Our January 2018 newsletter
Read about our work over the past month.
1 January 2018
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The experience of people admitted to psychiatric wards at Prospect Park Hospital
We spoke with more than 40 people on acute psychiatric wards during October 2017 in a joint project with five other local Healthwatch.
1 January 2018
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Newsletter Archive 2017
View all of our newsletters from 2017.
31 December 2017
Report
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Papers for our board meeting 21 November 2017
Papers for the Healthwatch Reading board meeting held in public.
21 November 2017
Report
Support after Suicide booklet
This an updated version of a booklet we created in 2013 in response to families bereaved by suicide calling for better information about local support services.
1 October 2017
Report
Meeting the needs of vulnerable people in Reading
This report presents findings of a roundtable meeting we held with 12 charities who support a range of people in Reading, to hear the impact of changes to the way charities are funded by the council and NHS.
1 July 2017
Report
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Patient feedback report: visit to Circuit Lane Surgery
We spoke with 26 patients during a visit on May 25 2017 to see if they thought services had improved since the surgery was rated 'inadequate' in January 2017.
1 July 2017
Report
How homeless people in Reading experience health care services
We met and collected experiences of 19 people in three focus groups, each lasting one hour, at community locations used by these clients.
1 July 2017
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HWR Annual Report 2016-17
Our highlights for 2016-17.
1 July 2017
Report
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Patient feedback report: visit to Priory Avenue Surgery
We spoke with 24 patients during a visit on May 24 2017, to see if they thought services had improved since the surgery was rated ‘inadequate’ in January 2017.
1 July 2017
Report
Dying Matters: The Reading Perspective
This report reviews end-of-life initiatives in Reading, including our own actions to ensure public, patient and carers' views are heard about care in the last stages of life.
1 May 2017
Report
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Papers for our board meeting 20 March 2017
Papers for the Healthwatch Reading board meeting held in public.
20 March 2017
Report