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A wedge approach to tackling health inequalities: Women’s Health
Earlier this year Healthwatch England published it’s position on Women’s Health. They outlined what they were calling for to improve and tackle health inequalities for women.
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How Healthwatch addresses Health inequalities
Healthwatch has adopted a more structured approach to help those most affected by differences in the provision of and access to health and social care.
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Addressing wider determinants of health
The wider determinants of health are a diverse range of social, economic and environmental factors which influence people’s mental and physical health.
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Helping you understand and shape your experience of Integrated Care
The ICB have published various priorities within their interim strategy.
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What to watch for in your health and community this month - October
Each October multiple awareness raising campaigns are running, some focused on specific weeks or days.
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Understanding Care Homes near you
Having concluded our visits to 15 Care Homes across Kent & Medway talking to residents, their families and staff about the Enhanced Health in Care Home programme we have now completed our stakeholder facing report and have now shared our findings with Aging Well.
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Supporting joined up and equal social and health care provision and access
Healthwatch Kent works to improve the experience of being a Kent resident regarding social needs, health and wellbeing. To do this we support the Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) which are the NHS organisation form that replaced Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in 2022.
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How Healthwatch support seldom heard voices
We continue our support of the NHS and Kent County Council in hearing from the public to codesign the future of their Integrated Community Equipment Services (ICES).
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Listening to seldom heard voices
Last month we shared about how West Kent’s community larders continue to grow. The Shepway larder supports an average of 300 people and provides more than 500 bags of shopping a month. A second community larder now supports Park Wood.
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What to watch for in your health and community this month
Each September multiple awareness raising campaigns are running, some focused on specific weeks or days.
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Listening to public experience in hospitals and around how they access care
Across the end of 2022 and early 2023, Healthwatch Kent conducted ward visits to understand the traits that people valued from Allied Health Professionals to improve training for future healthcare workers.
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