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Today we launch the “What Would You Do?” campaign to encourage everyone in Rutland to share their views about what changes to local NHS services should be made in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. -
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We are working with colleagues in Healthwatch Leicester/Leicestershire to deliver co-ordinated engagement with the public about the plan’s proposals. -
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The Better Care Together (BCT) team has launched a new video highlighting proposed changes at Leicester’s hospitals that include acute and maternity services for patients in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. -
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We all love the NHS, but let’s make it even better this year. Tell us about your experiences of health and social care, and the changes that you would like to see made locally, in our online survey. #SpeakUp2020 -
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People in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) are invited to sign up to a new online network to help shape the future of local NHS services -
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It can be hard to keep up with the constantly changing and evolving nature of guidance and help with coronavirus. Here are some links to different national organisations and their advice. -
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Read about how coronavirus could affect you, your baby and your pregnancy care. -
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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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Consultation has begun on proposals to spend £450 million transforming acute hospital and maternity services in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR). -
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A series of online events has been arranged to help people find out more and ask questions about proposals to spend £450 million transforming acute hospital and maternity services in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. -
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You can hear Dr Janet Underwood, Chair of Healthwatch Rutland, talking to local radio presenter Rob Persani, in this week’s Persani Podcast. -
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Our work on the consultation for acute and maternity services at Leicester hospitals is progressing on two main fronts. -
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The NHS is consulting on plans to transform Leicester’s hospitals. We think it’s really important that Rutland residents get involved. -
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Our virtual public meeting to discuss the plans for reconfiguration of Leicester hospital and maternity services, held on 28 October, was well attended. -
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Our reading and analysis of the detailed thinking that underpins the proposals, set out in the Pre-consultation Business Case (PCBC) gave rise to a series of questions. -
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Read our 'Considerations for Rutland' document that was sent to commissioners in response to the Leicester acute hospitals and maternity reconfiguration pre-consultation business case. -
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The consultation about proposals to transform Leicester acute hospitals and maternity services has now closed. Thank you to everyone who has given feedback on how the changes may affect you and your families. -
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The consultation about proposals to transform Leicester acute hospitals and maternity services has now closed. Thank you to everyone who has given feedback on how the changes may affect you and your families. -
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With few face-to-face mum and baby groups running right now, and women more isolated than ever due to COVID-19, there has never been a better time to offer support for new mums. -
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Working together with Healthwatch Leicester and Leicestershire, Healthwatch Rutland will be running a series of themed community focus groups to identify the impact of changes introduced across health and social care, in response to the pandemic. -
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This year has been a very difficult one for everybody. While Healthwatch couldn't visit health and social care premises, we were still able to investigate the impact of the pandemic on people's access to the services that matter to them most. -
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Find out more about our joint project with Healthwatch Leicester and Leicestershire -
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Our work over the past year has focused on ensuring that the public and patient voice is heard as early and loudly as possible in the development and transformation of health and care services across Rutland. -
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Rutland women told us their experiences of Maternity Services in our latest "Lets Talk" themed engagement -
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Our work over the past year has focused on ensuring that the public and patient voice is championed in the development of health and social care services to meet the needs of the Rutland community. -
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Progress made during the first year of the Rutland Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Place Plan is described in the Health and Wellbeing Board Annual Report.
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The issues highlighted included delayed transfer of care, discharge from hospital without sufficient support in place, discharge from hospital when the individual requires rehabilitation rather than in-home support and confusion upon returning home. -
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Following recent concerns in the media and on social media we have been in communication with East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group, the commissioner for local minor injuries services and urgent care services. -
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has given Leicestershire Partnership Trust’s (LPT) an overall rating of “Requires Improvement” in its recently published inspection report. -
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Thames Ambulance Service Ltd (TASL) was commissioned in 2017 to provide Non-Emergency Patient Transfer Services (NEPTS) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR). -
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There is still time for Armed Forces families to share their experiences as part of a wide-ranging survey looking at aspects of military life. -
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Are you a veteran, reservist, serving in the armed forces or family of someone who is? -
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Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, the NHS groups that plan and buy health services, have been talking to people about their experiences of community health services. -
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We fully supports local Councillors’ recommendation that University Hospitals of Leicester Trust and local Clinical Commissioning Groups pause their plans to reconfigure Intensive Care Units (ICU) and offer full public consultation on the plans. -
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NHS organisations in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) have published the Better Care Together ‘Next steps to better care in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland’. -
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We heard from the public that some confusion existed surrounding the provision of support to military veterans in the county so we held a workshop to explore the issues. -
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Useful links for carers in the local area -
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We are aware that some patients have had difficulties accessing walk-in Urgent Care services at Rutland Memorial Hospital (RMH) following the contract change at the beginning of April. -
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The Clinical Commissioning Group have given assurances to Healthwatch Rutland that Urgent Care Services in East Leicestershire and Rutland are operating as advertised this bank holiday weekend (including Urgent Care at Rutland Memorial Hospital) -
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Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for May 2019 -
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Board Meeting papers for 11/06/2019 -
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We experienced a lot of change in 2018-19, but were still busy working to ensure that the voices of all Rutland people were heard on the local delivery of health and social care. Read our annual report to find out what we achieved. -
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Concerns remain very high over the extremely poor response times in Rutland. Our EMAS listening event in July 2016 gave the opportunity to EMAS to describe current actions being taken to address issues in Rutland. -
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This project ran from August 2016 to March 2017. The initial findings can be found in the report below: -
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Part of our local Healthwatch programme is to carry out Enter and View visits. Healthwatch Rutland authorised representatives carry out these visits to health and social care services to find out how they are being run and make recommendations.