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May dates released for dental additional hours scheme
Some dental practices are part of a scheme offering NHS dentistry sessions to patients who need extra treatment after receiving urgent dental care. The scheme also provides routine check-ups for care home residents, looked after children and clinically vulnerable patients who require dental assessment/treatment to enable them to receive medical or surgical care. Please look at the eligibility criteria for more details. The additional hours scheme is an NHS service offered by
Healthwatch Hampshire
6 hours ago
Early May Bank Holiday 2026 - Pharmacy Opening Hours
Need a pharmacy over the bank holiday weekend? Check here for details of opening times.
Healthwatch Hampshire
Apr 23
Have your say on wheelchair services
Do you use wheelchair services in Portsmouth, Fareham, Gosport, Havant or East Hampshire? We want to hear from you. Residents in Portsmouth told us that wheelchair services were not supporting their needs. So, we have created a survey to gather feedback from users of the services and create meaningful change for the future of the NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight wheelchair service. We are working closely with HIVE Portsmouth’s Disability Advisory Group, Healthwatch Portsmouth
Healthwatch Hampshire
Apr 21
Reports
Healthwatch Hampshire's next Advisory Board meeting in public
Tuesday 17th March 2026 You are welcome to come along in person to the meeting (10am - 12.30pm) to: Romsey Library, Station Road, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 8DN or you can join online by clicking on the link below for the Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/36104026725464?p=j9ccJWGOr2EdobCN7a Meeting ID: 361 040 267 254 64 Passcode: Pi9s7fW3 Here is the agenda for the meeting
Healthwatch Hampshire
Mar 10
Care at Home project released
We have created a guide for home care providers to improve the feedback process and ensure patient's are getting the care they need. To do this we spoke people receiving care at home and the care organisations that provide it. What did we do? We visited social groups for older people and support groups for carers and family members. During these sessions, we spoke with 30 people about care at home services and gathered ideas and preferences on how they would like to give feed
Healthwatch Hampshire
Jan 5
Young people take action on vaping
Two proactive young Youthwatch volunteer recognised the impact that vaping was having on their peers and wanted to take action. They developed a series of questions to explore how much young people understood about the risks and dangers of vaping, and to gather ideas on how to improve the information and advice available to them. The survey was distributed to all high schools and sixth form colleges in Hampshire via email and was also promoted on social media. It opened on
Healthwatch Hampshire
Dec 9, 2025
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