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New Healthwatch Manchester YouTube View Report Talk Through
Healthwatch Manchester have created a new YouTube channel containing all of our old videos as well as some fantastic new ones.
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World Patient Safety Day 2024
Tuesday 17th September 2024 is World Patient Safety Day, here is everything you need to know about it.
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Who's Who at your GP Practice?
Services in GP practices and the community are being changed to make it easier for patients to access a wider range of help and support services from general practices.
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NHS England set to replace two-week cancer appointment target
After a year of consultation, NHS bosses are set to announce a change in how fast a patient will be able to see a specialist if their GP suspects they have cancer.
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Upcoming Industrial Action: August 2023
Both Junior and Consultant doctors will be participating in planned industrial action in August 2023.
•Junior doctors will be striking from 7am on Friday 11 August until 7am on Tuesday 15 August.
•Consultant doctors will be…
•Junior doctors will be striking from 7am on Friday 11 August until 7am on Tuesday 15 August.
•Consultant doctors will be…
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Healthwatch Manchester Newsletter-- July 2023
News, updates and information in the latest edition of the Healthwatch Manchester Newsletter.
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Dentistry update February 2025
In the past five years we have seen a gradual decline in the provision of NHS dental services across the country. At Healthwatch Manchester we have…
The following Q & A is derived from a recent Healthwatch England communication
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GP contract 2024/25 changes
In August 2024 the British Medical Association announced that GP's in England had voted in favour of taking part in collective action in…
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Blast from the past! Nine year old Healthwatch report reappears
After recently completing a review of the Accident and Emergency department at Manchester Royal Infirmary, HWM have been looking back at our work and…
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Latest reports and publication
Healthwatch Manchester 2024-25 Annual Report
We are happy to release our 2024-2025 Annual Report which contains information about our work over the last year.
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Accessible Information Standard Compliance League Table
Healthwatch Manchester are currently conducting a large piece of work individually assessing each GP Practice in Manchester for their understanding of and compliance with the Accessible Information Standard. These results have been placed into a league table that you can find at the bottom of this article.
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