1. Do you need help getting to hospital?

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    Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments.

  2. Exploring the reality: How do the various health and social care agencies provide services appropriate to individuals who identify as trans?

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    sand, Safe Aging No Discrimination, researched the hopes, fears, experiences, expectations of health & social care by older – and old ‐ lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people in Shropshire

  3. The experiences of Shropshire's Romany, Gypsy and Traveller community

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    It is known that this community generally suffer from health inequalities but there is very little information about experiences in Shropshire. We aimed to find out more.

  4. Stoke Heath Prisoner Engagement

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    We were approached by NHS England’s Health and Justice Team to go into HMP Stoke Heath prison in Shropshire to talk to the prisoners about their experience of health care within the prison setting.

  5. Social Prescribing for 16-25 year olds

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    We engaged with people aged 16-25 via an on-line survey and focus groups to find out what they thought about Social Prescribing and to understand activities they are currently involved with and what the benefits and potential barriers there are.

  6. Food Insecurity Project: South-West Shropshire

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    This report highlights the experiences of people in South West Shropshire who are living with food insecurity and the effects this can have on their health and well-being.

  7. Your Care Your Way-Meeting Communication Needs

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    To support Healthwatch England’s Your Care Your Way Campaign, we gathered experiences of people locally, raised awareness of the standard within the local community and shined a spotlight on the impact of communication needs not being met.

  8. The Accessible Information Standard - What you can expect from services

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    A year ago the Accessible Information Standard came into force. It requires any organisation providing NHS or social care to communicate in a way that everybody can understand. Here's a reminder of what you should expect.

  9. Making a complaint about the NHS

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    This is an independent step by step guide to making a complaint about any NHS service. It is designed to give you everything you need to lodge you complaint. Produced by Healthwatch Shropshire's Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Service.

  10. Writing a complaint letter

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    Fact sheet to help you write a letter of complaint.

  11. Healthwatch Shropshire Advocacy Charter

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    The Advocacy Charter was published in July 2002 and defines and promotes key advocacy principles. This charter is the basis for Healthwatch Shropshire’s Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Service.

  12. Shropshire NHS complaints contacts

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    Details of the complaints contact points of local NHS providers

  13. Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Service leaflet

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    Healthwatch Shropshire provides the Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Service for people who receive NHS services in Shropshire and for Shropshire residents who receive NHS services outside the county. This leaflet will give you an overview.

  14. Complaints process log sheet

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    Use this to help you keep track of all important conversations, agreements and documents

  15. An analysis of the awareness and attitudes towards the complaints procedures in local general practices in Shrewsbury, from the perception of patients and staff members.

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    Keele University student research. The aim of this research was to explore people’s experiences of providing feedback on and making a complaint about health and social care services.

  16. You said, we did - Shifnal & Priorslee Medical Practice

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    Between 25th May and 1st June 2021, 45 members of the public contacted us about Shifnal and Priorslee Medical Practice. The vast majority of these comments were expressing concern about aspects of the service provided by the practice.

  17. 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.

  18. NHS and Social Care Complaints Report

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    We asked people to share their experiences of making a complaint about NHS or social care services in Shropshire within the last two years. Through our IHCA Service we have often heard from people who have found the process confusing and disappointing which has sometimes resulted in people deciding not to complain at all.