place and we shared our Bereavement Community Engagement work -
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Advice and information about myalgic encephalopathy (M.E) / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Fibromyaliga (Fibro) services in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. -
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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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One of our Healthwatch Kingston volunteers invites you to join Square 1 Cafes in New Malden and Chessington. They are for social recovery from Covid-19 and life generally - a safe, inclusive space, where everyone is welcome, and everything is free.
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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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We held an Open Meeting on Tuesday, 4 October, where we had speakers coming to talk about the cost of living crisis, the Health and Care Plan, and Obesity. -
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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.