Members

Healthwatch Shropshire

Healthwatch Shropshire is the health and social care champion for people and local communities in Shropshire. We are here to help make sure everyone gets the best from their health and social care services – also that those services are as good as they can be and work in a joined up way. We aim to give patients, service users, carers and the wider public a real say in the way health and social care services are run. We always aim to be transparent and approachable. We are here for both individuals and organisations in local communities – and to work with health and social care providers. We have the right to visit, unannounced if needed, places providing health and social care ,– including hospitals, GP practices, dentists, pharmacists, residential homes and home care services – then report and publicise what we find. We call these visits ‘Enter and View’. We also go out into communities, working with established groups and charities, to hold meetings and events, gather evidence and ask for opinions on specific issues. Healthwatch Shropshire is independent and has real clout. We have a duty to challenge poor care where we find it. We have a seat on the Shropshire Health and Wellbeing Board, which makes decisions about how the NHS, local councils and social care organisations deliver their services. Our team of staff and volunteers work with individuals, groups and communities, plus health and social care professionals and service volunteers.

Last updated:

8 January 2018

Location:

West Midlands

Sectors:

Care, Community organisations, Health, Voluntary Sector

Healthwatch Suffolk

Healthwatch Suffolk is an independent consumer champion that gives people in Suffolk real influence over decisions about health and social care services in the county. We find out what you think about your services and then use those views to shape and improve them because the best services are built around your needs and experiences. We can enter and view any premises where publically funded health or social care is provided with the exception of children’s services and also provide information and signposting to help you navigate the health and social care system and understand what to do when things go wrong. We have the role to listen and the power to significantly influence change within the health and social care system. We get your voice heard where it matters; where decisions are made.

Last updated:

8 August 2016

Location:

East of England

Sectors:

Health, Social Care

Healthwatch Wakefield

Healthwatch Wakefield is the local consumer champion for the people of Wakefield District on health and social care issues, which came into being on 1 April 2013. It is commissioned by Wakefield Council but also forms part of a network of 152 other local Healthwatch organisations across the country, led and supported by Healthwatch England, the national champion for health and social care issues. Healthwatch Wakefield: • Provides people with the advice, information and signposting they need • Gathers the views and experiences of local people, along with other information • Gives local people a voice to influence the design and delivery of services Healthwatch Wakefield has legal powers and responsibilities such as the right to ‘enter and view’ premises where health and social care services are provided, and has a place on the Health and Wellbeing Board. Healthwatch Wakefield has a duty to show that it involves local people in the way it is run and the decisions it makes.

Last updated:

17 October 2014

Location:

Yorkshire and Humber

Sectors:

Care, Health, Voluntary Sector

Healthwatch Warwickshire

Healthwatch Warwickshire is the independent consumer champion, created to gather and represent the views of the Warwickshire public on health and social care issues. Our Mission is to be the “consumer association” for those who use health and social care services in Warwickshire; to enable those who are seldom heard to have a real say and an effective voice in the decisions that affect them; and to be a critical friend to those who provide health and social care service in Warwickshire.

Last updated:

21 December 2015

Location:

West Midlands

Sectors:

Care, Health, Hospitals and Hospital Trusts

Healthwatch York

Healthwatch York is your way to influence local health and social care services – hospitals, mental health services, care homes, GP surgeries, home care services and many others. Healthwatch York is here to help you and your family get the best out of your local health and social care services. You can be involved in shaping these services according to what your community wants or needs. We want to put you at the heart of health and social care services in York. We; • Provide information about local services to make sure you know how to access the help you need • Signpost you to independent complaints advocacy if you need support to complain about a service you’ve received • Listen to your views about local services and make sure these are taken into account when services are planned and delivered. We want to know what is working well, and what isn’t Healthwatch gives us the opportunity to create a health and care system that really meets our needs.

Last updated:

17 May 2018

Location:

Yorkshire and Humber

Sectors:

Health, Care, Voluntary Sector

Healthy Minds Stoke-on-Trent

Healthy Minds Stoke-on-Trent is a primary care psychological therapy service for people aged 18 years or older who are registered with a GP in Stoke-on-Trent plus those of temporary residency and students who are experiencing anxiety, depression or stress.

Last updated:

4 June 2018

Location:

West Midlands

Sectors:

Health

Heart Medical

Heart Medical is divided into three clear entities: - Ambulance Services Department - providing Patient Transport, Urgent Care and Emergency ambulances to wide range of clients from the NHS, Private Sector and Private Individuals. - Training Services Department - providing training in Safeguarding, Health & Safety, First Aid and Ambulance Qualifications to workplaces and individuals. - Event Services Department - providing First Aiders, EMTs, Paramedics, Nurses and Doctors to public events around the country.

Last updated:

25 April 2018

Location:

Yorkshire and Humber

Sectors:

Care, Education Sector, Emergency Services Sector, Health, Medical, Transport Sector

Heart of England Foundation Trust Charity

The Charity supports patients, carers and families across Heartlands, Solihull, Good Hope and Birmingham Chest Clinic, by raising money to provide things above and beyond what the core NHS funding allows.This may include new technology such as equipment for keyhole surgery, items of comfort such as chairs or easy beds for relatives or children’s toys and games.

Last updated:

15 February 2017

Location:

West Midlands

Sectors:

Health, Charity, Hospitals and Hospital Trusts

Heart of Tamworth Community Project (HOT)

The Heart of Tamworth Community Project, aims to meet the needs of the most disadvantaged members of the Tamworth community and help bring about social cohesion. Our objectives are to increase a sense of wellbeing of the people of Tamworth who are in need in any manner. We aim to provide opportunities for people to reach their full potential, relieving unemployment and providing recreational and leisure time activity in the interests of social welfare for people living in the area who have need by reason of their age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances with a view to improving the conditions of their lives.

Last updated:

27 April 2018

Location:

West Midlands

Sectors:

Care, Charity, Faith Groups, Social Care, Voluntary, Voluntary Sector

Heath Pharmacy

Community pharmacists were known in the past as chemists. Like GPs, community pharmacists are part of the NHS family. Every day about 1.6 million people visit a pharmacy in England. Community pharmacies are situated in high street locations, in neighbourhood centres, in supermarkets and in the heart of the most deprived communities. Many are open long hours when other health care professionals are unavailable. There are several different types and sizes of community pharmacies ranging from the large chains with shops on every High Street or in edge of town supermarkets, to small individually owned pharmacies in small communities in the suburbs and often in deprived areas or rural settings. The traditional role of the community pharmacist as the healthcare professional who dispenses prescriptions written by doctors has changed. In recent years community pharmacists have been developing clinical services in addition to the traditional dispensing role to allow better integration and team working with the rest of the NHS.

Last updated:

5 March 2017

Location:

Yorkshire and Humber

Sectors:

Medical, Pharmaceutical

Heather and Lay Estate Agents, Falmouth

Last updated:

13 March 2014

Location:

South West

Sectors:

Other

Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a large and diverse population of more than 450,000 which includes Ascot, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Slough, south Buckinghamshire and Windsor.

Last updated:

9 February 2016

Location:

South East

Sectors:

Pharmaceutical, Health, Care, Hospitals and Hospital Trusts

Heaton House

We are a 14 bedded Private Residential Dementia Care Home offering full-time, respite and day care to people who are living well with Dementia. We are situated very close to all local amenities, enabling people to access a wide range of Community based activities with the support of our excellent care team. We have a dedicated team of staff, who promote independence and person centred care for all the people who use our service. We strongly believe in enabling people living with dementia to lead as fulfilling a life as possible in order to retain their personal skills for as long as possible. We have a wide range of activities within the Home from Skittles, Magic Shows, Musical Entertainers to visits from Boris the Sheep. We work closely with two local children's nurseries who visit the Home regularly each week and marvel at the interactions between the generations and the positive impact on all who take part. We also go out on outings both with the children and without to the local Garden Centre, Coffee Shops and our Beach Hut. We have a strong belief that everyone is entitled to have fun!

Last updated:

3 March 2020

Location:

South East

Sectors:

Care