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Waiting for Wellness Phase 2: Exploring young people’s experiences of mental health and accessing mental health services in Lancashire
This report details the findings of our project exploring young people’s experiences of mental health and accessing mental health support in Lancashire. This project follows on from our initial project which was published in October 2023 where we explored the experiences of Lancashire residents who had experience of waiting for support from mental health services.
Feedback uncovered a series of barriers to accessing support, which for many, resulted in a decline in their mental health and feeling unsure of where to go for support.
Dare to Care: A training and volunteering pathway into the social care sector
Dare to Care is a pilot pathway with the aim of developing an integrated volunteer project in health and social care. At all stages, the goals of the project were to strengthen and support the workforce in care homes, which currently face challenges in recruitment and retention, and to provide more support to people in receipt of care.
Safeguarding Voices: Making Safeguarding Personal
This report has been produced by Healthwatch Together, who have engaged with individuals, carers and professionals involved in a section 42 safeguarding enquiry, to understand their experiences and whether they felt involved, supported and valued.
Findings were evaluated considering the Making Safeguarding Personal principles.
Waiting for Wellness: An investigation into people’s experiences and the accessibility of mental health services in Lancashire
Healthwatch Lancashire heard an increased amount of feedback about mental health during 2022/23. Particularly, the long waiting lists people were experiencing when accessing mental health support. In response, ‘Waiting for Wellness’ was set up to explore people’s experiences of mental health in Lancashire. There was a particular focus on the waiting times of those accessing mental health support and whether people were aware of available services in Lancashire.
Feedback was also gathered from people who have not accessed support for their mental health, to investigate their reasons for this and whether they would know how to access support should they need it in the future.
‘Emergency Care’: One year review
In winter 2021, Healthwatch Together completed face to face engagements in Emergency Departments, Walk-in Centres and Urgent Treatment Centres to investigate patient experience and presentation. These findings were presented to Lancashire and South Cumbria Health and Care Partnership to assist them with emergency care winter planning.
One year on, Healthwatch Together has revisited this project and further engaged with people in Emergency Departments, Walk-in Centres and Urgent Treatment Centres. Findings have been analysed to investigate whether the recommendations made in 2021 have been implemented and whether they have made an impact on patient experience and presentation.
The Cost of Living Crisis: Effects of the crisis on the mental and physical health of Lancashire residents
In response to the cost-of-living crisis, Healthwatch Lancashire set up an online survey to investigate the experiences of Lancashire residents. There was a particular focus on the effects of the crisis on physical and mental health.
GP Enter and View: Summary Report
A GP Enter and View project was undertaken to explore patient experiences of booking appointments and the care they receive. Staff feedback was also collected to explore what solutions that surgeries were employing to meet demand.
Day Services for Adults with Learning Disabilities: Summary Report
An Enter and View project was undertaken focusing on Lancashire day services for adults with learning disabilities and other neurological disorders, in order to provide the experiences and views of those using day services funded by Lancashire County Council.
Voices of the seldom heard: Experiences of the Covid-19 Vaccination Programme
The purpose of this project was to engage with seldom-heard communities and individuals, to gather their experiences of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, whether people chose to have the vaccination and factors which informed their decision.
‘Emergency Care’: patient insights and experience
This report has been produced by Healthwatch Together, who have engaged with members of the public across Lancashire and South Cumbria to understand patient experience and presentation at Emergency Departments, Urgent Treatment Centres and Walk-In Centres.
The primary focus of this engagement was to support Lancashire and South Cumbria Health and Care Partnership with winter planning, messaging and communication.
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