Read Healthwatch England's research which unpacks people's experiences of using Community Diagnostic Centres and lessons for expanding community-based care.
Our team carried out an Enter and View for Learning Disability Patient Experience at Leicester Royal Infirmary in September 2024.
See the attached report available for download.
Our team carried out an Enter and View at Leicester Royal Infirmary – Children’s Emergency Department in August 2024.
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Our team carried out an Enter and View at Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) – The Beacon Unit in August 2024.
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When it comes to accessing health and social care, your views count. Part of our role is to understand the experiences of people who are using these services and to give people an opportunity to speak up and have their voices heard.
We developed a survey to give us a snapshot of how people in Leicester and Leicestershire who identify as lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning (LGBTQ+) access local services.
Our coffee, chai and chat group sessions aimed to listen and explore how people from ethnic communities find accessing their local health and social care services, what that experience has been like for them and what barriers there are that stop them from accessing the services that they needed to address their health and wellbeing.
Our team carried out an Enter and View at Leicester Royal Infirmary & Leicester General Hospital Gynaecology services in July and August 2024.
See the attached report available for download.
Healthwatch Leicester and Healthwatch Leicestershire Annual Report shows how we listened to you in 2023/24.
Read about our work, how many people engaged with us and how their feedback helped us to shape and improve health and social care services in Leicester and Leicestershire. Find out what our plans and priorities are for the next year.