Patient Experience Officer

Obtaining and utilising patient’s experiences of their health and care services forms the very foundation of the activity of Healthwatch, and we are now recruiting an exciting opportunity for a passionate and motivated individual to perform this pivotal role within our team at North East Lincolnshire.

Salary: £20,000 pa

Location: Alexandra Dock Business Centre, Fisherman’s Wharf, Grimsby, DN31 1UL

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Please join us on Wednesday 23rd January 2019, Centre 4, 1pm - 4pm. 

Tackling health & social care issues that may be below the radar.

Click here to book your place or alternatively click here for more information. 

At any point during a child or young person’s development, they may present with problems relating to a range of areas including speech, communication, cognition, learning ability, motor skills, behaviour, or general emotional wellbeing.

In North East Lincolnshire there are a range of services available to help identify and address these problems early on. In April 2018, the way to access these services were merged in to a single access route, called The Access Pathway, in order to make it easier to get the help needed at the right time.

We will be holding multiple workshops to gather feedback from families and their children on the pathway in early 2019.

Workshop 1 – Early Identification and Pre-Pathway Support

Workshop 2 – Early Help Assessment & Access Pathway Panel

Workshop 3 - Referrals, Review and Post Pathway Support

Workshop 4 – Children & Young People targeted workshop

If you are unable to attend the Workshops you can complete our Parent & Family Survey Here.

Professionals can complete their version of our survey Here.

Flu Vaccination 

Flu vaccination is available every year on the NHS to help protect adults and children at risk of flu and its complications.

Flu can be unpleasant, but if you are otherwise healthy it will usually clear up on its own within a week.

For more information on the flu vaccine speak with your GP or click here. 

Feeling unwell?

Cold weather can be seriously bad for your health. That's why it's important to look after yourself, especially during the winter. If you start to feel unwell, even if it's a cough or a cold, don't wait until it gets more serious. Seek advice from your pharmacist. 

Click here to find your nearest pharmacy.

View our September Poll review on Hypertension - the biggest health issue in North East Lincolnshire.

The following is a joint response from Healthwatch North East Lincolnshire, Healthwatch North Lincolnshire and Healthwatch East Riding of Yorkshire to the September 2018 publication of the CQC inspection of the North Lincolnshire and Goole Hospital Trust.

Please click here to view the full response. 

Self Care Week has been and gone but the information still remains the same and is still relevant. As part of Self Care Week 2018 we decided to post useful information every day that week with a different theme on how you can self care and embed it into everyday life.

Please click below links to view. 

Monday - Be prepared to make over your medicine cabinet 

Tuesday - Symptoms of the flu 

Wednesday - GP Services 

Thursday - Can the Pharmacist help with your symptoms? 

Friday - Healthy Living