1. Speak Up, Be Heard: A Recap of Our 2025 Conference

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    On 11 March 2025, we hosted a dynamic and engaging conference at the College Court Conference Centre, bringing together 83 delegates from local community groups, healthcare professionals and members of the public.

    Themed “Speak Up, Be Heard,” the event provided an opportunity for open discussions on health and care services, ensuring that community voices help shape local priorities.

  2. Insight report highlighting ethnic communities' voices on Health and Social Care Services

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    Healthwatch Leicester and Healthwatch Leicestershire is proud to announce the release of a new insight report based on our recent “Coffee, Chai, and Chat” group sessions. The report brings forward the often unheard voices of ethnic communities across Leicester and Leicestershire, including Punjabi, Bangladeshi, Gujarati, and Pakistani communities, encompassing both men and women.

  3. Enter & View report Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) – The Beacon Unit

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    Children and young people’s mental health is a priority focus area for local Healthwatch.
    Healthwatch Leicester, Healthwatch Leicestershire and Healthwatch Rutland visited the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) – The Beacon Unit at Glenfield Hospital to gather young people’s views and experiences of the service provided and to observe the environment and operation of the facility.

  4. Change NHS

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    Changing the NHS is going to involve everyone. The government wants to hear people's views, experiences and ideas as part of this engagement to help shape the 10 Year Health Plan for England.

    Anyone aged 16 and over, living in England, can take part and it's important that everyone has a say and shares their views.

  5. Preparation work on new Day Case Unit for Hinckley set to begin

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    The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (LLR ICB) today announced that preparation work for a Day Case Unit at Hinckley and District Hospital is set to begin in coming weeks.

    The Department of Health and Social Care has extended the spend date of the allocated funding for the new Day Case Unit until March 2026, to enable its delivery. The total cost of the new facility is £10.5million.

  6. Healthwatch Enter & View report Leicester Royal Infirmary – Children’s Emergency Department

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    Healthwatch Leicester, Healthwatch Leicestershire and Healthwatch Rutland recently visited the Children’s Emergency Department (ED) at Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI). This visit was part of a series looking at urgent and emergency care services.

  7. NHS walk-in vaccinations Spring schedule

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    Roving Healthcare Units are used for NHS walk -in services across the region. Please see the updated schedule for the roving healthcare unit, offering walk-in COVID, flu, RSV, pertussis and MMR vaccinations to anyone who is eligible.

  8. Pharmaceutical needs assessment

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    Have your say on the provision of pharmacies and pharmacy services in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

    Every 3 years, pharmaceutical needs assessments (PNAs) are carried out around the country to make sure that local community pharmacies (chemist shops) are meeting the pharmaceutical needs of local people.

  9. Advisory Board Meeting January 2024

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    Read the update from Healthwatch Leicester and Healthwatch Leicestershire Advisory Board meeting which took place on 23rd January 2024.

  10. Advisory Board Meeting March 2024

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    Read the update from Healthwatch Leicester and Healthwatch Leicestershire Advisory Board meeting which took place on 26th March 2024.

  11. Advisory Board Meeting April 2024

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    Read the update from Healthwatch Leicester and Healthwatch Leicestershire Advisory Board meeting which took place on 30th April 2024.

  12. Healthwatch Advisory Board (HAB) taking applications

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    Be a voice for your community in shaping local health and social care services. As a Board Member, you’ll help guide strategy, engage stakeholders, and ensure services meet local needs. If you have leadership, collaboration, and a passion for improving care, we want you on our team! This flexible volunteer role requires up to 16 hours a month. Apply now and make an impact!

    Healthwatch is the consumer champion for people who use health and social care services, ensuring that communities are engaged, listened to and provided with an avenue to tell us their views and opinions.

  13. People with ADHD find diagnosis life-changing but long waits on the NHS need urgent action

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    New research highlights ADHD diagnosis can change people’s lives, giving them a better understanding of themselves, improving their wellbeing, self-esteem, and concentration at work.

  14. Deaf Community – Share Your Experience of Local Healthcare #SpeakUp on Local Health Services – 10 Years On

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    Healthwatch Leicester and Healthwatch Leicestershire are inviting members of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community to share their experiences of accessing local health and social care services. We want to hear your voice.

    It’s been over a decade since our last major engagement with the Deaf community, when we published a joint report in partnership with the Leicester Deaf Forum and British Deaf Association in 2014. Since then, health and care services have undergone significant changes and now, more than ever, we need to understand the current challenges and opportunities for Deaf people in our area.