Healthwatch Wirral 2016/17 Annual Report

The Healthwatch Wirral 2016/17 Annual Report is now live! You can view this by clicking here.
This report will give you an insight on the work we have been doing during the financial year of 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017.

‘Your Road to Recovery’ Report

Healthwatch Wirral has been working in collaboration with the charity Interchange on a new project for 2017.

Healthwatch Wirral is a community interest company.  This is a business with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or in the community, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners.

Interchange acts as a facilitator between voluntary community organisations and third year University students.

Esme Walker, a final year student from Liverpool University, joined us in January of this year on our ‘Your Road to Recovery’ project.  The project has been looking at services on Wirral for people with substance abuse problems.  Prior to 2015 Wirral CCG commissioned a number of different providers for these services.  In 2015 Wirral CCG then commissioned CRI (Crime Reduction Initiatives) who later changed their name to CGL (Change, Grow Live) in partnership with the Spider Project and Phoenix Futures.

Esme’s research took the form of questionnaires, focus groups and interviews with two staff members and her report is detailed below.

Please click here to view the report.

Online Directory of Services
 

Tackling social isolation in South Wirral

The Wirral South Constituency Committee is calling on local groups to apply to a new small grants fund set up to address social isolation in the area.

Launched on Friday 21st July, the fund is part of the Committee’s priority to prevent and reduce social isolation in Bebington, Bromborough, Clatterbridge, Eastham and Heswall.

Eligible groups who can apply include:

• Registered charity or charitable incorporated organisation
• Fully constituted community or voluntary group (including Parent Teacher Associations)
• Faith groups
• Social enterprise or CIC

Applicants can view the criteria and apply from July 21st via the Wirral Council website until noon on Friday 8th September. Successful applicants will receive payment by the end of September, and have until Monday 1st October 2018 to complete their project and spend the funds.

This story has been taken from the Wirral View
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Mental health service launched for new and expectant mums

Local mental health partners have launched a specialist mental health service to help new and expectant mums in Cheshire and Merseyside.

Cheshire and Mersey Specialist Perinatal Service has been set up to support women and families experiencing mental health problems during pregnancy and in the first year after birth.

The specialist service consists of three ‘local’ teams, provided by Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP), North West Boroughs Healthcare and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trusts.

The three teams aim to improve access to evidence-based treatments, as well as training for other frontline staff caring for local women to ensure consistent, high-quality care across the region.

NHS England have committed more than £3m to the project, which forms part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP).

This story has been taken from the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) website.
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Dementia care rated as ‘Outstanding’ in Wirral

The care of people with dementia in Wirral has been rated as ‘outstanding’.

Dementia services were one of three clinical priority areas looked at as part of the annual assessment of NHS Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) by NHS England.

The other clinical areas assessed were cancer care which was rated as ‘good’ and the care of people with mental health which was rated as ‘requires improvement’. The CCG has identified the areas where improvements to mental health care are required and has prioritised this as part of its operational plan.
The assessment of performance against the three priority areas has been published alongside the CCG’s Improvement and Assessment Framework (IAF) results. Wirral has been rated as requiring improvement against the IAF indicators of better health, better care, sustainability and being well led.

The rating reflects concern at the CCG’s financial deficit, for which financial recovery plans have been written and work continues to ensure the CCG commissions quality health services that are within its agreed budget.

This story has been taken from the Wirral Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) website.
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Consultation on guidance to ensure a safe and effective pharmacy team
 

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust Health Information Survey
 

Birkenhead Central Library to host free summer workshops for children

A series of activities are taking place for children this summer at Birkenhead Central Library.

Four free workshops are planned for August based on the topic 'destiny' giving children different things to learn and make.

Supported by Arts Council England funding, experienced artists will lead the activities combining arts and crafts with the latest technology to create 'techy art'.

'Techy art' can light up, change colour, talk or play music.

All 'techy' artwork will then be displayed at the prestigious Williamson Art Gallery.

Each of the workshops last for three days and will take place between 10am and 3pm - children are welcome to attend as many or as few as they like and can either stay at the workshop during lunchtime or have lunch at home between 12pm and 1pm. 

This story was taken from the Wirral Globe.

Cruse Volunteering Opportunities