1. Get involved in research on healthcare access for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults

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    Help Healthwatch Southwark understand how to improve healthcare access for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults.

  2. Quarterly Monitoring Report - Q3

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    Read what Healthwatch Southwark learned and achieved between October-December 2024.

  3. Listening Tour – Can you help?

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    We are hosting a series of pop ups as part of our listening tour whereby the general public can share their experiences in health and social care settings and know that we will do right by them to share this information with decision-makers.

  4. O positive and O negative donors asked to urgently book appointment to give blood following London hospitals IT incident

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    O blood type donors asked to urgently fill appointments across south east London this National Blood Week ·

    Visit blood.co.uk or call 0300 123 23 23

  5. Empowering Voices: Examining Healthcare Access for Adults with Learning Disabilities and Autistic Adults

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    Read our latest research report exploring the experiences of adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults when accessing healthcare services in Southwark.

  6. Our 23-24 Annual Report is here!

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    Find out more about our work and achievements over the past year.

  7. Southwark Soundboard Reflection Report 2024

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    The Healthwatch Southwark Soundboard Listening Tour may be over, but we are still listening!

  8. What is an Integrated Care System?

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    Integrated care systems (ICSs) are partnerships that bring together NHS organisations, local authorities and others to share responsibility for how services are run, what policies and guidance is needed for them to be of high quality and effective and how they are funded across the UK.

  9. The Accessible Information Standard - What you can expect from services

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    A year ago the Accessible Information Standard came into force. It requires any organisation providing NHS or social care to communicate in a way that everybody can understand. Here's a reminder of what you should expect.

  10. Dealing with coronavirus as a carer

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    If you care for someone, coronavirus can make things more complicated and stressful. Here you can find helpful information, advice, and signposting to support all in one place for carers in Southwark.

  11. How else can you help during the outbreak?

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    The most important thing for all of us to do is to scrupulously follow the government's rules on staying at home, to save lives and support frontline workers. But there are other ways to help, too.

  12. Patients to start being removed from "clinically extremely vulnerable" or shielded list

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    As we move into the next stage of the coronavirus pandemic, some patients are being identified by clinicians (doctors and other healthcare professionals) as no longer needing to be on the clinically extremely vulnerable list. What does this mean?

  13. Dentists to start reopening from 8 June - but how have they been working during the pandemic?

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    NHS England has written to dental practices setting out the next steps for delivery of NHS dental services in England, as the NHS moves into the second phase of the Covid-19 response. Dentists can start reopening for all routine care from 8 June.

  14. Join the Community Health Ambassadors Network

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    Join the Community Health Ambassadors Network to help inform, empower and support your community with issues related to health & wellbeing.

  15. VCS COVID-19 Prevention Grants from Southwark Council

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    - Applications for the grants programme is now closed -

  16. COVID-19 vaccinations in Southwark

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    Find out how COVID-19 vaccinations are being rolled out in Southwark.

  17. NHS COVID-19 vaccination films are available in different languages

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    NHS South East London CCG published a compilation film of local doctors, nurses, care workers and faith leaders.

  18. Booking coronavirus tests for over 70s

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    On the 3 February, NHS England (London region) announced changes to the way in which Londoners over the age of 70 can access their COVID vaccination.

  19. COVID-19 Vaccinations: Spotting a scam

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    If you are invited for a vaccine, you'll be contacted by letter, text or email with information on how to book your appointment.

  20. COVID-19: What's the latest? See headline progress as of Friday 5 February 2021

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    See the latest COVID-19 progress, as of Friday 5th February 2021.