1. Happy to Announce our Charity of the Year - StrokeInformation

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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.

  2. Member Profile: Nick Clarke

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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,

  3. #ArchiveFriday - Training day

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    Welcome back to our second #ArchiveFriday. Do you recognise anyone from these photos?

  4. Meet your Lived Experience Panel Members in Stockport

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    Meet the Lived Experience Panel Members for Stockport.

  5. Your Care, Your Way - Campaign information in alternative formats

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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.

  6. Long COVID: How is your feedback making care better?

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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.

  7. Primary care recovery plan – what does it mean for you and your loved ones?

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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.

  8. Pressures in mental health: How are people being affected?

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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

  9. The challenges ethnic minority groups face, and the changes we must see

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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.

  10. How can you provide better care to diabetes patients?

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    Four areas where you can improve support for people diagnosed with diabetes

  11. Barriers and inequalities in cervical screening

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    This week is Cervical Cancer Prevention Week. Our new blog brings together some of the key challenges people have shared about cervical screening with local Healthwatch and outlines the steps we are taking nationally to address those.

  12. Deaf and hard of hearing people's healthcare experiences

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    It's important that deaf and hard-of-hearing people can get information in an accessible way. But feedback suggests not all services are complying with key legislation.

  13. What you told us about your local pharmacy services

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    Rising costs, closures and supply shortages are among the challenges for people who rely on pharmacy services.

  14. The three reasons why the push to increase the role of pharmacies is being undermined

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    William Pett, our Head of Policy, Public Affairs and Research reports that people welcome the launch of Pharmacy First. To harness the potential of community pharmacies, healthcare leaders need to address access barriers.

  15. Digital health: the changing landscape of healthcare

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    From booking appointments to learning test results, healthcare is going digital. But what do patients think about digital healthcare? And where are there opportunities to improve?