1. Support available to help Blue Monday brighter

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    Blue Monday is on 16 January 2023 and is known for being the day when people feel most down during the year. Although feelings aren’t dictated by a date, January can be a hard month and cold weather, Christmas bills and shorter days.

  2. Are you struggling to access health and care services this winter?

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    With the NHS under extra pressure this winter, we need to hear your experiences of care to help services understand what is working and spot issues affecting support for you and your loved ones.

  3. Local patient experience of emergency care is heard by House of Lords

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    Healthwatch Shropshire evidence has been used in a House of Lords report calling on the government to declare a national emergency to address emergency care crisis.

  4. Help RJAH improve health equalities by joining focus groups

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    We are working with The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital to improve health equality and would like the help of the local community.

  5. Have your say on local health and care services – join the Big Health and Wellbeing Conversation

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    Local residents are being encouraged to have their say to improve local health and care services, and to get involved by attending upcoming public meetings, as part of the Big Health and Wellbeing Conversation.

  6. Have you complained about your health care or social care?

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    While in the vast majority of cases people are satisfied with the care they or their relatives receive from the NHS or from Social Care providers sometimes they don't get the services they want or expect and sometimes things go wrong.

  7. “Think which service” during the upcoming industrial action

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    The Chief Medical Officer at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin has urged people to attend their appointment if they have one booked during the coming days of industrial action.

  8. UPDATED: Have your say on local health and care services – join the Big Health and Wellbeing Conversation

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    New Events added in Shrewsbury, 30 March 2023

  9. Diabetes care and support - share your experiences

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    We want to hear from people with diabetes or those who have been identified as being at risk of developing diabetes (pre-diabetic) about their experiences of diabetic care and support.

  10. NHS 111 now first port of call for emergency repeat medication

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    NHS 111 is now the first port of call for emergency repeat medication, say health leaders in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

  11. Big Health and Wellbeing Conversation

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    Have your say on local health and care services – People from every corner of Shropshire are being invited to talk about the future of health and care, as part of the Big Health and Wellbeing Conversation.

  12. Accessing and receiving Domiciliary Care

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    We would like to hear people’s experiences of accessing and receiving domiciliary care or care at home in Shropshire in the last two years.

  13. Community pharmacies across the county now offering oral contraception

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    Community pharmacies across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are now offering oral contraception, previously prescribed by a GP, to local people.

  14. A&E departments in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are ‘under extreme pressure’ and health leaders urge local community to ‘think which service’

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    Local health and care leaders are alerting residents that Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin’s A&E departments are under “extreme pressure” due to significant and sustained demand.