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Preparation work on new Day Case Unit for Hinckley set to begin
The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (LLR ICB) today announced that preparation work for a Day Case Unit at Hinckley and District Hospital...
NHS walk-in vaccinations schedule
Roving Healthcare Units are used for NHS walk -in services across the region. Please see the updated schedule for the roving healthcare unit, offering walk-in...
Local NHS to end prescribing of gluten-free foods
The NHS in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) is to end the prescribing of gluten-free foods from 1 February 2025.The decision was taken by the...
Change NHS
Changing the NHS is going to involve everyone. The government wants to hear people’s views, experiences and ideas as part of this engagement to help...
Enter & View report Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) – The Beacon Unit
Children and young people’s mental health is a priority focus area for local Healthwatch. Healthwatch Leicester, Healthwatch Leicestershire and Healthwatch Rutland visited the Child and...
Public’s confusion over ‘right’ to register with an NHS dentist
Almost two decades after the public lost their right to register permanently with an NHS dentist, our new research shows two-thirds believe this right exists....
Feedback on immunisations for school children
NHS England is reviewing services that help vaccinate school-aged children in the East Midlands. This includes the flu and HPV (protecting against cervical and head...
Draft LLR Suicide Prevention Strategy for 2024 – 2029
Leicester City, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) Councils have refreshed the LLR Suicide Prevention Strategy for 2024 – 2029. Suicide is not inevitable; it can be preventable. The...
If you’re trans or non-binary, what’s your experience of GP services?
Complete our short survey and let us know about your experiences accessing GP services as a gender-diverse individual. We want to learn more about the...
Leicester Royal Infirmary Children’s Emergency Department
We’d like to hear about your experience of using the Leicester Royal Infirmary Children’s Emergency Department Healthwatch Leicester and Healthwatch Leicestershire are working alongside Healthwatch...
Healthwatch launches insight report highlighting ethnic communities’ voices on Health and Social Care Services
Healthwatch Leicester and Healthwatch Leicestershire is proud to announce the release of a new insight report based on our recent “Coffee, Chai, and Chat” group...
Local people invited to comment on new NHS strategy for all-age end of life care
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (LLR ICB) is asking for people’s views on the care people can expect to receive towards the...
Healthwatch England Social Care research report
Healthwatch England’s new research provides the first-ever estimate of unmet social care need among working-age disabled people in England. A poll of 1,504 working-age disabled...
Annual Report 2023-24
Over 8000 people came to us last year to seek information or to share their experiences with us. Read our annual report to find out...
NHS Constitution: 10 year review
Department of Health and Social Care has launched their 10-year review of the NHS Constitution. The NHS constitution sets out the principles, values, rights and...
Healthwatch Calls for Public Input on Supported Living Services in Leicester and Leicestershire
As part of our ongoing commitment to ensuring the quality and accessibility of healthcare services, Healthwatch Leicester and Healthwatch Leicestershire invite the public to share...
Covid-19 Spring 2024 vaccination is available now
The Covid-19 Spring 2024 vaccination is available for anyone in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland (LLR) that’s over 75, residents in care homes for older people...
Leicester Hospital emergency department patient experience
In September 2022, Healthwatch Leicester, Healthwatch Leicestershire and Healthwatch Rutland visited the Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) Adults Emergency Department (ED) to observe the department and...
Share your feedback to improve care in your community
Last year, Healthwatch received nearly 400,000 experiences of health and social care. When services are under pressure, feedback on care can be crucial to identify...
Stay warm this winter
Leicestershire County Council’s ‘Keep warm and well this winter’ booklet has lots of information about keeping yourself warm and well, at home and out and...