Hello and welcome to Healthwatch
Wirral’s E-Bulletin featuring:
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Local and national news
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Local events in Wirral
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Useful links
Healthwatch Wirral at Moreton One Stop Shop
11am - 4pm, Every Monday in Moreton Library, Pasture Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 8SA
Healthwatch Wirral is at Tesco’s Bidston
10am – 12pm, every Friday in the Community Room (upstairs) Bidston Village Road, Birkenhead,
CH43 7AA
Join Healthwatch Wirral staff and volunteers to share your views on local health & social care services,
meet the team and find out how you can get involved!
Come and see us at one of the above venues and give your issues, concerns, compliments or complaints
on local health and social care services
Alternatively you can also leave your concerns, compliments or complaints on our Speak Out page by
clicking here
Make a date to donate and help save a life this May
WIRRAL residents are being urged to make a date to donate blood to ensure life-saving supplies are
maintained over the spring and summer months.
NHS Blood and Transplant is hoping people will save a life by giving blood, with a number of donor
sessions taking place across Wirral throughout May.
While the organisation has many volunteers, numbers are running a little lower than normal for the
sessions and so staff have put out a call for more.
The sessions available are:
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Wednesday, May 20: TA Centre, Prenton, CH43 9TF
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Friday, May 22: Civic Centre, Bebington, CH63 7RX
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Tuesday, May 26: Leasowe Castle Hotel, Moreton, CH46 4RF
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Friday, May 29: Harrison Hall, Wallasey Village, CH45 3HL
This information was taken from the Wirral Globe and can be found by clicking here
To find out more about times or venues visit blood.co.uk or call 0300 123 23 23 to make an
appointment. New and returning donors are welcome.
Free Workshops in the North West area
Macmillan Cancer Support are offering free workshops for anyone interested in developing their
knowledge of cancer and how to support people affected by cancer. This can include volunteers, service
users, support group members, people affected by cancer and all healthcare professionals (not restricted
to Macmillan post-holders).
The list of workshops include:
Cancer Awareness
Listening & Responding
Buddying & Befriending
Loss and Bereavement
Support Group Training.
To book a place on one of the available dates, please call the course administrator Sarah Banks on
01904 756432 or email [email protected]
For more information on these workshops, please click here
Mental health taskforce survey
In March 2015, NHS England announced a new Mental Health Taskforce which will develop a five year
national strategy for mental health, covering all ages. The strategy will align to the Five Year Forward
View and will be informed by a wide range of lived experience and professional expertise.
To ensure that a wide range of stakeholders have the opportunity to feed in Wirral Mind and Rethink
Mental Illness are running a survey, the results of which will feed into the Task force.
The survey is now open at www.surveymonkey.com/s/mh2020
NHS England would very much welcome your input into the survey and would be grateful if you could
circulate details to your members, particularly people with lived experience of mental health problems.
The survey will close on 15th May 2015.
There is further information about the Mental Health Taskforce and how you can get involved available
on Mind’s website.
Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Q1 Combined Mental Health Inspections
A Care Quality Commission inspection of mental health services provided by the Cheshire and Wirral
Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is taking place on 22nd June. Care Quality Commission would like to
give you the opportunity to share information you may have about services - particularly people’s
experiences of their care, and feedback from their carers, families and advocates.
If you have any information that you think would be useful to this inspection, please either email
[email protected] or you can telephone 03000 616161
Healthwatch Wirral received this communication via email
Sponsored Walk - Step out for Stroke
Location: Birkenhead Park, Park Drive, Birkenhead, CH41 4HY
Date: Wednesday 13th May 2015
Time: 11am start
Step out for stroke and help the Stroke Association raise awareness.
Most Step out for Stroke walks are about a mile long. You can walk at your own pace and in your own
time. Whether you walk one step, 10 steps or the full mile, you’re helping to support people.
For more information contact the Stroke Association on 0151 625 6902 for registration forms or more
details. Alternatively please click here to view the website.
Give and Gain
Location: The Market Wells Foyer, Price Street, Birkenhead CH41 6HA
Date: Friday 15th May 2015
Time: 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Forum Housing are holding a Give and Gain event to celebrate the opening of their new Give and Gain
Community Hub which aims to get you and the community healthy.
There will be lots of health advice and services available for all ages - Or if you like you can just chill and
unwind in the good mood café.
If you would like more information please click here, alternatively to book a stall please email
[email protected]
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By Phone on: 0151 230 8957
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