1. Annual Report 2021 – 2022 Championing what matters to you

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    Find out the difference we've made to health and social care services this year.

  2. Urging residents of Stoke-on-Trent to contact their GP if they’re worried about signs of dementia

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    By seeking help from your GP and getting an early diagnosis can get the right support in place to live well with dementia.

  3. Strut Safe – Helpline to Keep People Company When Walking Home Alone

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    Strut Safe is a free phone service in the UK to help people who need to feel safe and supported when walking home late at night.

  4. Patients ‘wait two years’ for check-ups as dentists drop NHS work

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    Our call for NHS dental reforms has once again been featured in the media.

  5. Virtual Visit to the Royal Stoke University Hospital Fracture Clinic

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    Due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus Pandemic and the former suspension of the Enter and View Programme, Healthwatch Stoke-on-Trent took the opportunity to pilot a series of virtual visits to ensure that public conversations, experiences and concerns can continually be shared with their local Healthwatch.

  6. Digital Transformation Award Winners

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    The Digital Transformation award recognises companies at the cutting edge of digital design and technologies who are boosting Staffordshire’s growing reputation as a digital hub. The Staffordshire Chambers Business Awards judges were keen to hear compelling examples of how digital technology has been used to transform business processes, customer experience or to create exciting, effective campaigns.

  7. Met Office issues Red Weather Warning

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    The Met Office have issued a RED weather warning over the next couple of days. According to NHS England, there are on average 2,000 heat-related deaths every year. A heatwave poses health risks such as dehydration, overheating, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

  8. Making access easier in the pandemic

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    The changes made in services as a response to the pandemic has impacted how people across the nation could access health and social care services. Access became more difficult for some due to digital exclusion, lengthy back logs and new safety restrictions.

  9. Tips on Beating the Heat

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    We’re still at high temperatures this summer, and we want to go over the importance of keeping cool in this heat. Below you will find we have collected advice from organisations such as NHS England and Staffordshire Fire & Rescue.

  10. Make a complaint about Healthwatch Stoke-on-Trent

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    Engaging Communities Solutions (CIC) is contracted by Stoke-on-Trent City Council to deliver Healthwatch Stoke-on-Trent.

  11. World Alzheimer's Month 2022

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    Each September is a global opportunity to raise awareness, educate, support and to challenge the stigma surrounding Alzheimer's disease and all the types of dementia.

  12. Managing your Blood Test Appointments Online

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    Managing your health online isn't always simple. So we have put together a guide to walk you through booking and cancelling your blood tests online through the UHNM Patient Connect online booking system.

  13. Health Secretary Thérèse Coffey on GPs and cost of living

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    In her speech to the Conservative Party Conference today, the health secretary repeated much of what she had announced on 22 September in ‘Our Plan for Patients’, with slightly less rigid language over patient access to GPs.

  14. Stoke-on-Trent City Council's Stronger Together through Winter

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    There is a variety of local support available to help you through the cost of living crisis this winter.