1. Breathing well champions report

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    The aim of the project is to promote wellbeing and signpost public as appropriate to the services available for respiratory disseises sufferers through Breathing Well Champions volunteer outreach role.

  2. Diabetes support group report

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    Healthwatch Lewisham contacted the leader of Lewisham’s Diabetes UK Support Group to find out about the experiences of the group’s members using community care services as part of an Inquiry into Community Care Services.

  3. Children and young people findings and outcome report

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    One in four Lewisham residents is under 19 years old. Healthwatch Lewisham has a responsibility to engage with children, young people as well as parents and carers to find out what they think of the local health and social care services.

  4. 2014 - 2015 Annual Report

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    In the 2014 - 2015 report, we share our work to understand people's experiences and improve key areas of focus based on feedback from community members.

  5. Self care matters event report

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    We attended this event to raise awareness of the Self Care week and importance of self-care and to encourage stakeholders to take part in the campaign and to encourage self-care to their service users.

  6. National HIV Testing Week (5th-11th February 2024)

    News -

    National HIV Testing Week is celebrating 10 year of campaigning to increase testing in the UK.

  7. Trans and Non-Binary Health in Lewisham

    Report -

    We have been working on a report into the health experiences of transgender and non-binary people in Lewisham. In this report we dive into their experiences, to find out how services can be made better.

  8. Q3 Patient Experience Report 2023/24

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    As another quarter comes to an end, we reflect on how things have progressed over these months.

  9. Annual Report 2024/2024

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    Our Annual Report goes over what has happened throughout the year and what we have been up to at Healthwatch Lewisham.

  10. Q4 Patient Experience Report

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    Each quarter, we publish the experiences of patients that we have gathered. This helps us to see trends in care compared to previous months.

    We have seen an increase in the percentage of people sharing positive feedback about GPs in the Borough and, in a similar trend, the feedback on hospital services is more positive at the end of the year than the start of the year.
    The experience of Dental services is also more positive at the end of the year, albeit dropping slightly from a high in Q3.

    Positive experiences of pharmacy services have increased significantly, by 20% over the course of the year, experiencing quarter upon quarter improvement and, although lower in number, Optician service feedback has increased to 80% positive feedback.

  11. We're Hiring: Patient Experience Officer

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    We are recruiting for a new Patient Experience Officer to support the Borough of Lewisham 21 hours a week. Application deadline: 30th September 2024