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Dementia Action Week 2026
This week is Dementia Action Week, and an opportunity to continue raising awareness of dementia, the UK’s biggest killer (1). What is dementia? Dementia is a group of symptoms. It’s caused by different diseases that damage the brain. Dementia is progressive; the symptoms get worse over time and include: memory loss confusion and needing help with daily tasks problems with language and understanding changes in behaviour There are many types of dementia, but Alzheimer’s
Healthwatch Hampshire
May 20
Late May Bank Holiday Pharmacy Opening Hours
Need a pharmacy over the bank holiday weekend? Check here for details of opening times.
Healthwatch Hampshire
May 18
Our next Advisory Board meeting
Join our next Advisory Board meeting! Everyone is welcome. Date: Tuesday 16th June 2026 Time: 10am - 12:30pm Location: Andover Community Church, Charlton Rd, Andover SP10 3JH or join online: ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/39838016826761?p=0TCS1XuDALHofnNy64 Meeting ID: 398 380 168 267 61 Passcode: hT3ah9wS What does the Advisory Board do? Our Advisory Board works
Healthwatch Hampshire
May 18
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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