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The Northern Care Alliance’s Chief Nurse Elaine Inglesby-Burke CBE has been honoured for her remarkable nursing career by the NHS’ top nurse. -
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A new digital portal is being introduced by the NHS and councils which allows health and social care staff to see how many vacancies there are in local care homes, saving hours of time phoning around to check availability. -
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What would you do to improve local health services?
Please help us by completing this Healthwatch England Survey -
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The Healthwatch Oldham 100 Project (HWO 100) is simple and straightforward. We would like at least 100 residents of Oldham to sign up to receive a bi-monthly short survey on health and social care services. -
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The Royal Oldham Hospital invited Healthwatch Oldham to undertake a review of the experiences of pregnant women and their partners/birth partners attending their Antenatal Clinics. -
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We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has shared their feedback with us about the local implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan. -
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Set in the The Boathouse at Alexandra Park, Pure Innovations is an exciting hub of various activities across the community: -
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The Water Adventure Centre (WAC) was established in 1977 and is based at Fairfield Locks beside the Ashton Canal in Droylsden. -
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UProjects are based in Saddleworth, Oldham. Providing outdoor physical activities and promoting the proven health benefits they bring. -
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Ability Wheelz provides opportunities for children, young people and adults with additional needs and/or disabilities to access a wide range of adapted and universal cycles in Alexandra Park. -
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In the current climate of cut backs and budget reductions, health and wellbeing support programmes have all but vanished. With this in mind the following packages have been developed, to implement either singly or in a series, to address this area. -
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St John Ambulance is the nation’s leading first aid charity. Every year, more than 400,000 people learn how to save a life through their training programmes, including hundreds of thousands of young people. -
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Healthy Gains 4 U provide a wide range of professional services to meet your needs. They promise to provide every service with a smile and to your highest level of satisfaction. -
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Provider of sports coaching, sports events and racket restringing. Helping you achieve your Personal Best 365 days a year! -
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The college aims to provide something different for local people. Moving away from the clinical focus offered by many support services; instead we offer an educational approach designed to empower you to take control of your own health and wellbeing. -
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Members of STO (Sport therapy Organisation), Lyndan Sports Therapy provide sports massage, acupuncture, myofascial trig point therapy. -
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Our aim is to halve the number of suicides in men under 45. -
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The Open Shutters photographic project is a series of black & white portraits aimed at showing mental illness presents massive challenges to those who experience it and the people around them, it needn’t mean an end to dreams and ambition... -
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Ambition for Ageing Oldham which aims to reduce social isolation in the over 50’s population in Alexandra, Crompton and Failsworth West, through targeted asset based community development (ABCD) approaches. -
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Do you or a family member need practical help to support you to take control of your life?
Do you and your family have difficulties such as housing, money, parenting, confidence, looking for work or want to improve an area of your life?
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TOG Mind offers information and advice to people with mental health problems and lobbies government and local authorities on their behalf. It also works to raise public awareness and understanding of issues relating to mental health. -
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Oldham Community Leisure want to create an environment in which sport, active recreation and leisure are integrated into the lifestyle of all Oldham citizens, in order that community cohesion and health benefits are continually improving. -
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Diabetes UK’s aim is creating a world where diabetes can do no harm. Diabetes is the most devastating and fastest growing health crisis of our time, affecting more people than any other serious health condition in the UK. -
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Age UK Oldham is an independent local charity that works in partnership with the Local Authority and NHS Oldham delivering services under contract agreements. -
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A year ago the Accessible Information Standard came into force. It requires any organisation providing NHS or social care to communicate in a way that everybody can understand. Here's a reminder of what you should expect. -
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The number of people being cared for in their own homes is increasing but what should you expect from home care services? -
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We know from our conversations with the public that some patients report feeling rushed during appointments and struggling to make themselves heard. Here are some tips that could help you get the most out of visiting your GP. -
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Everyone should be able to access good quality NHS dental services. Take a look at our top tips to help you get the most out of your next dental appointment. -
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Health issues unfortunately don't leave us alone at the weekend and people are often in need of medical assistance out of hours. Using NHS guidelines, we have provided some advice and information on where you can go for help when your GP is closed. -
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Our volunteers support us in many ways. From speaking to local people to find out what they think about health and care to helping people access services, volunteers play an important role at Healthwatch Oldham. -
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Take a look at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (NICE) quick guide to discussing and planning support following a dementia diagnosis. -
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We hope you like the new format for the Annual Report which sets out the work of Healthwatch Oldham over the last 12 months and includes examples of how we have engaged and supported Oldham residents. -
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There is a risk of the mosquito borne Zika Virus in Bangladesh.