24 August 2020
Virtual Health Appointments – Are they right for me?
The project is looking into the reasons why people may not have accessed virtual appointments – this is when a doctor, nurse or carer provides support over the phone or via video rather than in person.
4 April 2020
Mental Health Service Visit Report – The Hartington Unit
A pilot of ward visits to the mental health units of the Trust was carried out during 2018 and found to be mutually beneficial. The programme has been further developed with the Head of Nursing for the Hartington Unit, Chesterfield and the Radbourne Unit, Derby. It was agreed at the time that visits should take […]
4 April 2020
Mental Health Service Visit Report – The Radbourne Unit
A pilot of ward visits to the mental health units of the Trust was carried out during 2018 and found to be mutually beneficial. The programme has been further developed with the Head of Nursing for the Hartington Unit, Chesterfield and the Radbourne Unit, Derby. It was agreed at the time that visits should take […]
12 March 2020
Falls Prevention
This report represents a summary of the comments received around falls prevention.
9 March 2020
Carers Report – March 2020 Update: Derbyshire County Council Response
Understanding the quality of life for carers in Derbyshire
29 January 2020
Mystery shop exercise completed at Chesterfield Royal Hospital – January 2020 Update
This mystery shop was conducted following patient feedback about hospital appointment letters at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS FT.
26 January 2020
NHS Long Term Plan for Derby & Derbyshire
The Healthwatch network were commissioned by NHS England to support public engagement around the NHS LTP within each Sustainable Transformation Partnership (STP) footprint. Therefore, between March and May 2019, we engaged with people across Derby and Derbyshire about what people think should happen in order to make care better for people in the community.
23 January 2020
Dementia Report
Experiences of Health and Social Care services in Derbyshire from the perspectives of people living with dementia, their carers and family members.
16 January 2020
Healthwatch Derbyshire Intelligence Report December 2019
A summary of work undertaken by Helathwatch Derbyshire.
21 December 2019
Stubley Medical Centre
This report relates to findings gathered on the specific date of visiting the service on 12th Septemeber 2019
11 December 2019
Offender Health Report
Experiences of offenders using health services in Derbyshire
6 November 2019
Mystery shop exercise completed at Ripley Hospital
Healthwatch Derbyshire Volunteers conducted a mystery shop to assess the Phlebotomy service at Ripley Hospital.
6 November 2019
Home Care Services
We are looking to hear from people who are receiving, or have received, homecare services within the last 12 months.
22 September 2019
Healthwatch Derbyshire Intelligence Report September 2019
A summary of reports and actions that have been undertaken by Healthwatch Derbyshire.
13 September 2019
Whittington Moor Surgery Enter and View Visit
The statutory requirements of all local Healthwatch include an ‘Enter and View’ responsibility to visit any publicly funded adult health or social care services.
2 August 2019
Children and Young People – Creative Engagement
We wanted to know what barriers Children and Young Adults (CAYA) Experience to making healthy lifestyle choices and what kind of ‘tools’ they feel they would need to help encourage healthy lifestyle choices.
1 August 2019
Three Little Words Event at Chesterfield Royal Hospital
This exercise was conducted as a result of public and patient feedback collected by Chesterfield Royal Hospital and was undertaken in order to expand on information gathered as part of a mystery shop conducted by HWD volunteers. It is hoped the exercise will offer feedback that will allow the hospital to improve the experiences of hospital patients.
17 July 2019
Thornhill House Enter and View
This visit was conducted to provide a lay perspective of the service and see if standards were being maintained following a CQC inspection rating of 'outstanding' from December 2016.
11 July 2019
Experiences of using health and social care services in Derbyshire
This report has been structured to present information that will offer support to make decisions about local services.
6 June 2019
Homelessness
Over the coming months, we will be engaging with ex-offenders to explore their use of health services.
31 May 2019
Healthwatch Derbyshire Intelligence Report May 2019
A summary of reports and actions that have been undertaken by Healthwatch Derbyshire.
13 May 2019
Autumn Grange Enter and View Visit Report
Purpose of the visit: To enable Healthwatch Derbyshire ARs to see for themselves how the service is being provided in terms of quality of life and quality of care principles To capture the views and experiences of residents, family members/friends and staff To consider the practical experience of family/friends when visiting the service in terms of access, parking and other visitor facilities To identify areas of resident satisfaction, good practice within the service and any areas felt to be in need of improvement.
15 April 2019
Orthotics Report
Experiences of patients using orthotics at the University of Derby and Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
27 March 2019
Enter & View Bi-Annual DCC Summary Report March 2019
For visits commissioned by Derbyshire County Council 2018-19
22 March 2019
Examining patient experiences of cataract service and treatment in Derbyshire
Derbyshire resident's experience of cataract services.
12 February 2019
Mental Health Information and Signposting in Erewash
A view from the public about what is working well and what could be improved.
1 February 2019
Royal Derby Hospital Mystery Shop
Key improvements have been made at Royal Derby Hospital following a ‘mystery shopping’ programme by volunteers from Healthwatch Derbyshire
18 December 2018
Oral Hygiene in Care Homes across Derbyshire
During October, Healthwatch Derbyshire visited a number of care homes across Derbyshire to speak with residents/clients and staff around the topic of oral hygiene in a care home setting.
13 December 2018
Carers Engagement
Healthwatch Derbyshire is talking to adult carers to help the Local Authority identify how services can be improved.
15 November 2018
Orthotics at Royal Derby
Orthotic services provide prescription insoles, braces, splints, callipers, footwear, spinal jackets and helmets which help people recover from or avoid injury, or live with lifelong conditions.