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Care Homes Project Invites Healthwatch Southampton Care Homes Project Project Overview: Healthwatch Southampton understands the pandemic has been a difficult time for care homes; for the Staff, Managers, Care Home Owners, Unpaid Carers and Relatives, and, of course, the Residents themselves. We also realise there is a lot for people to feel proud of, and […]

Anyone under 30 will be offered an alternative Covid jab to the AstraZeneca vaccine due to mounting evidence linking it to rare blood clots, the UK’s vaccine advisory body says. More than 31 million people in the UK have already have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and more than five million […]

Social Care in Action has launched a new service to support people to attend their COVID vaccinations and to appointments at local GP surgeries in Southampton. The service, commissioned by NHS Southampton City Clinical Commissioning Group and Southampton City Council, provides transport to adults who do not have a safe, independent means of travelling to important […]

Healthwatch Hampshire is running a health priorities survey to find out what matters to the people of Hampshire when it comes to health and social care services for this year.   Now that there is a road map out of the pandemic, and the vaccine roll-out is well under way, they want to know what […]

Around 268,000 people living in the UK today have been diagnosed with #bowelcancer. This April during #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth we’re supporting @bowelcanceruk. Find out how you can help: www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/bowel-cancer-awareness-month #thisisbowelcancer. Now, more than ever, people affected by #bowelcancer need us to raise awareness of the disease. That’s why we’re supporting @bowelcanceruk this April for #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth. Will you […]

There has been lots of national and local media coverage about the troubles of NHS Track and Trace. People have reported difficulties booking a test and experienced other frustrations with the system. We would love to hear your experiences as we are collating community perspectives: Is the NHS Test and Trace system working for you? […]

In May and June of 2020, a survey of the Queen’s Nursing Institute’s (QNI) Care Home Nurses Network was carried out by the QNI International Community Nursing Observatory (ICNO) to understand more about the impact of COVID-19 on the Care Home Nurse workforce within the UK.  The report was authored by Prof Alison Leary. Amongst […]

Test your knowledge of the government advice in the UK for foreign holidays. Read more on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53409712

n the past few days, both US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have been seen wearing masks in public for the first time. It’s a dramatic turnaround – Mr Trump previously mocked others for wearing masks, and suggested some might wear such personal protective equipment to show their disapproval of him, […]