5 January 2018
Barnfield Nursing & Residential Care Home – Enter and View Visit Report
During 2017/2018, Healthwatch Derbyshire invited local health and social care organisations to nominate services where an Enter & View was considered suitable and would benefit both the service and the provider and/or commissioner of that service. Hardwick CCG nominated a range of Care/Nursing Homes for Enter & View and this visit was arranged as a consequence. […]
5 January 2018
Maternity Services Report
A summary of comments received September – November 2016
1 January 2018
Renal Users of Non-emergency Patient Transport
We will be working with renal patients who use non-emergency patient transport to travel to hospital for treatment. This work will help organisations who provide and commission transport services to understand more about improvements that could be made to journeys to and from hospital.
28 December 2017
Dementia Carers
The message that is coming over loud and clear so far is that, although there are many organisations across the county that can help carers, it appears that the quality of services and support from both the statutory and voluntary sectors can be patchy.
19 December 2017
Ashcroft Care Home – Enter and View Visit Report
This report was produced as a result of a Healthwatch Derbyshire Enter & View visit being undertaken by request of Hardwick CCG. The request formed the basis of a joint working partnership agreement to visit some examples of care/nursing homes with which Hardwick CCG held commissioning contracts. The visits agreed have been conducted to homes […]
13 December 2017
The Green – Enter and View Visit Report
This report was produced as a result of a Healthwatch Derbyshire Enter & View visit being undertaken by request of Hardwick CCG. The request formed the basis of a joint working partnership agreement to visit some examples of care/nursing homes with which Hardwick CCG held commissioning contracts. The visits agreed have been conducted to homes […]
31 October 2017
Eating Disorder Report
Experiences of health and social care services for people with eating disorders.
31 October 2017
Fibromyalgia Report
Experiences of health and social care services for people with fibromyalgia.
30 July 2017
Get involved and help shape the future of health and care in Derbyshire.
30/07/2017 Update via Karen Ritchie, Chief Executive of Healthwatch Derbyshire – the county’s independent health and social care watchdog. Over the next few weeks and months we will be getting out and about to encourage people to join in a conversation on the proposed ideas set out for the future of Derbyshire’s health and care. […]
29 June 2017
Have Your Say On Dementia Care And Support
As the number of people living with dementia grows, the impact it has on those living with the progressive disorder and on their friends and family, has become an increasingly common talking point. Furthermore how the health and social care system plans to deal with the effects of this rise, both in terms of cost […]
26 June 2017
LGBT+ experiences of using health services
Healthwatch Derbyshire aims to talk to a wide range of people about their experiences of using health and social care services. As a result, we received a number of comments from the LGBT+ community through our general engagement activity. Due to some themes emerging in the information we received through this activity, we decided to […]
13 June 2017
Annual Synopsis Of Enter & View Visits
From June 2016 to February 2017, we carried out 26 unannounced Enter & View visits across all of the Derbyshire County Council (DCC) residential care homes.
1 June 2017
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
During 2015, Healthwatch Derbyshire asked children and young people about their experiences of using CAMHS services. Since then, we have been following up on the recommendations we made and the actions that organisations pledged. We have learnt about the work that has gone on in Derbyshire since that time, to try and offer the best […]
23 May 2017
Final Enter & View Tri-annual Summary Report
Healthwatch Derbyshire has carried out the final stage in its programme of unannounced visits to all Derbyshire County Council-run care homes.
1 March 2017
Ensuring That Health and Social Care Information is Fit For Purpose
We are currently finding out from local people with sensory impairments such as hearing and/or sight difficulties, whether the information available from health and social care services in the county are fit for purpose.
23 February 2017
Enter & View Tri-annual Summary Report
Healthwatch Derbyshire has carried out the final stage in its programme of unannounced visits to all Derbyshire County Council-run care homes.
1 February 2017
Access to Health Services for People with Learning Disabilities Report
Patient Experience Access to Health Services for People with Learning Disabilities Report
1 January 2017
Accessible Information Standard
Between January-March 2017, Healthwatch Derbyshire will be finding out more about how new Accessible Information Standards have been implemented in Derbyshire.
22 December 2016
Autism Pathway
An Exploration of the Parent Carer Experience, of the MultiAgency Pathway, that identifies and supports children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Derbyshire.
13 December 2016
Mental Health Crisis Report
Experiences of health and social care services before, during and after Mental Health Crisis
12 December 2016
Whitestones Care Home – Enter and View Visit Report
Trained volunteers conducted an Enter and View visit at Whitestones Care Home in Chapel-En-Le-Frith
4 November 2016
GP Patient Online Services Report
Healthwatch Derbyshire looked in detail at public awareness of, and access to, online services that are currently being offered.
13 October 2016
DCC Care Home Enter & View Summary Report
Healthwatch Derbyshire has carried out the first stage in its programme of unannounced visits to all Derbyshire County Council-run care homes.
22 September 2016
Substance Misuse Report
Experiences of individuals living with substance misuse accessing health and social care services in Derbyshire.
22 September 2016
Summer 2016 Healthwatch Derbyshire Newsletter
Heathwatch produces a hard copy newsletter to keep people up to date with our work.
20 September 2016
Parent’s Engagement
Between Sep – Nov 2016, Healthwatch Derbyshire will be talking to parents about maternity services and services for children. This is to further explore some emerging themes we have discovered, and to inform future themed engagement activity.
1 September 2016
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans (LGBT+)
Between Sep – Nov 2016, Healthwatch Derbyshire will be talking to the LGBT+community about their experience of using health and social care services. This is to further explore comments received by Healthwatch about some particular challenges and difficulties.
4 August 2016
Report into Health and Social Care services available to people with a Learning Disability
A report into what we found when engaging people with a Learning Disability.
1 August 2016
Positives Report
Exploring positive experiences in health and social care in Derbyshire
1 July 2016
Healthwatch Derbyshire Annual Report 2015-16
Heathwatch produces an annual report to let people in Derbyshire know about our work and what difference we have made.