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In September we collected 66 responses from our Friends and Family test. In response to the question ‘Overall, how was your experience of the service?’ 83% of patients found the overall experience of our service to be Very Good – 55 responses 11% of patients found the overall experience of our service to be Good…

In September, 98.1% of patients attended their pre-booked appointments with East Shore Partnership. However, 1.9% of patients still failed to attend their pre-booked appointments with clinicians at East Shore Partnership. This is equivalent to 265 appointments; approximately 68hours of clinician’s time that could have been offered to another patient who needed an appointment. Thank you…

Only order what you need Approximately 2.5 million medicine items are wasted unnecessarily across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight each year. We need your help to reduce this. Why … [continue] NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Overprescribing Waste Campaign

ABOUT WORLD SEPSIS DAY World Sepsis Day is an initiative by the Global Sepsis Alliance and has been established in 2012. The GSA is a non-profit charity organization with the mission to provide global leadership to reduce the worldwide burden of sepsis. To find out more about the GSA and the team behind it, please…

Know Your Numbers! Week 2024 This year’s campaign will take place from 2nd to 8th September 2024. The theme this year will be ‘You Have The Power’ Every September, blood pressure checks are taken by thousands to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Know Your Numbers! Week reaches those who have high blood pressure and don’t…

World Hepatitis Day (WHD) takes place every year on 28th July bringing the world together under a single theme to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and to influence real change. There are 5 types of hepatitis viruses – A, B, C, D and E. All hepatitis viruses can cause acute infection…

There are over 500,000 cases and 200,000 head and neck cancer related deaths globally each year. With greater awareness of the signs and symptoms to look out for some of these cases are preventable. The International Federation of Head and Neck Oncology Societies is working hard to showcase the importance of knowing all about these…

Samaritans Awareness Day is on 24 July (24/7) so we’re raising awareness throughout July, to let people know that they can talk to us, day or night, 24/7. Every year in July, Samaritans branches in the UK and Ireland hold local events to raise awareness that Samaritans are here to listen to anyone who’s struggling…

Here’s what takes place during the Tailored Remote Programmes, for people who: need BSL; have a visual impairment; need language support; or are women with previous gestational diabetes. Sessions will be hosted on Microsoft Teams with BSL interpreters present. TAILORED TO SPECIFIC GROUPS – All sessions content is tailored to each group and delivered by…

Sarcoma Awareness Month runs for the whole of July. The prognosis for the UK’s sarcoma patients has changed little over the past 40 years. Late diagnosis is the key factor. Enough is enough; it’s time for action, and this Sarcoma Awareness Month, Sarcoma UK are setting out what they intend to do to get people…