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An initial enquiry raised a number of unanswered questions about the general health and wellbeing of young carers. There is growing evidence to support the theory that a young person’s health may be affected by their caring role, and it was unclear who provides support to young carers locally.

Our Strategic Advisory Board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss our strategic direction, what people are telling us and to make sure we are fulfilling our statutory duty.

Our Strategic Advisory Board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss our strategic direction, what people are telling us and to make sure we are fulfilling our statutory duty.

The NHS Long Term Plan is a new plan for the NHS to improve the quality of patient care
and health outcomes. At Healthwatch Barnsley we wanted to ensure that residents were able to have their say on the plan. We reached different sections of our community both geographically and by reaching out to communities who are seldom heard and we did this in a number of different ways..

Our Strategic Advisory Board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss our strategic direction, what people are telling us and to make sure we are fulfilling our statutory duty.

Download a copy of our latest Annual Report and find out how 'Your Voice Matters'. We have been listening to you and taking your stories back to health and social care providers in the town to help them shape services that make a difference to US.

This report summarises the key outputs and findings from the NHS Long Term Plan Engagement Programme
undertaken in the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICS area.

Our Strategic Advisory Board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss our strategic direction, what people are telling us and to make sure we are fulfilling our statutory duty.

Our Strategic Advisory Board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss our strategic direction, what people are telling us and to make sure we are fulfilling our statutory duty.

As part of our Engagement work on the NHS Long Term Plan we wanted to capture as many resident voices as possible especially the ones which are seldom heard.

As part of our engagement work on the NHS Long Term plan we wanted to make sure we reached as many residents as possible to ensure that their voices were heard. We know that the voices of Refugees and Asylum Seekers are very often missed and we wanted to give them the opportunity to have their say.

As part of our Engagement work on the NHS Long Term Plan we wanted to make sure that we captured the voice of as many residents as possible, especially the ones from seldom heard groups.