What areas should we focus on during 2020—21? Every year we ask for your help in choosing our work priorities from a shortlist of health and social care topics. The list for this year is: Adult social care assessment process Carers’ assessments Interpreting services Reviews of social care support for people who are no longer…
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Mental Wellbeing in theRetail Sector Time to Change and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) have come together to provide guidance to retailers on how to develop a holistic mental wellbeing strategy for the workplace. 36% of employees in the retail sector have been diagnosed with a mental health condition, but only 51% of employees in the retail…
Read More Healthwatch Practice Participation Group ForumSaturday 22 February, 10am to 12pm, Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ We’re starting a Healthwatch Practice Participation Group Forum in February. This is open to all members of Practice Participation Groups (PPGs) in Newcastle and Gateshead. A PPG is a group of patients, carers and GP practice staff…
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Health and care survey extended to 3 February There’s still time to do our annual health and social care surveyWe want to celebrate services which provide excellent care and find out where improvements might be needed. To do this, we need your feedback. Complete our short online survey and you can enter our free £25 prize…
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Download our newWorkplace Activity Pack Time to Talk Day is just a month away! Our new Workplace Pack is full of activities that you can deliver, alongside resources to raise awareness around addressing mental health stigma and the events your colleagues can get involved in. The Pack includes a range of fun activities and games…
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Happy New Year from all of us at Rethink Mental Illness. As we head into 2020, there are lots of ways you can get involved to help us improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness: we’ve rounded up some key dates for your diary below, and we’ll email you each month to…
Read More The Healthwatch Newcastle office will close for the holidays at 2pm on Tuesday 24 December and re-open on Monday 6 January. You can still call us during office hours over the holidays if you need information about any local health or social care service. You can also search, review and rate services any time at…
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Our Healthwatch survey – what matters to you? If you live in North Tyneside or use North Tyneside services then we want to hear from you. Please complete our annual survey and tell us: how easy services are to use what works, if staff are staff helpful, if you got the care you needed what could be…
Read More Over 600 of you wrote to your parliamentary candidates in the run-up to last week’s General Election, which helped us put mental health on the agenda. Now there is a new government in place, we need your help more than ever to keep up the pressure. As well as reforming the Mental Health Act, we…
Read More Christmas is supposed to be a merry time of year, but if you’re experiencing a mental health problem it can be especially difficult. Knowing how to support someone can make all the difference – below, you can read our supporters’ top tips. In this newsletter you can also find out more about how you can get…
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