1. We asked outpatients at the Whittington whether they felt the hospital provided good information about their appointments.

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    We visited the Imaging Department, and the Fracture and Antenatal Clinics. Most people felt the hospital was doing a good job, but there was still some room for improvement.

  2. Bright Beginnings

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    Healthwatch Islington was commissioned by Manor Gardens Welfare Trust to provide an independent evaluation of the Bright Beginnings project.

  3. Community feedback on Whittington Health's plans for the future

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    We spoke to 90 local residents to capture their views on maternity services, emergency care, the use of digital technology, and health services located in the community.

  4. Feedback on maternity services at the Whittington Hospital

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    Whittington Health is planning how best to deliver services in the future. To help with this, they asked us to speak to local residents about a range of issues.

  5. What makes for a good text reminder?

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    Increasingly, health providers will text us a reminder ahead of our appointments to help us remember them. We like these reminders, but do we always get all the information we need?

  6. Flu vaccinations for children and pregnant women in Islington

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    Children under two years of age are at more risk of complications from flu, as are pregnant women. Children over two may not get such serious symptoms but are likely to spread the virus to other family members.

  7. Manor Gardens Welfare Trust

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    Healthwatch was commissioned by Manor Gardens Welfare Trust to provide an independent evaluation of the 'Bright Beginnings' Project.

  8. I'm pregnant. What happens next?

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    Becoming a parent can be a wonderful and exciting experience, but it can also be overwhelming. To help, we’ve broken down the pregnancy care you should expect from the NHS.

  9. Our response to proposed changes to maternity and neonatal services in North Central London

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    This is a joint response and comes from Healthwatch Islington and Islington Somali Community.

  10. Accessible Information Standard

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    How do GP practices in Islington make their services accessible to patients with a communication support need?

  11. Support offered at GP practices for patients with autism

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    Mystery shoppers called GP practices posing as newly arrived Islington residents looking for a practice which could accommodate their child’s needs. They stated that their child had a diagnosis of autism.

  12. How do our GP practices make their services accessible?

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    Our volunteers visited all the GP practices in the borough to get a sense of how easy it is for them to meet the Accessible Information Standard.

  13. How well do local health and care services support the needs of people with autism?

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    Throughout the Autumn of 2016 we spoke with Islington residents with Autism Spectrum Condition, and with their families.

  14. Helping to make Islington GP surgeries more autism friendly

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    Mystery shopping by Healthwatch volunteers and feedback from local residents has led to improvements in service design.

  15. Local residents with learning disabilities talk about services provided by Whittington Health

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    We spoke to 28 learning disabled residents and support workers to capture their views on emergency care, the use of digital technology, and health services located in the community.

  16. The Supporting Families Service

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    We spoke to 24 family carers of people with learning disabilities, two staff members, and three teams from referring agencies. We wanted to understand what the service does well, and suggest ways in which it might be further improved.

  17. The Supporting Families Service at Centre 404

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    We spoke to parents of children with learning disabilities to find out what they valued about this service, and to ask if there was anything that could be improved.