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Healthwatch Stockport is happy to announce that its charity of the year goes to Stroke Information, a charity that helps anyone impacted by stroke, stroke survivors, carers and family members on ways to cope and manage after a stroke. -
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Blog series: Healthwatch Stockport take a look into the life of John Leach and what he would wish for if he had a health and social care wand. -
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Blog series: Healthwatch Stockport take a look into the life of Gerry Wright and how he became involved since the inception. -
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Blog series: Healthwatch Stockport take a look into the life of David Atkinson and what he believes can be improved in health and social care. -
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Blog series: Healthwatch Stockport take a look into the life of Aba Graham and how she got involved with Healthwatch. -
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Blog series: Healthwatch Stockport take a look into the life of Nick Clarke - Ex Stockport County football player and the good work he is doing around stroke, -
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Healthwatch Stockport along with our partners at Age UK Stockport and Stockport Advocacy are running a penpal scheme. Find out how you can be a part of it. -
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Share your story to help services learn and improve from the experiences of people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds during COVID-19. -
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As we have closed our survey 'Your Story during lock-down' a number of surveys are still running. We would really appreciate it if you had the time to fill out the surveys - thank you for you time. -
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Meet Maria, one of our latest Healthwatch Stockport members and listen to her story during lock-down - proving that it has not all been bad. -
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Today we take a look back in the archive files and go back to the AGM on the 6th March 2013. Which faces do you know? -
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Each month we will be showcasing a local community hero that has gone above and beyond! This month we take a look at Debbie Gale. -
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Welcome back to our second #ArchiveFriday. Do you recognise anyone from these photos? -
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Each month we will be showcasing local community heroes that have gone above and beyond! This month we take a look at The Handy Ladies, Dale Scott Bailey and Sue Carroll.
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Shirley is our new Information Research Officer, she joined the team in June and is well regarded in Stockport having previously worked for Stockport CCG.
Welcome to the team! -
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Claire is our new Information Support Officer. Claire started just after ‘lock-down’ and has had to learn all about her new role over the phone and through online video meetings!
Welcome to the Team! -
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Stockport has much to celebrate as we head into Volunteers Week [1-7th June] with a brand-new website to launch the Stockport Volunteer Hub. -
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The latest events and campaigns for October 2021. -
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Meet the Lived Experience Panel Members for Stockport. -
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The latest events and campaigns for November 2021. -
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The King’s Fund and Healthwatch England jointly call for urgent action to address hospital waiting lists and improve patients’ experience of delays to treatment -
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Everyone should be given healthcare information in the way they need it. Read an overview of our campaign and find out more about Your Care, Your Way in British Sign Language and Easy Read. -
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Read about Lived Experience Panel (LEP) member Janet Ratcliffes lived experienced with a dementia specialist nurse Bridget Willis. -
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Here is the latest awareness days, months and campaigns for the month of June. -
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This week marks Volunteers' Week. Each day we are publishing one of our invaluable members profiles. Today is Michelle McManus. -
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This week marks Volunteers' Week. Each day we are publishing one of our invaluable members profiles. Today is Jan Kitching. -
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This week marks Volunteers' Week. Each day we are publishing one of our invaluable members profiles. Today is Pat Goddard. -
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Here is the latest awareness days, months and campaigns for the month of July. -
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked people about their experiences of getting mental health support. Three years on, we look at what has changed and the questions the NHS needs to answer. -
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The NHS has announced a new plan and more money to improve support for long COVID. Find out how the experiences you shared helped make the difference. -
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Here is the latest awareness days, months and campaigns for the month of August -
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Read our latest blog, which explains what it is like to wait for hospital treatment and then go through two different knee surgeries in Stockport. -
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Here is the latest awareness days, months and campaigns for the month of September -
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Here are the awareness days and campaigns for the month of October. -
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Here is the latest awareness days, months and campaigns for the month of November
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At Healthwatch Stockport, we are committed to ensuring that we hear from everyone in Stockport. -
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Are you currently on a hospital waiting list? Are you interested in how planned hospital services work? -
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NHS England has recently published its "Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care". We outline what the planned changes will mean for you. -
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This World Mental Health Day, we're looking at people's recent experiences of mental health services. With GPs often acting as the front door for mental health support, we've analysed our evidence about GP referrals for mental health -
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We share the key trends in what people from different ethnic minority groups are telling us, and propose steps the NHS can take towards equity in care. -
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Four areas where you can improve support for people diagnosed with diabetes -
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As Remembrance Day approaches, we hear from army veteran Shaun about how long waiting times affected his ability to access NHS care. -
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Technology and information are key to managing diabetes: Natalie's story -
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We look at the action the Government is planning to take on an issue that young people first raised with us in 2022.