1. Announcing our new Healthwatch Rutland Board members

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    We welcome three new Board members to Healthwatch Rutland.

  2. Mid June 2018 Newsletter

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    Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for June 2019

  3. Learning Disability Week 18-24 June 2018 – get a health check!

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    This week GPs in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are encouraging people with a learning disability to make sure they have an annual health check.

  4. Patients asked to share views on out-of-hours healthcare services

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    East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group (ELRCCG) is proposing changes to Urgent Care Services as the current contracts come to an end in March 2019.

  5. It only takes a minute

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    It only takes a minute to complete our quick poll that asks how much you would like to be involved in planning your care when you are older.

  6. End of June 2018 Newsletter

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    Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for June 2019

  7. Could you be the next Chair of the Healthwatch Rutland Board?

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    Applications are invited for the position of Chair of the Healthwatch Rutland Board.

  8. Have your say about NHS treatments

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    NHS England has set out plans to stop or reduce commissioning of 17 treatments that research has shown to be ineffective or risky, and they want to hear your views.

  9. July 2018 Newsletter

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    Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for July 2018

  10. Uppingham Surgery’s Ketton branch to close

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    East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group’s (ELR CCG) Primary Care Commissioning Committee (PCCC) has agreed to close Ketton Branch Surgery, following a public consultation.

  11. Changes to prescribing medicines available over-the-counter

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    The local NHS is calling for patients to find out more about changes to prescribing and to provide their views on the changes before they take place.

  12. Next Steps to better care in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

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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’.

  13. September 2018 Newsletter

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    Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for September 2018

  14. Annual Meeting 2018

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    Healthwatch Rutland will hold its Annual Meeting in the Gover Centre conference room, Rutland Community Hub in Oakham on Wednesday 19 September – 1pm registration and refreshments for a 1.30pm start.

  15. Community Services Survey

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    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.

  16. Healthy Rutland Grant Scheme – applications invited

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    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.

  17. Next Steps to Better Care Together: engagement events

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    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.

  18. Local NHS has unveiled its plans to develop out-of-hours services

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    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

  19. October 2018 Newsletter

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    Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for October 2018

  20. Healthwatch Rutland awarded bursary to set up Young Healthwatch Rutland

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    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.

  21. Parents – your chance to shape NHS Orthodontic Services

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    NHS England wants to hear your views about how you feel child orthodontic services should be delivered in the future.

  22. Reminder: Healthy Rutland Grants Scheme deadline for first round 30 November

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    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.

  23. Talk to your GP practice about sharing your medical record with other health and care services

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    Sharing vital health information with health and social care organisations is now as easy as having a simple conversation.

  24. November 2018 Newsletter

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    Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for April 2019