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Here you will find the latest information on health and social care, plus reports by Healthwatch Hampshire and others.
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Manager's Report from December Advisory Board meeting
Read the Healthwatch Hampshire manager's report from the Advisory Board meeting on 16th December 2025.
Healthwatch Hampshire
Jan 19
January 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
Healthwatch Hampshire
Jan 15
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
Reports
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
Frimley New Hospital: What We Heard from Local Communities
Frimley Park Hospital is seeking a location to develop a new hospital and anticipates relocating to a different site. The Frimley New Hospital Programme will be looking to engage with the local community about proposals for the hospital. Before this engagement work happens, they asked local Healthwatch teams to speak with community groups who work with people often face barriers to health and care. The aim was to understand how to make future engagement accessible, respectful
Healthwatch Hampshire
Nov 12, 2025
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