Be one of the first people in Berkshire to see and feedback on a new innovative app which could allow you to have immediate, easy access to information about your health and wellbeing on your smartphone. An NHS support unit is looking for residents in Reading and elsewhere in Berkshire to attend one of two …
Read our monthly team report to get a taste of how Healthwatch Reading works to inform, advise or advocate for local people to help them get the health & care services they need. We’ve had a busy month during October 2018… We began the month by attending the annual conference held by Healthwatch England on …
Here’s a summary of the latest ‘Enter & View’ reports we’ve published as part of our ongoing care homes project: PARKSIDE Residents interviewed: 32 Selection of residents’ comments: ‘I like everything, I am happy here. The food is good. The staff are lovely and wonderful, can’t fault them.’ ‘I enjoy my food, curry is favourite …
Here are the latest ratings for Reading services: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT): ‘Outstanding’ for being well-led (previously rated ‘Good’) and ‘Good’ for being safe, effective, caring and responsive to people’s needs, with an overall ‘Good’ rating. BHFT runs Prospect Park Hospital, and community and mental health services. Report published: 2 October 2018 Optimax …
Healthwatch England is starting a new chapter under its new chair, Sir Robert Francis. If the name sounds familiar, then you’re right – he is the lawyer that led an inquiry from 2010, into the ‘Mid-Staffs scandal’ which uncovered shocking neglect and deaths of patients at a hospital that local people and relatives had ‘blown …