1. Annual General Meeting - Questions and Answers Session Highlights

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    A summary of the Q&A at the Healthwatch Milton Keynes Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 29th July 2020.

  2. Board of Trustees Minutes May 2020

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    Healthwatch Milton Keynes CIO Board of Trustees minutes are publicly available.

  3. New Text and WhatsApp service

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    Healthwatch Milton Keynes launch new Text and WhatsApp service.

  4. Board of Trustees Minutes August 2020

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    Healthwatch Milton Keynes CIO Board of Trustees minutes are publicly available.

  5. Cancer Education UK launches petition to tackle inequalities in healthcare

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    Cancer Education UK have today launched their campaign to petition for other types of skin coloured prosthetics to be readily available to ethnic minorities

  6. Campaign for cancer prosthetics for ethnic minorities

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    Cancer Education UK today launch their campaign for the NHS to increase funding for breast and other prosthetics following cancer treatment, in a range of skin tones.

  7. Board of Trustees Minutes November 2020

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    Healthwatch Milton Keynes CIO Board of Trustees minutes are publicly available.

  8. Board of Trustees Minutes February 2021

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    Healthwatch Milton Keynes CIO Board of Trustees minutes are publicly available.

  9. Annual Report 2020-21

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    Welcome to our 2020-21 Annual Report. The last year has been unlike any other.

  10. YiS Feedback Forum Report

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    YiS wanted to make sure that the services being offered to young people were aligned with what young people need and delivered in the way young people want.

  11. Q&A session highlights from our AGM

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    Q&A session highlights from our AGM on 21 July 2021.

  12. What should happen when you're diagnosed with dementia

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    Being diagnosed with dementia can be a big shock, and it can be hard to know what to do next. Take a look at our guide to find out what support you should receive.

  13. Board of Trustees Minutes May 2021

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    All our Board of Trustees minutes are publicly available. Read the minutes from the May 2021 Board of Trustees meeting.

  14. Ashby House Care Home: Enter and View Report

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    We carried out an Enter and View visit of Ashby House, a residential care home in Milton Keynes. Here are our findings and recommendations
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  15. Board of Trustees minutes August 2021

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    All our Board of Trustees minutes are publicly available. Read the minutes from the August 2021 Board of Trustees meeting.

  16. Your Care, Your Way: healthcare information that works for you

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    Everyone should be given healthcare information in the way they need it. Clear, understandable information is important to help you make decisions about your health and care and get the most out of services.

  17. Your Care, Your Way: get involved in our campaign

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    So you can take part in our campaign Your Care, Your Way, we have created our survey in several alternative formats, including Easy Read.

  18. Accessible Information Standard – findings from our Freedom of Information requests

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    Between September and November 2021, Healthwatch England submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to over 200 National Health Service (NHS) provider trusts to gather details on compliance with the Accessible Information Standard.

  19. Accessible Information Standard – Healthwatch recommendations

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    As part of the Healthwatch 'Your Care, Your Way' campaign, we have set out five headline recommendations to help health and care services ensure that people who have communication needs are given their healthcare information in the way they need it.

  20. Many NHS Trusts not supporting equal access to care for deaf and blind people

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    New research shows that many NHS trusts are not meeting their legal duty to help people with additional communication needs.

  21. Board of Trustees Minutes November 2021

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    All our Board of Trustees minutes are publicly available. Read the minutes from the November 2021 Board of Trustees meeting.

  22. Let's Talk: Menopause

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    "So many don’t talk about menopause- they bury their head and suffer in silence": We report on women's experiences of menopause and recommend improvements to services in Milton Keynes.

  23. A Green Plan for NHS services in Milton Keynes

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    Are you passionate about climate change and the role that health services have in reducing our impact on the environment?

  24. Patient Experience Week at Milton Keynes University Hospital

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    This week, our CEO Maxine Taffetani, was invited to visit the Patient and Family Engagement team at the Milton Keynes University Hospital, and was excited to see how they've been celebrating Patient Experience Week.

  25. Perceptions of Health Inequalities in Milton Keynes

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    When people talk about access to health or care services being a ‘postcode lottery’, they are really describing inequality.

  26. Board of Trustees Minutes February 2022

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    All our Board of Trustees minutes are publicly available. Read the minutes from the February 2022 Board of Trustees meeting.

  27. Climate change, health inequalities and a greener NHS

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    On the day that Milton Keynes could finally call itself ‘officially’ a city, Deputy CEO Tracy Keech and I attended a Climate Change and Health Inequalities conference at the Hotel La Tour in Central Milton Keynes.

  28. Read our Annual Report 2021-22

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    We're excited to share with you our Annual Report 2021-22.

  29. NHS acts on your feedback to improve dental care

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    Thanks to you, the NHS will take several steps to ensure better dental support for people with complex problems and improve the information for those trying to find an NHS dentist. Read our response.

  30. Board of Trustees Minutes May 2022

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    Read the minutes from the May 2022 Board of Trustees meeting.

  31. BBC investigation on NHS dentistry - Healthwatch response

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    A new investigation from BBC News and the British Dental Association has found nine in 10 NHS dental practices across the UK are not accepting new adult patients for treatment under the health service. Read the Healthwatch response.

  32. AGM July 2021 approved minutes

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    Our approved minutes from the July 2021 Annual General Meeting are available to download.

  33. Board of Trustees Minutes August 2022

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    Read the minutes from the August 2022 Board of Trustees meeting.

  34. Cost of living crisis winter plan from Milton Keynes City Council

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    More than 10,000 children living in Milton Keynes experience the daily burden of poverty*.

  35. Closed for the Christmas holidays.

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    Our team will be taking a break over the festive season.

  36. Let's Talk: Exercise & Self care

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    We know that an active lifestyle is important to prevent illness and improve our physical and mental wellbeing, helping us to feel our best.

  37. Board of Trustees Minutes November 2022

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    Read the minutes from the November 2022 Board of Trustees meeting.

  38. Celebrating ten years of people speaking up to improve health care

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    This anniversary marks 10 years of Healthwatch. To mark this milestone, we're celebrating the contribution that you have made in improving health and care services in Milton Keynes.

  39. Board of Trustees Minutes February 2023

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    Read the minutes from the February 2023 Board of Trustees meeting.

  40. Board of Trustees Minutes March 2023

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    Read the minutes from the March 2023 Board of Trustees meeting.

  41. Our findings: The Great Big GP Access Survey

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    Hundreds of residents across Milton Keynes took part in our research exploring the problems people are having with GP access and support.

  42. Improving your journey through health and social care services in MK

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    We're working with the Milton Keynes Health and Care Partnership on a project to improve how patients experience moving through different health and care services.

  43. Volunteering Week: a big thank you!

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    Every volunteer plays a critical role in championing the voices of patients, carers and their families, and sharing their experiences of health and social care.

  44. How does health and social care work in Milton Keynes?

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    Sometimes when you’re trying to get the care you need, you may have questions about how services are run. We’ve put together some information about what goes on ‘behind the scenes’ which will hopefully answer some of those questions.

  45. Our priorities for 2023-24

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    Here are our priorities for the people and communities of Milton Keynes for 2023-24.

  46. Pharmacies: more than medicine

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    We carried out Enter and View visits to 17 local pharmacies to understand how patients feel about the services on offer, and whether or not staff feel involved in the NHS decisions that affect them.

  47. Maternal mental health: The changes your feedback made possible

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    Your experiences of maternal mental health care continue to shape NHS services, with NHS England recently announcing improvements to maternity and neo-natal services.

  48. Annual Report 2022-23

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    We're excited to share with you the ways we have made a difference to health and care services in Milton Keynes during 2022-23.

  49. A long-term plan for the health of Milton Keynes 

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    The Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (ICB) have recently launched their 'long-term plan' which sets out how they intend to run our local health and care system over the next five years. 

  50. Planning on getting pregnant?

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    If you're planning to get pregnant, now is the best time to focus on your health and wellbeing.