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Do you have a great idea that would help to improve the health and wellbeing of people in your community? If you need some grant funding to give it a kick start, this scheme could be for you! -
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Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for January 2019 -
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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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Local health and social care leaders together with voluntary sector organisations in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) have unveiled new plans for supporting people with dementia and their carers. -
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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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It can be harder for older people to stay fit and well throughout the colder months. -
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The Future in Mind programme team are inviting the public to a series of events showing how children’s mental health services are changing in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR). -
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Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for April 2019 -
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Sharing vital health information with health and social care organisations is now as easy as having a simple conversation. -
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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. -
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NHS England wants to hear your views about how you feel child orthodontic services should be delivered in the future. -
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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. -
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Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for October 2018 -
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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 -
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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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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Board Meeting papers for 19/09/2018. -
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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. -
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Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for September 2018 -
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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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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. -
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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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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. -
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Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for July 2018 -
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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. -
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Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for June 2019 -
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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. -
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Applications are invited for the position of Chair of the Healthwatch Rutland Board. -
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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. -
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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. -
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Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for June 2019 -
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We welcome three new Board members to Healthwatch Rutland.
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Following discussions, East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group and Oakham Medical Practice have issued the following statement today in regard to the provision of Minor Injuries Services at Rutland Memorial Hospital in Oakham. -
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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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A Leicester woman with dementia is highlighting the importance of getting the right help early on to people experiencing memory problems. -
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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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Longer opening hours for minor injury services in Melton Mowbray, Oakham and Market Harborough -
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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 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.