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Pharmaceutical needs assessment
Have your say on the provision of pharmacies and pharmacy services in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Every 3 years, pharmaceutical needs assessments (PNAs) are carried...
Healthwatch Conference
Speak Up for Health and Care: Setting Local Priorities Tuesday 11 March 20259.30am Registration | 10.00am – 1.00pm Conference (including networking lunch)College Court Conference Centre,...
NHS walk-in vaccinations Spring 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...
NHS 10 Year Health Plan Workshop
The Government is asking the public to share their ideas to help develop a new 10-year plan to improve the NHS. Everyone in England is...
Healthwatch Enter & View report Leicester Royal Infirmary – Children’s Emergency Department
Healthwatch Leicester, Healthwatch Leicestershire and Healthwatch Rutland recently visited the Children’s Emergency Department (ED) at Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI). This visit was part of a...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...