Healthwatch visit to Torquay Academy
HEALTHWATCH VISIT TO TORQUAY ACADEMY As I’ve recently reported, Healthwatch Torbay, our local independent charity ensuring that people have their say on local health and social care services, has bee…
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Devonians win Birthday Honours First, some good news on the health front. The difference two people in South Devon are making to people with dementia and mental health issues has been recognised in …
Healthwatch Schools’ Survey
HEALTHWATCH SCHOOLS’ SURVEY As I’ve mentioned before, Healthwatch Torbay, our local independent charity ensuring that the public have their say on local health and social care services, has been co…
SCAMS AWARENESS
SCAMS AWARENESS Do you know your vishing, from your phishing and smishing? Scams Awareness Month lifts the lid off the latest scams The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau has reported a 7 per cent…
Drop-in skills session for Torbay’s Carers
Drop-in skills session for Torbay’s Carers Torbay Council’s Community Carers Project, which currently offers the region’s 16,000 unpaid carers access to a vast range of online health and support info…
Bringing ‘Fair’ to Brixham
BRINGING ‘FAIR’ TO BRIXHAM A COMMUNITY LAUNCH EVENT The FAIR project is a new service for people over 50 in Torbay, offering advice and information on benefits, managing money, getting the best util…
Many under-30s have the hearing of a 50-year-old!
SMARTPHONES and earphones are responsible for increasing deafness and hearing loss among our young population, a top audiologist has warned. Over the past decade, the number of people under 30 with…
Healthwatch young peoples events
HEALTHWATCH YOUNG PEOPLE’S EVENTS How to get involved in Healthwatch Torbay’s latest project! Healthwatch Torbay are to run a series of events across the Bay to try and gain a wide range o…
Heatlhwatch Torbay: Digital Training
Lots of people are unaware of or unable to access health and social care resources on the internet, things like booking a doctor’s appointment, to ordering a prescription, or to self-referring - for e…
Volunteers week: 1st-7th June
VOLUNTEERS’ WEEK Volunteers’ Week is a time to say thank you for the fantastic contribution volunteers make. During the week, June 1-7, hundreds of events and celebrations take place across the …
Healthwatch: ‘Champion’ the voice of the community
Healthwatch Appeal for people to 'champion’ the voice of the Community Local health and social care consumer champion Healthwatch Torbay are appealing for people to give a voice to their local commu…
Health and Social care feedback in Torbay
News from Healthwatch Torbay: Healthwatch Torbay’s annual feedback report includes more than 650 reviews, raises some 220 concerns, and highlights 66 serious complaints. In a busy year, social …
Young life in Torbay – Survey from Healthwatch Torbay
YOUNG LIFE IN TORBAY England’s Riviera is a wonderful place for holiday-makers and for many of us – including relative newcomers like me – a great place to live! Now, though, Healthwatch Torbay …
Torbay’s NHS at 70 – Have you for a tale to tell?
Have you got a tale to tell? When health secretary Aneurin Bevan launched the NHS in July 1945 it was the climax of a hugely ambitious plan to bring good healthcare to all. For the first time, hosp…