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Enter and view visit to Summerlee Unit
We visited the Summerlee Unit on 30 September 2025. Summerlee Unit is an inpatient unit situated on the First Floor of Harry Sotnick House in Portsmouth. Enter and view visits is a Healthwatch programme, enabling trained members of a local Healthwatch team to enter and visit care services in practice; talk to patients, their families, and carers; learn about services from the perspective of people who experience the service first-hand. This visit helped us understand how th
Healthwatch Portsmouth
Dec 18
We held our December 2025 Advisory Board meeting in public, here is the Managers' Report
We have successfully held our Advisory Board meeting in public at Cosham Baptist Church on 8 December 2025. It was lovely to meet some of our board members and the new joiners representing the public. Healthwatch Portsmouth Managers' Report Read the Healthwatch Portsmouth Managers' report to find out what we discussed in the meeting. Below are some of the topics we included in this report: Healthwatch structures and governance Local Authority Strategic and Unitary Authority
Healthwatch Portsmouth
Dec 10
Come and visit new HIVE Portsmouth community helpdesks
With Healthwatch Portsmouth and our partners' efforts, two new HIVE Portsmouth Community Helpdesks just opened in early December. In 2023, we gathered residents' feedback during guided conversations, in order to drive the purpose of reducing health inequalities in the city’s areas most affected. Now, we are delighted to see our findings and plans have been put into place, and already there have been lots of people dropping in for free information, advice and guidance. Below
Healthwatch Portsmouth
Dec 10
Reports
Enter and view visit to Summerlee Unit
We visited the Summerlee Unit on 30 September 2025. Summerlee Unit is an inpatient unit situated on the First Floor of Harry Sotnick House in Portsmouth. Enter and view visits is a Healthwatch programme, enabling trained members of a local Healthwatch team to enter and visit care services in practice; talk to patients, their families, and carers; learn about services from the perspective of people who experience the service first-hand. This visit helped us understand how th
Healthwatch Portsmouth
Dec 18
We held our December 2025 Advisory Board meeting in public, here is the Managers' Report
We have successfully held our Advisory Board meeting in public at Cosham Baptist Church on 8 December 2025. It was lovely to meet some of our board members and the new joiners representing the public. Healthwatch Portsmouth Managers' Report Read the Healthwatch Portsmouth Managers' report to find out what we discussed in the meeting. Below are some of the topics we included in this report: Healthwatch structures and governance Local Authority Strategic and Unitary Authority
Healthwatch Portsmouth
Dec 10
Mental health experiences of children and young people in Portsmouth report
In this report, we captured detailed feedback from 1,534 children and young people (CYP) and 125 parents and carers in Portsmouth. Our study highlights experiences, preferences, and insights into local service improvements. Local feedback echoes national and local data, confirming escalating levels of anxiety, depression and eating disorders in school aged children and young adults. We have summarised data that helps answer the following questions: What factors impact ment
Healthwatch Portsmouth
Dec 4
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