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Autism Assessments – Temporary Suspension

Healthwatch Wirral have been advised that from 1st March 2024, CWP will be temporarily suspending acceptance of new referrals for autism assessments across Cheshire and Wirral. This is as a result of demand for assessments significantly exceeding commissioned capacity, resulting in high numbers of people waiting and lengthy waiting times for assessment. CWP have sent the […]

04 March 2024

Do you know about the What3words app?

In an unknown location and lost? Use ‘What3words’, when it is hard to describe where you are in an emergency, you only need to read out three words given on the app for the call handler to know exactly where to find the incident. North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) and other emergency services have always […]

01 March 2024

Free Virtual Neurodiversity Conference: Supporting You & Your Child

Witherslack Group are hosting a free Virtual Conference: ‘Celebrating, Embracing and Empowering Our Children’, providing advice and support for parents and carers of neurodiverse children and young people.

21 February 2024

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust – Measuring what matters to you

From March 2024 all adults accessing specialist mental health care from CWP will have the opportunity to discuss and measure what is important to them. ‘DIALOG’ is a scale, designed to measure how you rate your quality of life and your experience of the care you receive. Your responses can help to make sure they […]

15 February 2024

Upcoming Patient Experience Strategy Events at WUTH

WUTH’s Patient Experience Strategy is launching a series of upcoming events that present excellent opportunities for active participation and collaboration. WUTH invite you to join them in these initiatives aimed at enhancing the patient experience within healthcare facilities. January 26th – 1:30PM – 3PM WUTH will be conducting our second evaluation of the adult discharge […]

24 January 2024

Healthwatch Wirral Update – December 2023

In December Healthwatch Wirral have continued to use our #Spare5 approach to listen, connect and support Wirral residents. This has included 651 community interactions helping local people get the best out of their local health and social care services. Offering up-to-date information, advice and guidance. Through this we have been able to gather more feedback […]

15 January 2024