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Adults Emergency Department at Leicester Royal Infirmary – One year on
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 for Better Care’ new campaign to address health inequalities across England
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...
Public Advisory Board Meeting
Healthwatch Leicester and Healthwatch Leicestershire Public Advisory Board Meeting date announced, please see use the link below to view the event details.
...Have your Say Consultation
Have you had/been on a list NHS planned surgery within 12 months? Would you like to share your experience and ideas to transform planned surgical...
What matters most to you Survey
What matters most to you? Tell us about your priorities for health and social care services in Leicester and Leicestershire. https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HWPriorities2024
...New CQC Survey
Have your chance to respond to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) survey on its proposed guidance on visiting in care homes, hospitals, and hospices. The...
Public Advisory Board Meeting
Healthwatch Leicester and Healthwatch Leicestershire Public Advisory Board Meeting date announced, please see use the link below to view the event details.
...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...
Covid and flu Vaccines
The NHS National Booking System (NBS) and the NHS App and 119 telephone service has now closed for Covid and flu vaccines bookings. But all eligible...
NHS services this festive period
The NHS in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) has published advice for local people about how to use NHS services over the Christmas and New...
Male Mental Health
NHS, Active Together and City Council have invested in an excellent online training opportunity for our community organisations and leaders, the training is to help...
Reports on asylum seekers’ experiences
We are pleased to release two reports shedding light on the experiences of asylum seekers with local health and care services. The reports aim to draw...
New Survey: LGBTQ+ health
Share your experiences of local health and care services to help inform and improve healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community. Your views matter. Share your feedback:...
Young People on Healthcare Consultation
Let’s hear your voice – tell us your experiences and feelings about local health care. If you are one of the 222,000 young people living...
Public Advisory Board Meeting
Healthwatch Leicester and Healthwatch Leicestershire Public Advisory Board Meeting date announced, please see use the link below to view the event details.
...Social Care Charging Policy
The NHS in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland would like to hear from local people in Lutterworth and surrounding areas, and anyone else with an interest,...
New NHS Website
You may already be aware of a new website called Joy which has been commissioned by the NHS and will launching in the next few...
Making Health & Social Care Better
Annual Report 2022-23 Over 30000 people came to us last year to seek information or to share their story with us. Read our annual report...
Monthly Newsletter
Read our latest monthly newsletter on all things Health and Social Care.
...Healthwatch Public Advisory Board Meeting
Click to see the details of our latest advisory board meeting and how you can attend the event to have you input.
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