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Wednesday, 27 June, 2018 - 13:59

Have you seen our latest annual report?

 

At our Community Forum on 26 June, we launched our annual report for 2017 / 18. It’s also our fifth anniversary and we’ve come a long way!

This years’ theme was ‘Making an impact’. Every change we’ve helped to bring about in health and social care started with a story from someone who uses services.

Examples of our impact:

Tuesday, 26 June, 2018 - 15:42

Meeting the Accessible Information Standard: Healthwatch Camden organises Practical Support Visits for Camden’s GPs

 

Local visually impaired, d/Deaf and people with learning disabilities told us they face difficulties if GPs do not meet their communication support needs. 

So we talked with patients in focus groups and one-to-one interviews. We published a report including recommendations for action which are in line with the new Accessible Information Standard (AIS) which came into force in July 2016.