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Independent Living Newsletter
The Independent Living Newsletter for the 2nd November has the following topics to read • Disability Power List • Dementia – retail...
Nov 3, 2022


Lived Experience Network
HIVE Portsmouth has created a Lived Experience Network which offers people with experience of mental health issues, and their carers, an...
Nov 2, 2022


Portsmouth City Council Health & Care Bulletin
Portsmouth City Council have published their latest Health & Care Bulletin. Click on the link below to read PCC Health & Care Bulletin
Nov 2, 2022


Maternal Mental Health Campaign
Healthwatch Portsmouth are supporting @Healthwatch England’s campaign calling on new mums and birthing parents to share their experience...
Nov 2, 2022


Independent Living Newsletter
This week’s Independent Living Newsletter has the following topics to read. Ombudsman complaints Malnutrition and the NHS Purple Tuesday...
Nov 2, 2022


Older Person’s Bus Pass- Travel Times Extended
All holders of an older person’s bus pass issued by Portsmouth City Council will now be able to catch the bus from 9am – 11pm Monday to...
Nov 1, 2022


Carers Count Event November 24th
Portsmouth Carers Centre are hosting Carers Count, an event for all carers in the city which is taking place on Carers’ Rights Day. This...
Oct 31, 2022


Movember for November- Support Men’s Health
Tomorrow is the start of Movember! Grow a moustache, run, walk or hold a fundraiser for men’s health, take a look at how you can be...
Oct 31, 2022


Creativity & Wellbeing Workshops for Men
With Men in Mind have organised Creativity and Wellbeing Workshops for Men. The next one is the 4th November, on Techniques in...
Oct 31, 2022


CQC Report – Gridlocked – The State of health care and adult social care – 2021 -2022
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have today published a stark report stating the current health care system is in gridlock. This...
Oct 20, 2022


Today 20th October is World Osteoporosis Day.
The Royal Osteoporosis Society have a risk calculator which gives a good idea of how high a risk you may have of suffering from...
Oct 19, 2022


NHS Every Mind Matters – Personalised tips for stress
Worries about health, the cost of living, and with festive season on its way, stress can build up. Take a look at the NHS Every Mind...
Oct 19, 2022


St Mary’s Urgent Treatment Centre. Improving Service Survey
Healthwatch Portsmouth would like to find out about people’s recent (since July) experience of using the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at...
Oct 19, 2022


Take Vitamin D During Autumn and Winter – Advises the Government.
During the autumn and winter months the sunlight is weaker, which in turn reduces our body’s ability to take Vitamin D from the sunlight....
Oct 18, 2022


Vaccinated, but experiencing these new Covid symptoms?
With the mutation of Covid-19, people who are fully vaccinated and now contract Covid, may experience these other symptoms similar to the...
Oct 18, 2022


World Menopause Day – ‘Menopause: Continuing the Conversation. at 12.00 today on YouTube.
Today 18th October is World Menopause Day. For World Menopause Day 2022, the British Menopause Society has partnered with ITN Business...
Oct 17, 2022


Healthwatch Portsmouth Autumn Newsletter
We have just published out Healthwatch Portsmouth Newsletter. Updating you with what we have been doing over the summer and full of...
Oct 16, 2022


Independent Living Newsletter
Welcome to this week’s Independent Living newsletter. The articles this week are about the following. Remap ingenuity Smell training...
Oct 16, 2022


Rule Changes Due to Uprise In Covid, Mask Wearing Mandatory in Health & Care Facilities
Covid Cases Rising Health and Care facilities are revising the rules regarding the wearing of masks. This has now become compulsory for...
Oct 16, 2022


NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) placed in amber alert, blood running out – Urgent Call for Donors
Blood levels critically low! An amber alert has been issued for the first time ever by the NHS Blood and Transplant service (NHSBT). A...
Oct 12, 2022
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