People driven care Conference
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On 27 April 2016, the second Healthwatch Newcastle annual conference took place at St James’ Park. Our theme this year was ‘people-driven care’. Healthwatch Newcastle wanted to focus on how we can put the people of Newcastle in the driving seat with regard to their health and social care needs.
The event was attended by 100 delegates from the voluntary, community and statutory sectors as well as members of the public. Delegates had the opportunity to attend four workshops over the course of the day and were able to contribute to the setting of Healthwatch Newcastle’s priorities for 2016—17.
Overall feedback about the conference was very positive. The event was described as ‘excellent’ and ‘very well planned and well facilitated’ with a ‘good array of topics’. Another respondent describe it as ‘fun as well as informative’.