1. Enter and View report - Chater Lodge Care Home Nov 2017

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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.

  2. Enter and View report - Tixover House Care Home, November 2017

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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.

  3. Enter and View report - The Lodge Trust. December 2017

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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.

  4. Enter and View report - Rutland Care Village, October 2018

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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.

  5. Enter and View report - Manton Hall, December 2018

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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.

  6. New three year strategy and workplan for 2018-21

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    We have set our new strategy and workplan for 2018-21. Our vision is to be a strong, resolute and independent community champion.

  7. Report shows people in Rutland want more health and care services delivered locally

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    Over 200 people shared their experiences and views on how to improve health and care services in Rutland.

  8. What the public have told local Healthwatch about their experience of Health and Care services

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    Healthwatch Leicester, Healthwatch Leicestershire and Healthwatch Rutland have been working together across the region, as part of a national project, to explore people’s lived experiences of using Health and Care services.

  9. About the Healthwatch Community Champion Role

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    Here at Healthwatch Rutland (HWR) we listen to people's feedback to help shape and improve health and social care services in Rutland. Healthwatch Community Champions are the 'eyes and ears' for HWR in your locality or area of interest.

  10. About the Healthwatch Rutland Authorised Representative role

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    An Authorised Representative is a trained volunteer who participates in Healthwatch Rutland’s ‘Enter and View’ activities, alongside other Healthwatch Rutland volunteers and staff.

  11. About the Board Member role

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    The Healthwatch Rutland Board is the public face of Healthwatch Rutland and takes decisions about how Healthwatch Rutland should work to improve the health and social care outcomes of the county’s population.

  12. Our Data Protection Policies (GDPR)

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    These policies support the legal requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 (the UK’s interpretation of GDPR), which places certain obligations on CTCIC, its staff and those who process data on our behalf.

  13. Our Volunteer Handbook

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    Volunteers for Connected Together CIC, including Healthwatch Northamptonshire (HWN) and Healthwatch Rutland (HWR) are supported by the volunteer leads - Katie Bayliss based in the HWN office, and by Amy Crawford for HWR.

  14. Health and social care needs of the Armed Forces community in Rutland, Harborough and South Kesteven – New report published

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    A report of the views and experiences of people with a connection to the British Armed Forces living or stationed in Rutland, Harborough or South Kesteven has now been published.

  15. Board Meeting papers - 10/12/2019

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    Board Meeting papers for 10/12/2019

  16. Postponed: Board Meeting papers - 10 March 2020

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    Papers for the Healthwatch Rutland Board meeting in public 10 March 2020 from 6.30 - 8.30pm. Tinwell Room, Rutland Community Hub, Lands’ End Way, Oakham.

  17. Board Meeting papers - 11/09/2019

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    Papers for the Healthwatch Rutland Board meeting in public 11 September 2019 from 4 - 5pm. Gover Conference Room, Rutland Community Hub, Lands’ End Way, Oakham

  18. Board Meeting papers - 09/06/2020

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    Papers for the Healthwatch Rutland Board meeting in public 09 June 2020 from 6.30pm - 8.30pm. Virtual Zoom meeting.

  19. Annual Report 2019-20 - Guided by you

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    During 2019-20 we continued to assert ourselves as an independent champion to put Rutland people at the heart of decisions as the health and care environment moves towards an integrated care system and single strategic commissioning body.

  20. Your experiences of Health and Care services during the Covid-19 pandemic

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    1383 people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland completed a survey from local Healthwatch and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG), that ran from 30 April to 7 June 2020. Of these there were 135 responses from people in Rutland.

  21. How people with long term or multiple conditions experience care in Rutland GP surgeries

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    We have been interviewing people in Rutland with long term or multiple health conditions in order to understand their experiences of care at their GP surgery.

  22. Report highlights how people’s experiences of health and social care services in Rutland differed from neighbouring Leicester and Leicestershire, during the Covid-19 lockdown

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    During the height of the Spring 2020 Coronavirus lockdown, between late April and early June, we were asking the public across Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) to tell us about their experiences of health and care support.

  23. Find out more about Healthwatch Rutland's 2020 Annual Meeting

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    Read the notes from the Q and A about 'Restarting NHS services for Rutland people with an integrated and place-based approach' at Healthwatch Rutland's 2020 Annual Meeting

  24. Board Meeting papers - 01/12/2020

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    Papers for the Healthwatch Rutland Board meeting in public 01 December 2020 from 18:30 - 20:30pm held via virtual Zoom meeting.

  25. Considerations for Rutland - questions on the Leicester acute hospitals and maternity reconfiguration proposals

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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.

  26. Healthwatch Rutland reflects the public voice: The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust consultation on reconfiguration of acute hospitals and maternity services

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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.

  27. Board Meeting papers - 09/03/2021

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    Papers for the Healthwatch Rutland Board meeting in public 09 March 2021 from 18.30 – 20.30pm held via virtual Zoom meeting.

  28. Board Meeting papers - 08/06/2021

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    Papers for the Healthwatch Rutland Board meeting in public 08 June 2021 from 6.30pm - 8.30pm. Virtual Zoom meeting.

  29. Annual Report 2020-2021 - On equal terms

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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.

  30. What Matters to You? Our report on what people in the county want from Place-based Health and Care

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    To help inform the creation of a new Place-based Health and Care Plan for Rutland, we asked people in Rutland to tell us what they need and want from local health and care services when they are ill, and to help them live healthy lives.

  31. Board Meeting papers - 14/09/2021

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    Papers for the Healthwatch Rutland Board meeting. This will be a virtual meeting, held in public via Zoom on 14 September 2021 from 4pm - 5pm.

  32. Your views on accessing GP Practice Appointments

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    Our Lets’ Talk… Accessing GP Practice Appointments engagement asked how the changes in accessing appointments at your GP Practice has affected you and your family. Read our report on what you told us.

  33. Our Decision-making Policy

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    Every Local Healthwatch must have a published Decision-making Policy. This policy helps Healthwatch Rutland make decisions and prioritise work.

  34. Carers Mental Health

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    Carers Week 2021 'Making Caring Visible and Valued: A Focus on Carers Mental Health in Rutland.

  35. Let's Talk... Hospital Visiting - Engagement Report

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    The Healthwatch ‘Let’s Talk...’ project in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland is looking at how the changes that have been made to health and social care services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, have affected patients and their loved ones.

  36. Healthwatch Rutland Board Meeting in Public - 7/12/21

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    Read the papers for the Healthwatch Rutland Board Meeting. This will be a virtual meeting, held in public via Zoom, on 7 December 2021 from 6.30 to 8.30pm

  37. 'Let's Talk' Regular Health Checks and Screening: Engagement Summary

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    As part of our 'Let’s Talk..' project we looked into the topic of ‘Regular Health Checks and Screening’ to understand the impact of changes that have taken place in these services due to COVID-19.

  38. Healthwatch Rutland responds to Health and Wellbeing Strategy Consultation

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    The consultation on a new draft Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Rutland has now closed.

  39. How have the changes in Urgent and Emergency Care affected patients?

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    As part of our 'Let’s Talk...' project we recently asked the public about their experiences of Urgent and Emergency Care, to understand the impact of changes to these services that have happened throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

  40. Your views on NHS Dental Services

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    Responding to our February quick poll 26% of you said that no one in your household regularly visits a dentist and 41% of respondents who do not regularly see an NHS dentist have tried to join an NHS dental ‘list’ within the last year

  41. Healthwatch Rutland Board Meeting in Public 29.3.22

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    Read the papers for the Healthwatch Rutland Board Meeting, held in public via Zoom on the 29 March 2022, 6:30-8:30pm.

  42. Healthwatch Rutland Board Meeting in Public 14 June 2022

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    If you would like to come along to our Board Meeting in Public this will be held in person at the King Centre, Barleythorpe, LE15 7WD on the 14 June from 6:30- 8:30pm.

  43. Annual Report 2021-22: Championing what matters to you

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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.

  44. POSTPONED: Annual Meeting followed by Board Meeting in public

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    The Annual Meeting due to be held at the Rutland Community Hub in Oakham on 13 September has been postponed and will be rescheduled.

  45. Healthwatch Rutland Board Meeting in Public 26 October 2022

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    Our rescheduled Board Meeting in Public (postponed from 13 September 2022) will be held online by Zoom on 26 October 7pm to 8pm