Healthwatch Portsmouth

Take part in Southern Health workshops to determine the future of mental health services in Portsmouth

We have been approached by Southern Health Foundation Trust to raise awareness across the city of a series of workshops that they are running in April and May which will be looking at transforming city-wide mental health services. The Trust is inviting patients, carers, family members, clinicians and local organisations to attend (or send a representative to) a series of workshops in April and May as detailed in this letter from Southern Health. The purpose of the workshops is to discuss in detail how people in Portsmouth and East Hampshire access mental health services and how this can be improved. Southern Health Foundation Trust is offering to pay to cover patient, carer and [...]

By WebAdmin|2018-03-29T11:23:53+01:0029 March, 2018|News|0 Comments

14 million patients now use GP online services

Almost 14 million people across England use online facilities offered by their GPs to book appointments, order repeat prescriptions and view their records – saving time for themselves and busy GP practices. Figures compiled by NHS England show that 24% of patients are registered for online services with their family doctor and in February 2018 over one million appointments were booked or cancelled online and 2.3 million prescriptions were ordered online. the availability of online services has benefitted patients -who are able to access services in their own time rather than being constrained by surgery hours- and GP practices which have seen a reduction in the number of [...]

By WebAdmin|2018-03-27T17:04:18+01:0027 March, 2018|News|0 Comments

Eastney Practice and the Trafalgar Medical Group to merge

We have been informed by Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group that the merger of the Eastney Practice and the Trafalgar Medical Group has been approved and will go ahead. From 1 April 2018 the two practices will join contracts with a full merger of clinical systems and contracts from 27 June 2018 Portsmouth CCG - GP practice merger set for this June Trafalgar Medical group website Eastney Practice website

By WebAdmin|2018-04-18T16:13:25+01:0023 March, 2018|News|0 Comments

Check your online GP is CQC registered to ensure quality service

Healthwatch Portsmouth would like to update you on new ways of accessing GP services, we have some information below which we hope will be of use. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned users of online GP services to check that they are registered, regulated by the CQC (or its equivalent in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland) and UK based. It has advised patients to look up the service's latest CQC rating to ensure that they get quality healthcare. The CQC carried out a survey of the 40 online GP providers operating in England and found that the quality of care offered by the different providers varied considerably with over 40% of [...]

By Poster|2018-03-23T11:58:40+01:0023 March, 2018|News|0 Comments

Health and care that works for you: Healthwatch England sets out five year strategy

National body Healthwatch England has set out its strategy for the next five years. Their new 2018-2023 strategy sets out their vision of health and care that works for you. The strategy will be implemented in partnership with local healthwatches. Read more and download a copy of the strategy at Healthwatch England - Health and care that works for you - our strategy explained 2018-2023

By Poster|2018-03-22T16:58:27+01:0022 March, 2018|News|0 Comments

Have your say on the future of health services in Portsmouth

Healthwatch Portsmouth is keen to find out what you think of the ideas contained in the series of four health and care service scenarios that Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has just produced as part of phase 2 of Portsmouth’s Your Big Health Conversation. (Early last year, 2017, the CCG started the conversation with Portsmouth residents by asking for general feedback on what residents wanted local NHS services to look like. Here is a link to Phase 1). Phase 2 of the Big Conversation is asking for people’s feedback on more particular areas of health and social care and how lo services could be organised to meet changing [...]

By Poster|2018-03-21T11:45:10+01:0021 March, 2018|News|0 Comments

Are you Careaware?

What makes a good care home? How can we be sure that we get the best one for our relatives? Choosing a care home for a relative can be a very stressful experience - how do we ensure that we get the best care? How can we find out what care homes are available in a particular area? The Care Quality Commission's new Careaware campaigns promotes their guide What can you expect from a good care home? which runs through the factors families should look for when choosing a care home. The CQC website also has links to the latest inspection reports for care homes, allowing families to find information on particular [...]

By WebAdmin|2018-04-04T12:19:50+01:0017 March, 2018|News|Comments Off

Healthwatch Portsmouth Board meetings 2018

Healthwatch Portsmouth Board meetings take place six times a year - in 2018 they are scheduled for the following dates. All are held in locations around Portsmouth 27 February 2018- Portsmouth Training and Learning Centre (Portsmouth Academy) 4pm-6pm 17 April 2018 - St Mary’s Community Health Campus 4pm-6pm 27 June 2018 - (venue to be confirmed) 6pm-8pm (The Annual General Meeting will also be held then) 4 September 2018 - Cosham Community Centre 6pm-8pm 17 October 2018 – Portsmouth Training and Learning Centre (Portsmouth Academy) 2pm-4pm 11 December 2018 - St Mary’s Community Health Campus 2pm-4pm Healthwatch Portsmouth Board Healthwatch Portsmouth Board meetings are open to everyone, papers are circulated shortly before the event.

By Poster|2018-03-15T13:38:28+01:0015 March, 2018|News|0 Comments