The public have told Healthwatch that one of the six topics they would like us to focus on this year is access to GP services. To make a difference they need your views. Healthwatch will be visiting various community groups across the county until early October,...
Mencap has produced Easy Read guides for voters, as well as a supporter’s pack including flashcards to help people understand how to vote. Download our Easy Read guide to voting Download our guide for supporters Download our Easy Read guide about engaging with your local...
A new report from Age UK has concluded that we are living on borrowed time to save the social care system for older people. Statistics in the report highlight the immense challenges facing older people needing support, with 1 in 8 over 65s now living...
Carers Toolkit campaign aims to get Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to do more to identify carers, by using the Toolkit provided to them by NHS England in 2016. Not enough people in an unpaid caring role are identified as carers. This means carers go without: the support...
Some of you who are very eagle-eyed may have seen a notice that the Council put on their website on Thursday 18 January (with no prior warning to anyone affected) that they are making major cuts to services for Carers for the 2017/2018 year that...
Requesting flexible working The right to request flexible working was first introduced in 2003 for parents of young and disabled children. From April 2007 the Work and Families Act 2006 gave specified Carers as well as parents, the right to request flexible working. The CBI Employment Trends...
Councillor Patricia Morgan, Deputy Leader of the Council & Cabinet member for Health & Wellbeing signed the Carers Charter on behalf of Herefordshire Council in 2013. Herefordshire Carers Support Trustees, Valerie Fitch and John Hayward recently met with Councillor Morgan and asked a series of questions...
Listening to people with dementia and their carers A new listening programme to find out more about the experiences of people with dementia and their carers starts in England. Online survey for people who have been diagnosed with dementia in the past 2 years (since November 2014),...
Healthwatch Herefordshire (HWH) has been working with Carers groups to understand the needs and requirements of Carers and those they support in a sustainable health and care system for the future. Carers can provide a wealth of experience and information to providers about how a service operates...
Progress from the signatories during 2015/16 The Carers’ Charter has been produced by Carers of Herefordshire Carers Support to promote better recognition and support for Carers. Carers provide invaluable support to some very vulnerable people and this contribution needs to be valued, acknowledged and respected. The Charter...
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