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Four questions staff should ask you or a loved one about your oral health if you’re a care home resident, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quick guide. -
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This report follows on from our 2014 report which instigated meetings both locally and nationally with oral health professionals. In our report we highlight the responses from local care homes about the level of oral care available to residents. -
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Read our findings from our Enter and View visit to Abafields care home, where we talk to both staff and residents about the service provided. -
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Read our Enter and View report from our visit to Beechville care home. We spoke to residents and staff about the service and observed the running of the day. Our report inlcudes our full findings and our recommendations. -
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Read our Enter and View report from Blackrod House Residential Care Home. We spoke to staff and residents to assess the service that was being provided and this report contains our findings and our recommendations for improvement. -
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Read our Enter and View report to discover what we found when we visited Darley Court. We spoke to staff and residents and observed the running of the home across the course of the day. Our report contains our findings and recommendations. -
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Read our Enter and View report to find out what we learnt when we visited The Four Seasons Care Home. We spoke to staff and residents as well as recording our own observations which has led to us making some recommendations. -
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Read the report from our Enter and View at Glenbank care home. We spoke to staff and residents and made our own observations which has led to some interesting findings and some recommendations for improvement. -
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Read our report detailing our findings and recommendations for improvement from our visit to Greenlands Residental Home. We were able to talk to staff and residents as well as record our own observations to get a full overview of the residentail home -
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read our report from our visit to Hollands nursing home, where we spoke to staff and residents as well as recording our own observations. Our report contains details of all our findings as well as any recommendations we made. -
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Read our full report on our visit to Hyde Lea care home. We spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices throughout the day. Our report contains the details of our findings together with our recommendations. -
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Read our full report on our visit to Knightswood care home. We spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices throughout the day before writing our report which includes our full findings and recommendations. -
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Read our report from our visit to Lever Edge. We spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices throughout the day. Our report contains full details of all our findings together with the recommendations we put forward. -
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Read our report on our visit to Meadowbank House, where we spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices throughout the day. This report details all our findings together with the recommendations we put forward. -
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Read our report following our visit to Rivington View. We talked to staff and residents about the home as well as observing practices throughout the day. Our report contains our full findings and the recommendations we made. -
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Read our report following our visit to observe the practices at Rivington View. We spoke to both staff and residents and this report contains our full findings and observations together with the recommendations we put forward following our visit -
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Read our report following our visit to Southlands. We observed practices throughout the time we were there and spoke to both staff and residents. Our report contains our full findings together with the recommendations we put forward. -
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Read our report following our visit to Sepnnymore. We observed practices during the time that we were there along with talking to both the staff and residents. Our report contains our full findings and recommendations made following our visit. -
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We visited St Catherines to observe their practices and talk to their staff and residents. Our report contains our full findings and our recommendations that were made following on from our visit. -
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Read our report to discover our full findings during our visit to Sunnyside. We spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices during the time we were there. Our report also includes the recommendations we put forward following our visit -
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Read our report produced following our visit to Wingates. We spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices whilst we were there. Our report contains our full findings together with the recommendations put forward following our visit -
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Read our report from our visit to Withins. We spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices whilst we were there. Our report contains our full findings and a copy of the recommendations we put forward following our visit. -
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Read our report from our visit to Woodlands. We visited to talk to staff and residents about the service as well as to observe practices throughout the time we were there. Our report contains full details of our findings and recommendations -
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Read our annual report for this year - detailing what we have been up to and how we have been making a difference in our community -
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The report, Discharge to Assess: 590 people’s stories, explores the impact the new processes have had since their introduction in March to help manage the sudden rise in COVID-19 patients. -
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Together with the national report - People's Experiences of Hospital Discharge during Covid 19, there are also some local findings from staff interviews in Bolton -
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This report is a review of care home websites in Bolton -
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Bolton Safeguarding Adults Board are committed to continuous improvement, learning from experience, and enabling adults at risk of neglect and abuse to have a voice. -
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Find out what we got up to last year! -
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Health issues unfortunately don't leave us alone at the weekend and people are often in need of medical assistance out of hours. Using NHS guidelines, we have provided some advice and information on where you can go for help when your GP is closed. -
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Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments. -
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End of life care is support for people who are in the last months or years of their life. The guidance on the NHS website helps you know what to expect, how to plan ahead and how to manage your day to day decisions. -
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Help make sure that your practice meets people’s accessibility requirements using this checklist from Healthwatch Slough. -
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As part of our aim to improve understanding of the role of Technology Enabled Care (TEC) we invited members of the public were invited to view and see demonstrations of electronic monitoring devices, disability/care aids and health related apps. -
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We organised a forum to further explore people’s views on health related peer to peer support type activity. A number of organisations and groups who use this model were invited, along with the general public, to share their views and experiences. -
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Changes were made to eligibility criteria for podiatry services in Bolton. Following thise a number of comments were made to us. This report presents these views to illustrate how service changes can affect patients. -
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Our engagement officers spoke to people at a local dementia café to gain comments, experiences and views on the topic of dementia. -
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We worked with Healthwatch Wigan and Leigh to promote an online survey to gather expert by experiences, views and comments regarding Bolton council's proposed changes to its wheelchair eligibility criteria. -
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We collected peoples views on the adapability of an electronic care record through an open survey available to the people of Bolton. This report highlights our findings and our recommendations based on the people's views. -
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Our volunteer Rosie Adamson-Clark talks about what shielding is really like - this is her story -
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Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete our survey telling us how Covid 19 has been affecting your health and wellbeing. You also told us about some of the great things you have been doing that keeps you well. -
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Public Health, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Bolton NHS have put together a booklet to support you with advice on looking after your mental health and accessing services during lockdown and has plenty of tips on beating anxiety. -
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Read our report following our visit to Rivington inpatient service. We spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices throughout the day. Our report includes full details of all our findings including the recommendations we put forward -
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We are looking to find out how the crisis is affecting people's day to day lives and how they are managing to cope through COVID-19. -
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Find out where you can go to get a dentist appointment in Bolton, where to go for urgent dental care, how to make a complaint and how to share your experience. -
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We wanted to gather and analyse a comprehesive set of responses from people in Greater Manchester on some of the key topics in the NHS Long Term Plan.