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Patient experience during COVID-19 – two new Healthwatch Manchester reports
Two new reports released today by Healthwatch Manchester highlight the excellent work done by social workers in Manchester during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We conducted two surveys with Manchester residents, one with people who have had a recent experience of being discharged into care from hospital, and another with people who have had a recent social care assessment.
One of the findings which was consistent through both reports was the very positive feedback about the care provided by social workers. Some of our respondents described their care as ‘fantastic’, ‘excellent’, and said that staff went ‘above and beyond’.
The reports were commissioned by Manchester City Council, who wanted to hear the experiences of people who had used these services since the beginning of the pandemic.
The reports can be accessed below.
Annual Report for AFWR&C
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Lifechanging technology to be rolled out to all type 1 diabetes patients
Everyone living with type 1 diabetes will be eligible for lifechanging flash glucose monitors on the NHS following new guidance.
This means that everyone in England with the condition will be able to benefit from the convenient technology.
The wearable gadgets, the size of a £2 coin, have a sensor that easily sits on the arm, allowing patients to check their glucose levels with a one-second scan.
NHS prevention programme cuts chances of developing type 2 diabetes
New data suggests that the NHS Diabetes Prevention programme resulted in a 7% reduction in the number of new diagnoses of type 2 diabetes in England between 2018 and 2019, with around 18,000 people saved from the dangerous consequences of the condition. Someone completing the nine-month NHS scheme reduces their chances of getting the condition by more than a third (37%).
Find out if you are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes and sign up to the programme if you are eligible.
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Urgent and Emergency Care – winter pressures survey
Background information
The NHS in Greater Manchester is looking to develop its understanding of why some people within Greater Manchester inappropriately access urgent and emergency care and wants to support people to access the right services and understand how to make that choice.
Funding has been agreed with NHS England to develop our awareness of the public’s understanding of services and how they choose to access care. As part of this work Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership has worked with GMCVO to create this survey to explore these issues in more detail to and provide insight from local communities.
Any findings from this survey will be used to help health and care professionals in Greater Manchester better understand why people access the NHS services in the way that they do and what communications might help to support people to make the best choices to get the help they need.
If you are responding on behalf of an organisation or have been supported to complete this survey by an organisation can you please identify who this organisation is so we can ensure this is highlighted in the feedback summary report.
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/PY5MEH/
In 2019, the local community were consulted on the British Muslim Heritage Centre’s proposals for their site.
The purpose of that event was to provide some initial plans and sketches of the proposals before developing the proposals in further detail.
A second consultation event took place on Monday 29th November at the centre.
Please visit http://www.bmhc.org.uk/public-consultation/ to read all about the plans
Healthwatch Manchester Bulletin: https://mailchi.mp/a9ad230cd5dd/healthwatch-manchester-nov-2021-bulletin-4119394?e=971288d398
Greater Manchester is committed to widening access and participation in active travel for over 50s | Centre for Ageing Better
A climate fight without age: older people and COP26
Empowering local action on food poverty: key lessons from Food Power
This report shares key lessons on how to empower local action on food poverty learnt through the Food Power programme which was delivered between 2017 – 2021.
How can we ensure people have access to food when they go home from hospital?
In the first of a series of blogs, Simon Shaw shares some of the initial findings from our Home from Hospital project.
https://www.sustainweb.org/blogs/nov21-home-from-hospital-1/