Healthwatch Dorset are holding a week of events in North Dorset from 4th June to find out more about local health & care services.
Joyce Guest, Chair of Healthwatch Dorset, explains: “We’re planning a week full of events to promote Healthwatch in North Dorset. We’ll be out talking to local people about health & care services to find out what works well and what doesn’t. If you live in North Dorset, please tell us what you think of GP services, care homes, dentistry, mental health, home care & your local hospitals at any of our events or on social media using #HWDRoadshow”.
You can find Healthwatch Dorset information stands throughout the week:
Monday 4th June, 10-12 The Exchange, Old Market Hill, Sturminster Newton
Tuesday 5th June, 10-1 Westminster Memorial Hospital, Abbey Walk, Shaftesbury
Wednesday 6th June, 10-1 Blandford Community Hospital, Milldown Road, Blandford Forum and 2-4 Bute House Surgery, Wootton Grove, Sherborne
Thursday 7th June, 2-4 Parkinsons Dance Class at Sherborne Arts Link, The Manor House, Newland, Sherborne
Friday 8th June, 10-1 Waitrose, Le Neubourg Way, Gillingham
If you would like to get involved, or if you know of a North Dorset community group that’s interested in health & care services, please get in touch and we can provide you with a Healthwatch information pack call 0300 111 01012 or email: [email protected]
Healthwatch Dorset works with local people to discover what’s really going on in health and care services across the county. They offer free independent information to help you find your way through the system and use your feedback to influence the way local services are provided.
Over the last year Healthwatch Dorset has made improvements to the local NHS complaints system, visited care homes, worked with children & young people to gather their feedback, and carried out a volunteer led mystery shopper project to find out more about local access to GP services.
To find out more you can contact Healthwatch Dorset by calling 0300 111 0102 (calls cost the same as 01 or 02 numbers). Write to Freepost RTJR-RHUJ-XBLH Healthwatch Dorset, 896 Christchurch Road BH7 6DL (no stamp required) www.healthwatchdorset.co.uk Twitter @HwatchDorset & Facebook using #HWDRoadshow or by visiting your local Citizen Advice Bureau.
