Making a difference Report, Surrey
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Amplifying your voice
• Children and Young People’s Partnership board and access for young people, in accessing Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and the work with Magna Carta School.
• Challenged Adults & Health Select Committee on the provision of information on measuring long term impact on the proposals to reduce Housing Related Support.
• Challenged Commissioners on clarity to be clear with people on changes to housing related support.
• Healthwatch Surrey feedback was used in CAMHS Quality Review.
Escalation
• ‘What We’ve Heard’ (WWH) meeting with NW Surrey Clinical Commissioning Group CCG and micro suction service.
• Escalation Panel identification of experiences relating to dental changes.
• Hospital prescriptions and out of hours.
• Surrey and Borders Partnership to share evidence on mental health services in Surrey and CAMHS waiting times.
• Quality Surveillance Group (QSG) experiences relating to Surrey and Borders and Mindsight CAMHS service.
• Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub awareness on patient safety, security and hygiene at Abraham Cowley Unit.
• Re-commissioning of Sexual Health Services to the Adults & Health Select Committee in Surrey recommendation of a review in the implementation phase, consultation process and lessons to be learned.
• Treatment of an epileptic child on the ward at Epsom Hospital.
Relationships
• Development of working relationships with South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) Lay Governors and programme managers for the work streams of the Surrey Heartlands Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP).
• Healthwatch England Network.
Empowering people
• 3 new information leaflets, 8,200 of which have already been distributed through channels across Surrey.
• 2,000 people informed about Epsom & St Helier 2020-2030 proposals.
• 486 enquiries through Citizens Advice.
• Advocacy service supported 68 individuals.
• 2,000 of our leaflets distributed through Surrey Coalition of Disabled People’s network.
Projects
• Magna Carta school project.
• Babcock4s free training for schools for mental health training in schools.
• GP Impact Report and impact on practices in area – training and information for patients.