News and reports | Healthwatch Newham

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Covid-19: What's next for Newham?

We held a public event on Thursday 12 November, using zoom. It was well-attended with over 60 people signing on.

16 December 2020

Primary care

Dentist Mystery Shop - Access to emergency care & registration options during Covid-19

We conducted a mystery shopping exercise in November 2020, contacting all dental practices in Newham, to understand whether patients could secure an NHS emergency appointment and whether practices are registering new NHS patients.

30 November 2020

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The hidden needs of carers in Newham

Between October 2019 and February 2020, we engaged with 57 carers using a combination of online questionnaires, interviews, and focus groups.

28 October 2020

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Interim Report: Your health and well-being during the COVID-19

We launched an online survey at the end of April in partnership with Healthwatch Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest which has so far received 114 responses from Newham residents.

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What is Enter & View?

The visits are carried out by trained Healthwatch volunteers. The volunteers will speak to service users, staff, relatives and carers, and will observe how the service is delivered, and the general environment in which it takes place.

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Our annual report 2019-20

Find out more about the ways we're helping to improve people's experiences of health and social care services in our annual report for 2019-20

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Public event February 2020

Over 50 people attended our public event on the 6th February 2020 at Canning Town Library, to find out about changes and updates from local services.

7 February 2020

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Patient experience of dentists

We conducted a review of dental practices across Newham in 2017 to investigate the availability of routine NHS dentist appointments, following feedback that residents were finding difficult to secure an appointment.

1 December 2019

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Enter and view: Mornington Hall

This was an announced Enter and View (E&V) visit, part of a planned strategy to assess the quality of supported living homes in the London Borough of Newham.

9 September 2019

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Young people's mental health

Young people previously revealed experiencing barriers to access mental health services. In 2019, our team used focus groups and questionnaires to understand the experiences of young people using mental health support services.

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Our annual report 2018-19

Find out more about the ways we're helping to improve people's experiences of health and social care services in our annual report for 2018-19

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NHS Long term plan

Healthwatch England secured funding to ensure local Healthwatch can support public engagement on the NHS Long Term Plan and contribute to the development of a local plan in the East London Health and Care Partnership.