How accessible is the SWYPFT Website
Healthwatch Barnsley were commissioned by South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust to provide a review of the Trust website. This was carried out by using focus groups to review content, provide feedback and identify improvements. We wanted to capture general access feedback alongside people with learning disabilities, autism and ADHD. We contacted local groups to see if we were able to go along to their groups and go through an activity and short survey to gain some feedback.
Unfortunately, due to tight timescales, we were not able to arrange this with individual groups. We booked two half-day sessions in the IT Suite at Barnsley Library, located in the Glass Works Square (taking advantage of the good transport links and heavy footfall).
We'll upload a report on our findings, as soon as we can. So keep a look out!
Issues you have told us about
Working together to build a healthier South Yorkshire
Last year we ran a campaign to ask people in South Yorkshire ‘What matters to you about your health and wellbeing?’ You may remember giving us your views?
The feedback we received helped to write the Integrated Care Partnership Strategy ‘Working together to build a healthier South Yorkshire’. This Strategy sets out how all partners, including councils, the South Yorkshire Mayor, and voluntary sector organisations can play their part in building a healthier South Yorkshire, working with health services.
It also helped NHS South Yorkshire to develop the Joint Forward Plan, which sets out how the NHS will change to help deliver on the Strategy’s commitments.
From January to March 2024, Healthwatch Barnsley ran some focus groups with the people we spoke to in 2023 about ‘What matters to you about your health and wellbeing?’. We wanted to ask them how it felt to be involved and how they felt about the current services now.
We'll upload a report on our findings as soon as we can. So keep a look out!
Adult Safeguarding in Barnsley
In December 2023, we asked people what they really knew about adult safeguarding and would they know what to do or who to contact, if they thought someone was in danger.
Access to Dentistry
We know there is a problem nationally with people being able to access NHS dental appointments and this is something we are working on both locally and nationally. Please keep us updated with your experiences - good and bad!
Hygiene Poverty Awareness in Barnsley
Following on from our last Hygiene Poverty event in October 2022, we are starting 2023 off with a bang and doing a mini roadshow across the borough of Barnsley. We have developed a survey that asks questions like:
- Have you ever had to go without essential hygiene/sanitary products?
- Where on your list of priorities does buying hygiene products sit?
- Would you say the cost of hygiene products has increased over the last year?
- Do you feel that not having access to basic cleaning products could have a detrimental effect on your health
Access to GP services in Barnsley
Following on from our report in June 2022 we are keen to hear
- Have you found it easier to access your GP Services as restrictions ease?
- Have improvements to the telephone systems in Primary Care helped?
- Are you still struggling to book appointments?
- Has anything changed for you?
