Healthwatch Stockport

The coronavirus is affecting work and lives everywhere. As a precaution, and following advice from Healthwatch England, we are currently suspending our current public engagement work planned for the next three weeks.
Coronavirus Watch We are offering support to local organisations and communities in terms of the following:
... 1) Helping to disseminate national and local official guidance on the latest developments about the Coronavirus
2) Helping smaller organisations and groups with putting together office/work procedures for staff, volunteers, home working etc.
3) Practical support in keeping in contact with vulnerable people who may be self isolating [alone] via telephone or email.
4) Practical support in helping to distribute essential items out to vulnerable people in the community
5) We are working with the council and health services to be a point of coordination for a call out to [healthy] volunteers to support local communities in collaboration with other local organisations. this could be helping to drop off essential supplies to our vulnerable people in the community or making daily phone calls to people who are on their own etc..
6) We have a growing list of Healthwatch Stockport members and others on standby willing to help where they can and we can mobilise quite quickly.
We appreciate things will change daily and will follow national and local official guidance, the more up to date we are and communicate with each other the better.
If you would like to know more on how to volunteer please visit www.healthwatchstockport.co.uk/…/2020-0 3-…/coronavirus-watch
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Don't forget we are holding our network event next Monday at Heald Green Village Hall - This event is a priority setting event where we will be discussing what health and social care changes you would like to see in Stockport to book on follow the link http://bit.ly/38IdfO7

We are holding a priority setting network event on the 24th February 2020 at Heald Green Village Hall. We want to hear from you what changes you think should be made to health and social care services in Stockport.
To book on http://bit.ly/3by8N6c
or more information please visit www.healthwatchstockport.co.uk/…/…/ne twork-event-speakup2020

If you’ve taken a child or young person to A&E in Greater Manchester recently, we’d like to hear what you think. You can tell us what went well or how things could be better by filling in our survey https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/H2THQP6< br> Your views will help us to improve A&E services for children and young people in Greater Manchester.

Tomorrow we are running a briefing session on continuing health care budgets - from 10:30am at Healthwatch Stockport, Land O' Cakes, 48 Middle Hillgate, Stockport, SK1 3DL for more information or to book on please visit bit.ly/3aOJXPg

We are hosting a number events for more information please visit www.healthwatchstockport.co.uk/events

#SpeakUp2020
What should be our key priorities for this year? Tell us about your experiences of health and social care, and the changes that you would like to see made locally, in our online survey.
healthwatchstockport.co.uk/Speakup-2020