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Healthwatch Kingston is proud to support LGBT+ History Month 2022
2022 is the 50th anniversary of the first Pride March in the UK.
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Healthwatch Kingston Supports Race Equality Week 7 - 12 February 2022
Race Equality Week is an annual UK-wide movement uniting thousands of organisations and individuals to 'seriously' address the barriers to race equality in the workplace.
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YOL!Talks Third Podcast Released
Youth Out Loud! Collaborates with the Kingston & Richmond Youth Council and Launches their third podcast in their YOL!Talks podcast series - 'How has Covid-19 impacted young peoples' mental health?'
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Healthwatch England publishes our network's Annual Report 2020-21
England faces enormous health and social care challenges. Find out in this Annual Report how feedback from Healthwatch Kingston, and other local Healthwatch has helped NHS and social care services improve care plans for the future.
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Consultation on removing vaccination as a condition of deployment for health and social care staff
On 31 January 2022, the Department of Health and Social Care press released information about a consultation to remove vaccination as a condition of deployment as Omicron replaces Delta as dominant COVID-19 variant.
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10-Year Cancer Plan: Call for Evidence. Can you help?
The Department for Health and Social Care are running a consultation to inform the development of the government’s 10-Year Cancer Plan for England. It is open to everyone aged 16 and over, and closes at 11:45pm on 1 April 2022.
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Healthwatch Kingston Pulse check report - Services for people with diabetes
Healthwatch Kingston, working with Diabetes UK, encouraged Kingston residents with diabetes to share their views to help services work better for the people who use them. This report shares back what we learned.
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Community and voluntary sector mental health - What people said
This Healthwatch Kingston report provides feedback from local community and voluntary sector mental health commissioners and providers. It has informed the South London Mental Ill-Health Prevention and Recovery Programme.
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London Safeguarding Voices (LSV)
The LSV ensures that people with real lived experience of safeguarding are at the heart of London's safeguarding policies and procedures governance.
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All about: Safeguarding
Advice and information about safeguarding services in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.
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Share you experiences of health and social care services during the ongoing Covid pandemic - including vaccines and boosters
Healthwatch Kingston would like to hear about your recent experiences of our local heath and social care services. You can tell us about everything from hospitals services and our local care homes to the Kingston vaccine response and GP's...
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