Your voice on health and social care
Briefing
February 14, 2020
We are
the county’s health and social care watchdog. We collect your
opinions and experiences and inform and influence those who run your
health and social care services.
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Tell us
your experience of social care services
In 2020
Healthwatch Oxfordshire is looking into Social Care in Oxfordshire
– that is care and support given at home or in a care or
residential home. Tell us about what the top three most important
issues are for you.
Click here to take part.
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Tell us
your pharmacy experience
Healthwatch
Oxfordshire wants to hear from you about your experience of using
your pharmacy (or chemist) for health advice and getting
prescriptions. Tell us what it’s like for you and what could be
better. Click here for more. If you
know someone who does not receive this Briefing, please forward it
on so that they can take part.
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Latest
reports now online
Healthwatch
Oxfordshire has published six new reports, following on from its
programme of Enter and View visits to mental health services in the
autumn of 2019. Click here to read them.
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Come
and join us!
There are
two new exciting job opportunities at Healthwatch Oxfordshire! We
are looking for:
- A Community
Involvement Officer, Marketing & Communications and
- A Community
Involvement Officer, Enter and View.
For full
details, including how to apply, visit this link
We're also looking for people to to join our Board of
Trustees. Click here to find out more
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Care
providers 'outstanding'
Two
Oxfordshire care providers have been rated 'Outstanding' by the
Care Quality Commission. The Close Care Home in Abingdon
Road, Abingdon, and Care With Dignity Partnership,
Drayton, both received the CQC's top rating. For all new
Oxfordshire CQC reports, click here.
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Sobell
House Community Project
Sobell
House has launched a project to find out which services, community
groups or activities you feel are beneficial for those requiring
palliative or end of life care, and what is needed in addition to
these. Click here to read more.
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Advice
on coronavirus
Healthwatch
England is sharing advice from NHS England on how you can protect
yourself from coronavirus.
Click here for more.
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Children's
mental health booklist
Oxfordshire
Libraries is supporting Reading Well for Children, a new national
initiative just launched by The Reading Agency recommending books
to help children, families and carers understand their feelings and
worries and cope with tough times. Click here for more.
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Public
talk - your health matters
Do you want to learn more about mental health and
wellbeing in patient care? Join
South Central Ambulance Service at its next public talk in
collaboration with Oxford University Hospitals and Oxford Health. Thursday,
March 26 2020, 6:30pm – 8:30pm. Full details here
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Learn
about ethics in research
Oxford Health, alongside partner organisations, is
holding a workshop to explore ethics in research, including how
researchers address ethical questions in research
projects. This workshop will explore ethics in research,
including what is ethics, and ethics and co-production in research.
It takes place on Thursday, March 19, 1.30pm, in Oxford. Click here for full details.
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Latest
news from the AHSN
Oxford
Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) has published the latest
edition of its newsletter, which is a special edition focusing on
digital health. Click here for more.
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Review
a service
Healthwatch
Oxfordshire's Feedback Centre allows you to leave reviews of health
and social care services in the county.
Share your experience, good or bad. Visit this link
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Share
the news
If you
enjoy reading this regular newsletter, please forward it to a
friend or colleague for them to read.
They can subscribe at this link
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