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Launching the carers lanyard


Carers Lanyard: Healthwatch Kirklees launch a project to distribute carer lanyards to health and social settings throughout Kirklees.

By Clare Costello
General Practitioner (GP) Social care Engagement Carers Carers lanyard Care homes Unpaid carers
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How delays to care during the COVID-19 pandemic have affected people in Kirklees


The waiting game

Since March 2020 we have had a lot of feedback from the public telling us about delays, difficulties and changes in NHS and social care services, due to the Covid-19 pandemic affecting how these services were run. Healthwatch Kirklees and Healthwatch Calderdale worked collaboratively during 2021 to collect the experiences of people living in Calderdale and Kirklees during the Covid-19 pandemic who had experienced delays to health and social care for non-Covid related conditions since March 2020.

NHS Report Delivery Plan For Tackling The Covid-19 Backlog

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Covid-19 Council and Clinical Commissioning Group Engagement
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Report 07/02/22

Experiences relating to medication during the Covid-19 pandemic


“I still need my medication, even in a pandemic!” 

What people in Kirklees told us about ordering, receiving, changing, and reviewing their medication in challenging times 

By Rio Kisjantoro
Covid-19 Engagement

How your opinions and experiences shaped services at The Kirkwood


The Kirkwood got in touch with Healthwatch Kirklees to ask if we could support them to gather feedback about their services. They have recently rebranded and have many new plans for the service. The Kirkwood felt that working in partnership would help them to reach more people and, as Healthwatch Kirklees is an independent organisation, people would feel comfortable giving us their views.

By Healthwatch Kirklees
Social care Engagement

Offering people free Body Mass Index (BMI) checks and heart rhythm checks


Healthwatch Kirklees regularly go out into the community to talk to people about their experience of health and social care services.

We’re always looking for different ways to engage people so we decided to take out some equipment to provide people with some basic health checks.

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Long term health conditions Engagement

What are patient and carer views of stroke services in West Yorkshire


Healthwatch was asked by West Yorkshire and Harrogate health services to talk to patients, carers and the wider public, about what people thought about possible new ways of providing the care that they need when they have a stroke or care for someone who has.

The work was aimed at people who have experienced a stroke but did include methods to capture the views of the wider public also.

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Engagement Hospital Long term health conditions

Why can’t I find an NHS Dentist in Kirklees? Advice, information and signposting.


If there is one issue that defines Healthwatch in Kirklees, it is access to NHS Dentistry. It was the first thing that people said to us when we started in 2013, and people ring us every single week looking for NHS dentists in Kirklees.

By Healthwatch Kirklees
Dentistry Engagement
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Patient and carer views of respite services in Kirklees


Kirklees Council wanted to ensure that respite provision within Kirklees met the needs of service users and carers.

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Social care Engagement

How can people return equipment they no longer need


During 2017, Healthwatch Kirklees repeatedly heard stories from people who were struggling to return equipment they no longer needed; things like crutches, zimmer frames and wheelchairs.

People either didn’t know where to return it or, when they tried to return it, they were often told they’d gone to the wrong place or that the service didn’t want it back.

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Social care Engagement

How often do you visit a dentist


Access to dentistry in Kirklees has been a massive issue for Healthwatch in the last 5 years with 60% of people we asked in 2016 not having an NHS Dentist. One comment we heard in a bus station in Dewsbury said “I go to the dentist every 6 months. I never have any work done, just a checkup.” We wondered why people in pain could not find a dentist, whilst others has check-ups for healthy teeth.

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Dentistry Engagement
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