Annual Report 2017/18
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Healthwatch Lancashire report on their key achievements for 2017/18:
- Engaged extensively with local communities, speaking to over 12,000 people, reaching 157 seldom-heard groups, and publishing reports on issues including mental health, learning disabilities, pharmacy services and GP access.
- Led major projects on learning disabilities and autism, helping hospitals introduce improvements such as promoting hospital passports and creating quieter waiting areas for people with learning disabilities and autism.
- Influenced improvements in primary care, pharmacies and urgent care services through Lancashire-wide "Your Voice" engagement programmes and feedback from patients.
- Worked with NHS partners on public health priorities, including projects on mental health, screening and immunisation uptake, and children's and young people's health and wellbeing.
- Strengthened its influence across the health and care system, winning a CCG Excellence Award for work with care homes and helping shape discussions on service transformation across Lancashire and South Cumbria.