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November 2018 Newsletter
Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for April 2019
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Talk to your GP practice about sharing your medical record with other health and care services
Sharing vital health information with health and social care organisations is now as easy as having a simple conversation.
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Reminder: Healthy Rutland Grants Scheme deadline for first round 30 November
Rutland County Council has created a Healthy Rutland Grant Scheme for 2018/19 that will provide funding to encourage local projects that will improve health and wellbeing, promote independence and reduce the impact of long term health conditions.
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Parents – your chance to shape NHS Orthodontic Services
NHS England wants to hear your views about how you feel child orthodontic services should be delivered in the future.
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Healthwatch Rutland awarded bursary to set up Young Healthwatch Rutland
We are really pleased to announce that we have been awarded a bursary from the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN) to set up Young Healthwatch Rutland so that local young people can raise their issues and concerns.
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October 2018 Newsletter
Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for October 2018
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Local NHS has unveiled its plans to develop out-of-hours services
NHS East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group (ELR CCG) have published plans to develop out-of-hours or “urgent care services”, offering GP and nurse appointments when practices are closed on weekday evenings, weekends and holidays
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Enter and View report - Rutland Care Village, October 2018
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.
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Community Services Survey
People in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are being asked to share their views on healthcare that patients receive at home and in local communities as the local NHS looks to improve community health services.
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Healthy Rutland Grant Scheme – applications invited
Rutland County Council has created a Healthy Rutland Grant Scheme for 2018/19 that will provide funding to encourage local projects that will improve health and wellbeing, promote independence and reduce the impact of long term health conditions.
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Next Steps to Better Care Together: engagement events
The Better Care Together (BCT) Partnership (previously known also as the Sustainability and Transformation Partnership) is inviting the public to a series of open engagement events to hear about, and discuss, what is happening to improve services.
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