Portsmouth Hospitals Trust is forming a new team of volunteers to help unpaid carers whose loved ones are in hospital or whom are in hospital themselves to access the support available to them. The Trust is recruiting to their new ‘happy to chat’ volunteer team.  The role of a Carer Aware Volunteer is to support ward and outpatient areas across the Trust, identifying and supporting unpaid carers. The role is outlined on the attached document and can be carried out on any day M-F for a minimum of 3 hours per week, there is some online training to complete (approx. 40 minutes) and you will be fully supported [...]

Below is the latest report from the Care Quality Commission which summaries the current state of knowledge about the quality and accessibility of mental health services for children and young people. Here are Healthwatch Portsmouth we are interested in gathering the views of young people transitioning from CAMHS to Adult Mental Health Services.  Our survey can be completed here 2017 11 03_cypmh phase 1_report CQC    

We are advertising the part-time role of Coordinator for the Portsmouth autism Community Forum. Please find the advert, job description (including role specifications) and standard application form. If you are interested, please download the forms below, complete the application and send it to siobhain.mccurrach@learninglinks.co.uk. Job Description Job Advert Application Form Deadline: 17:00, Wednesday 15th November, 2017.  

Care Services in Portsmouth - What are your views? Our survey will be closing on 17th November but there is still time to be in with a chance of winning a £20 gift voucher. As you know we want to invite as many people as possible living in the PO1-PO6 post code areas to get involved. The research will look into the person-centred approach and where it needs to be improved to respond to what matters most to people. If you, or someone you know, currently uses care services, please follow this link to this online survey - www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/generalcareandorPB If you ever need to use care services in [...]