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Find out what support is available to help you when travelling to your GP, hospital or other NHS services.

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..

Four questions staff should ask you or a loved one about your oral health if you’re a care home resident, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quick guide.

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.

People have told us they can have problems registering with a GP. This article explains more about your rights and what do to if you are refused the right to register.

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.