News and reports

In November 2018, 2 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home.

In November 2018, 2 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Park View Residential Care Home.

On 11th September, our Voluntary, Community & Faith Sector Health & Wellbeing Forum focused on people’s experiences of the Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessment and how, with Sheffield CCG and our local authority, we can improve the process

Over a number of years, concerns have been raised with NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) about the future of two Sheffield care homes – Birch Avenue and Woodland View, and whether adequate funding is in place to guarantee their future.

We visited the Outpatients Department at Sheffield Children’s Hospital on the 6th September 2018 and asked people to fill out a survey about their experience

NHS England has commissioned Evolving Communities to help them develop a national Continuing Healthcare information resource.

The Social Care Institute of Excellence has published a quick guide for people using adult social care services.

The GP Patient Survey is an independent survey run by Ipsos MORI on behalf of NHS England. The survey is sent out to over a million people across the UK. The results show how people feel about their GP practice.

For the past three years, mental health has been the number one health and social care issue for the Healthwatch network. Take a look to see what people have told Healthwatch about their experiences.

In another special edition of our newsletter, we share the volunteering opportunities available to students to get involved

The Government’s recent survey of 108,000 LGBT people found that many had difficulties accessing health services, some had experienced inappropriate questioning from healthcare staff, and that many feel their specific needs are not taken into account

STAMP is a group of young people aged 14—25 who are passionate about making a positive change to mental health in Sheffield. They hosted a consultation event to give young people the opportunity to #SpeakUp and influence change around mental health