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27 February 2019
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Social care and disability - then and now
A second blog about the experience of care services from the perspective of a long time Islington resident with disability
25 February 2019
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people in a hospital waiting area
We asked outpatients at the Whittington whether they felt the hospital provided good information about their appointments.
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.
22 February 2019
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Whittington Hospital Enter and View visits
We visited the Imaging Department, and the Fracture and Antenatal Clinics. We asked outpatients about the information they had been sent ahead of their appointment. We also asked them how easy it was find their way around the hospital.
22 February 2019
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Healthwatch at the walk in centre
Talking to even more patients at the walk in centre on Ritchie Street
The Health and Care Scrutiny Committee asked for more information on how changes to the way urgent appointments are accessed would affect patients currently using the walk in centre.
21 February 2019
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Community services: Talking to patients using health centres in Islington
We spoke to 82 patients accessing a variety of community services from 6 health centres across the borough.
15 February 2019
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Healthwatch volunteers outside Holloway Community Health Centre
Talking to patients using health centres in Islington
Healthwatch volunteers from London Metropolitan University have carried out over 80 interviews with patients accessing community services like podiatry, physiotherapy, and blood testing.
12 February 2019
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Seven things Deaf patients told us about GP services
We held a focus group with Deaf patients in December 2108. We discussed GP services broadly. We also gathered views on urgent and same day services in particular.
4 February 2019
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More feedback about urgent and same day GP services
We went back to Ritchie Street to talk to more patients, particularly young adults, using the walk in centre. We also held a focus group for Deaf patients, and visited GP surgeries to see how easy it was to register as a patient.
29 January 2019
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Healthwatch volunteers outside Moorfields Eye Hospital
Moorfields Eye Hospital gets a big thumbs up from outpatients
Healthwatch volunteers visited Moorfields Eye Hospital three times last year to speak to outpatients.
16 January 2019
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Moorfields Eye Hospital - Enter and View visits
Over a two week period in September 2018 we conducted three visits to Moorfields Eye Hospital on City Road.
15 January 2019
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lady in wheelchair with carer in the background
Social care and disability - then and now
A new blog about the experience of care services from the perspective of a long time Islington resident with disability
11 December 2018
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