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How to make sure local hospitals are helping those facing homelessness
Some NHS services have a legal duty to alert their local housing authority if they identify someone who they believe is homeless or at risk of becoming so. Find out the questions you can ask your NHS to understand if they are meeting this duty.
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Resources from involving young people in our work event
Download all the resources from this event, which focused on involving young people in our work.
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How to talk about Healthwatch - easy read
The question "What does Healthwatch do?" can be hard to answer. We've put together some easy read resources so that it's clear to the public who we are and what we do.
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Making a difference toolkit
Help make the value of your work recognised and look at this toolkit to help you show the impact that you're making to people's experiences of health and social care.
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Demonstrating individual and collective effectiveness: a new Quality Framework
During the consultation for Healthwatch England’s strategy, local Healthwatch asked us to explore how we can best support our network to demonstrate its effectiveness.
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New report: Mental health and the journey to parenthood
Take a look at just some of the stories people shared with us, and at the resources you can use to encourage local people to speak to you about their experiences of mental health as new parents.
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Policy Forum - Special Educational Needs and Disability
See the notes from the July Policy Forum as well as presentations from the day.
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Working with partners - Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
Find out how you can use your evidence and insight about people's experiences of health and social care to work with partners to help improve local services for your community.
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Template: Record keeping and retention schedule
Create your own retention and record keeping schedule using our template as a guide.
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