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Healthwatch Herts

@hwhertfordshire

We are the independent consumer champion for people who use health and social care services in Hertfordshire.

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💬 Having issues with your GP practice and not sure where to turn? You're not alone — and we're here to help. Since the pandemic, the way GP surgeries communicate with patients has changed, and it can be confusing to know who to speak to or what steps to take. 🧭 Our advice

💬 Having issues with your GP practice and not sure where to turn? You're not alone — and we're here to help.

Since the pandemic, the way GP surgeries communicate with patients has changed, and it can be confusing to know who to speak to or what steps to take.

🧭 Our advice
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We asked prison leavers about their experiences of drug and alcohol support services. They told us that awareness of the help available, timely access, supportive key workers and assistance to reintegrate into society were helping them to get their lives back on track.

We asked prison leavers about their experiences of drug and alcohol support services. They told us that awareness of the help available, timely access, supportive key workers and assistance to reintegrate into society were helping them to get their lives back on track.
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Do you want to help improve health and social care in Hertfordshire? You can! Research plays a key role in improving health and social care services. And you can be a key part of upcoming research by becoming a Community Research Champion.

Do you want to help improve health and social care in Hertfordshire?

You can!

Research plays a key role in improving health and social care services. And you can be a key part of upcoming research by becoming a Community Research Champion.
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Through our signposting service, we help members of the public deal with issues with public health and care services. Whatever your issue, we’re here to help. Just complete our Signposting Feedback Form: buff.ly/4fKnO51. We’ll get in touch with you as soon as we can.

Through our signposting service,  we help members of the public deal with issues with public health and care services. 

Whatever your issue, we’re here to help. Just complete our Signposting Feedback Form: buff.ly/4fKnO51. We’ll get in touch with you as soon as we can.
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📰 Stay Informed – Subscribe to Our Free Newsletter! Want to stay up to date with local health news, research, practical advice, and how we’re working to improve care in Hertfordshire? Sign up to our free newsletter and get all this – plus opportunities to have your say and help

📰 Stay Informed – Subscribe to Our Free Newsletter!

Want to stay up to date with local health news, research, practical advice, and how we’re working to improve care in Hertfordshire? Sign up to our free newsletter and get all this – plus opportunities to have your say and help
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Thanks to our research, we informed our local NHS how they can build public confidence in offering blood pressure checks at dentists and opticians in Hertfordshire. If you're due a dental check or eye test, why not also get your blood pressure checked this #MayMeasurementMonth?

Thanks to our research, we informed our local NHS how they can build public confidence in offering blood pressure checks at dentists and opticians in Hertfordshire. If you're due a dental check or eye test, why not also get your blood pressure checked this #MayMeasurementMonth?
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Our research helped the local NHS identify ways to introduce and encourage blood pressure checks at selected dentists and opticians across Hertfordshire and west Essex. If you're due a dental check or eye test, why not ask if you can get your blood pressure checked this

Our research helped the local NHS identify ways to introduce and encourage blood pressure checks at selected dentists and opticians across Hertfordshire and west Essex. If you're due a dental check or eye test, why not ask if you can get your blood pressure checked this
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Were you diagnosed with autism as an adult? We want to hear from you. Many autistic adults say they received little or no support after diagnosis. 📊 Take our short survey and help us understand what support was (or wasn’t) offered – and what would have helped. 🔗

Were you diagnosed with autism as an adult?

We want to hear from you. Many autistic adults say they received little or no support after diagnosis.

📊 Take our short survey and help us understand what support was (or wasn’t) offered – and what would have helped.

🔗
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We want to hear from people who smoke, or have recently stopped smoking to hear their views. Get in touch to share your experiences and improve local services. Sign up here buff.ly/0h1tBoD

We want to hear from people who smoke, or have recently stopped smoking to hear their views. Get in touch to share your experiences and improve local services.

Sign up here buff.ly/0h1tBoD
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🚨 Young people aged 16–24 in England – get involved! 🚨 Join the Wrapped Young People’s Advisory Group (YPAG) 🎉 Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire are testing Wrapped – a new website to encourage condom use and reduce STIs among young people using online STI

🚨 Young people aged 16–24 in England – get involved! 🚨
Join the Wrapped Young People’s Advisory Group (YPAG) 🎉

Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire are testing Wrapped – a new website to encourage condom use and reduce STIs among young people using online STI
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Our research helped the local NHS identify ways to introduce and encourage blood pressure checks at selected dentists and opticians across Hertfordshire and west Essex. If you're due a dental check or eye test, why not ask if you can get your blood pressure checked this

Our research helped the local NHS identify ways to introduce and encourage blood pressure checks at selected dentists and opticians across Hertfordshire and west Essex. If you're due a dental check or eye test, why not ask if you can get your blood pressure checked this
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Being diagnosed with autism as an adult can bring relief, confusion – or both. But what happens next? 🔗 buff.ly/fzK61Ui 💡 National research shows 70% of autistic adults got no support after their diagnosis. Healthwatch Hertfordshire wants to change that – and we need

Being diagnosed with autism as an adult can bring relief, confusion – or both.

But what happens next?

🔗 buff.ly/fzK61Ui

💡 National research shows 70% of autistic adults got no support after their diagnosis.
Healthwatch Hertfordshire wants to change that – and we need