Healthwatch Southend

11/09/2025

The NHS in Mid & South Essex wants to improve mental health crisis services. Have you or someone you care for utilized these services? Your feedback is crucial! Read more and share your experiences. https://wix.to/5ONwFcG

The NHS in Mid & South Essex wants to make sure mental health crisis services work better for everyone. By sharing your experience, whether as a service user or a carer, you’ll help them understand what’s working, what’s not, and how things could be improved.Your feedback will help shape futur...

10/09/2025

September 10th is World Su***de Prevention Day. Let's work together to raise awareness on how we can make a difference. Read more about how you can help: https://wix.to/YkTcpHL ***dePrevention
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World Su***de Prevention Day is observed annually on 10 September to raise awareness about how individuals and organisations can work together to create a world where fewer people die by suicide.Evidence shows asking someone if they're suicidal can protect them. By asking someone directly about suic...

08/09/2025

Looking for an NHS dentist? Use our simple guide to find one near you. To learn more, visit https://wix.to/RwZy0gr.

Use the NHS website (https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist/) to search for a dentist near you. The site also provides information on which dental practices currently accept new patients, whether they offer urgent appointments, and how others have rated the service.While this is a good sta...

04/09/2025

Do you or someone you care for live with a disability or long-term condition? NHS England is developing a new system – the Reasonable Adjustments Digital Flag – and is inviting people with lived experience to help shape how it's used and explained.

Join as much or as little as you’re able—your contribution matters.Do you or someone you care for live with a disability or long-term condition? NHS England is developing a new system – the Reasonable Adjustments Digital Flag – and is inviting people with lived experience to help shape how i...

26/07/2025

Getting some feedback about what the NHS should look like

24/07/2025

Attention everyone!🚨 The British Medical Association has announced a five-day strike action by resident doctors, starting on July 24th. This will be a full walkout impacting healthcare across the country. Read more about what this means for you [here](https://wix.to/fpJQI1Q

22/07/2025

Tell us how well the NHS App works for you! The Government has big plans to expand the use of digital platforms - what's your experience? https://wix.to/rJ8l2lJ

The Government recently published its 10 Year Plan "Fit for the Future", which calls for three 'shifts' from • hospital to community • treatment to prevention • analogue to digital Running through the plan are calls for patients to be able to make more use of the NHS App. In future, the Govern...

14/07/2025

🚧 Important news! Mid & South Essex Hospitals have updated their parking systems at Basildon, Broomfield, and Southend Hospitals. Stay informed and review the changes at https://wix.to/1uac9sZ

Mid & South Essex Hospitals have announced changes to parking at Basildon, Broomfield and Southend Hospitals.When you enter the hospital car park, your number plate will be read automatically. This has just started at Southend Hospital, and will roll out to Basildon from 16 July and Broomfield Hospi...

02/07/2025

You may have heard about changes to local Healthwatch services - we're still here!

You may have become aware over the weekend that the Government intends to close Healthwatch England (and therefore your local Healthwatch Southend) to streamline patient safety bodies as part of their new ten-year strategy, to be announced in more detail later this week. We wanted to reassure you th...

30/06/2025

We are excited to share our Annual Report for 2024-25! See what you were concerned about over the last year. Get the full report here: https://wix.to/wtAlar7

Healthwatch Southend is pleased to share its Annual Report for 2024-25.We are set up by an Act of Parliament to: • give you free, independent and confidential information about NHS and social care services • listen to your experiences and take these back to the NHS and City Council to push for i...

25/06/2025

Getting to your hospital or clinic appointment should be straightforward. But we know that's not always the case.
We're asking patients across Mid and South Essex to share their travel experiences. Whether your journey is easy or difficult, we want to hear from you.

Complete our short survey here https://virtualviews.midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk/mse-patient-travel-survey

19/06/2025

The Department of Health and Social Care - DHSC are looking for men to share their experiences of health care. The information shared with them will help shape the men's health strategy.

Have your say today - https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/mens-health-strategy-for-england-call-for-evidence?fbclid=IwY2xjawLArzRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBPaGFGekhncmJLOU1wSDlYAR7r3vYlX4zfvrus-1_I5WaFPliBIGms7nIqW1imCRQo7XnFf56Qs1YmBFfvHw_aem_DCoXCCF3FBZrb85FUg_PGA

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We're building a men's health strategy - and we need your help.

Have your say about how to help men tackle the unique health challenges they face.

Take the survey today 👇
https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/mens-health-strategy-for-england-call-for-evidence