Healthwatch wants to hear from you.

People keen to influence the future of the NHS in North East Lincolnshire are being encouraged to make their views known in a series of events this month.

Independent health and care champion Healthwatch North East Lincolnshire are launching ‘What would you do?’ to encourage people in the region to share their views about what changes to local NHS services should look like.

The Government is investing £20 billion a year in the NHS as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. Local organisations have now been asked to work out what changes will be made locally to help make the NHS better for local people.

The public are being asked for their views about how local services could be improved. They will also be asked to share their ideas on how people can live healthier lives and what improvements they think could be made to help people access services quickly.

Staff and volunteers will be working across the region to make sure you can have your say. Details of upcoming engagement dates can be found on our website. People can also share their views in one of our online surveys:

Click here to take the survey

Representatives from the local NHS will also be carrying out engagement work with patients, staff and the community to encourage feedback on the local plan.

As part of this launch we will also be hosting a focus group to ask the public for their views about how local services could be improved. We will also be asking other questions and encouraging them to share their ideas on how people can live healthier lives and what improvements they think could be made to help people access services quicker.

Click here to book you place on our General Focus Group. 

The local system for identifying, supporting and assessing children with communication, cognition, learning, emotional and mental health difficulties.

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.

Healthwatch North East Lincolnshire is working with the local NHS and Council to see how well the Access Pathway is working since it was introduced.

Between January and April 2019, Healthwatch have been hosting a number of workshops aimed at families and children encouraging them to share their feedback of accessing and using these services. Each workshop looked at a different stage of the pathway to see how well each part is working.

The below Feedback Sessions give parent/carers the opportunity to hear about our initial findings. If you wish to attend please book your place by clicking the links below. 

Date And Time

Access Pathway Feedback Session 2

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.