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Impact of the 2014 Care Act
Citizens Advice Shropshire looked into the impact that the Care Act 2014 has had on people accessing adult social care in Shropshire.
7 August 2017
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Greenfields Care Home, Whitchurch- Enter & View visit report
This visit was a stand alone visit to explore the quality of life experienced by residents of this nursing, dementia and residential home.
5 August 2017
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Midwife Led Maternity Services - choice of birthing location
Healthwatch Shropshire was involved in Phase 1 of this review with a seat on the MLU Review Board. We took along over 300 pieces of feedback that we have received from services users.
3 August 2017
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Hendra House, Ludlow- Enter & View visit report
We wanted to explore the quality of life experienced by residents in Hendra House, with a particular focus on dignity, choice and respect
3 August 2017
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The Accessible Information Standard - What you can expect from services
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.
31 July 2017
Advice and Information
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Annual Report April 2016 - March 2017
Unaudited Trustees' report and financial statements for the year ending 31 March 2017
29 June 2017
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Care Home Changes
Residents at a local care home were very upset with some building work that had reconfigured the communal living space.
17 June 2017
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GP out of hours contact
We received feedback that a patient was unable to contact their GP through the out of hours telephone number and there was some confusion over who was covering a regular closed afternoon, the practice or ShropDoc.
7 June 2017
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Prison medication management
Prisoners at HMP Stoke Heath raised concerns about pain medication. They told us that people had their medication stopped and that there was no support for coming off these medications, even when people may have been on them for many years.
7 June 2017
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Enter & View Policy
Healthwatch Shropshire Enter & View Policy
5 June 2017
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Board Meeting minutes, 23 May 2017
Find out what was discussed at our May board meeting
23 May 2017
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24 Main Road, Dorrington- Enter & View visit report
This visit was a return visit to explore the quality of life experienced by residents who have varying degrees of learning disabilities and complex needs, following a visit conducted in 2015.
20 May 2017
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