Access to GP Services
This report captures the voices and experiences of people across the Wigan Borough who are accessing services at their General Practice (GP). We engaged with over 300 residents to hear how practices are continuing to interact with them.
19 April 2022
Report
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Living with Eating Disorders (ED's)
People with eating disorders use food to cope with difficult situations or feelings. This can include limiting the amount of food eaten, eating very large quantities of food at once and much more. In this article we're going to take a look into ED's.
23 March 2022
Advice and Information
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Mental Health Lived Experience Forum
Bridging Gap, an independent mental health peer support organisation and Healthwatch Wigan and Leigh have come together to develop a Mental Health Lived Experience Forum.
16 March 2022
Advice and Information
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Video Game Addiction
Whilst we all can appreciate and enjoy a sit down to play some video games, this can very easily become problematic when taken to the extreme, and with the amount of time people spend on devices this problem is on the rise.
2 March 2022
Advice and Information
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What is Addiction
When you think of an addiction, what do you think of? Drugs? Alcohol? Whilst these two substances are both very capable of being a path to addiction, they are not the only addictions. Addiction can be defined as a dependency or unhealthy obsession.
2 March 2022
Advice and Information
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Men's Health
Men’s health falls under two categories, mental health and physical health. There are three main issues that men face: Suicide, Prostate Cancer and Testicular Cancer. In this article we hope to help guide and advise you through these issues.
17 February 2022
Advice and Information
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THRIVE Directory - Children and Young People's Mental Health Services
The THRIVE Framework is an integrated, person centred and needs led approach delivering mental health services for children, young people and their families.
10 February 2022
News
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Tell us what your health and care priorities are for 2021-22
We want to know what YOU think Healthwatch should be focusing on over the next 12 months and why.
10 February 2022
News
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Healthwatch Wigan and Leigh Complaints Policy
In this post we will be going through the complaints and query policy of health watch Wigan and Leigh, the things WE can do for YOU, how we manage data protection, and any contact information you will need.
10 February 2022
News
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Healthwatch Quarter 3 report - October to December 2021
This edition of Healthwatch Wigan and Leigh's quarter 3 newsletter is now available to read and includes the following updates and features:
12 January 2022
Report
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Recovery of NHS dental care too slow to help thousands left in pain
Lack of access to NHS dentistry has intensified as an issue for people over the last 18 months - issue decision-makers must react to now, to protect our health.
14 December 2021
Blog
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COVID-19 vaccine: what you need to know
Take a look at what you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccination programme, including how you will know when it's your turn, where to go, and why it's important.
14 December 2021
Advice and Information