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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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Healthwatch Manchester Newsletter-- June 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
The Blueprint? Combined Enter and View Report: Park House - North View
Healthwatch Manchester have completed a comparison report between our two Enter and View Visits to Park House and North View.
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Enter and View: North View
The Healthwatch Manchester team conducted an Enter and View visit to the inpatient wards at North View, located on the North Manchester General Hospital site, to speak with the patients about both their experience of living at North View and also their experience when relocating to North View from Park House.
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