1. What’s Your Move website

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    The What’s Your Move website has it all!

  2. When a Stroke strikes you have to think and act F.A.S.T.

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    ◼️ Face – has it fallen on one side?
    ◼️ Arms – can you keep them raised?
    ◼️ Speech – is it slurred?
    ◼️ Time. It’s time to call 999 if you see any one of these signs.

  3. Lost for words – improving access to healthcare for ethnic minority communities

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    People with little or no English struggle at all points of their healthcare journey. Our new research shines a light on barriers and delays to care they often experience and calls for equal access for all.

  4. Someone I love has died - where can I find support?

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    Take a look at our advice article on the organisations and groups that can support you if you’re grieving.

  5. Declare your care

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    To support the CQC #Declare Your Care Initiative, we spoke to adults with a learning disability and/or their carers to gain an understanding of their experience of receiving health and social care services.

  6. A spotlight on hidden older unpaid carers

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    With more than a quarter of people aged 55-64 providing care to others, the Centre for Ageing Better seek to illuminate the often underappreciated role of older unpaid carers.

  7. Introducing the brand new Open Up Barnsley Map

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    An interactive map and guide to emotional wellbeing, youth and mental health services for children and young people in Barnsley. Search your postcode to find support near by or explore the map and directory to find out more about support in Barnsley!

  8. Keeping Well This Winter

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    Barnsley Community Health and Care Alliance have published a fact sheet to help residents keep warm and well this winter

  9. Hygiene Poverty Event 7th October 2022

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    Wow what an amazing day we had at Barnsley Markets talking to residents about hygiene poverty and how it effects them

  10. Have you heard about More Money in Your Pocket?

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    If not, check our Barnsley Councils new service to help local people with the rising cost of living

  11. Suicide Awareness Training

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    Feel confident that you could have a difficult conversation with someone who may be facing suicidal thoughts

  12. The Condom Card Scheme

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    If you’re aged between 16 and 25 years and live in the Barnsley, Wakefield and Wigan & Leigh districts, you can get free condoms through the C-Card scheme.

  13. Local actor stars in popular Christmas advert

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    A BARNSLEY actor has become one of the most viewed people on the internet with the tear-jerking advert he stars in going viral with over 50 million views.

  14. New Year public health guidance to deal with ‘twindemic’

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    People are being urged to wear face masks in public if they are unwell and keep ill children off school, to help protect whole communities from Covid and flu.

  15. What matters to you about your health and wellbeing?

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    Take this short survey to let the NHS in South Yorkshire know what's important to you - and how they can make services work better for you, your family, and your community.

  16. ‘Review culture’ is on the rise, yet only one in ten feed back on health services.

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    Patient champion appeals for more people to feedback on NHS care.

  17. Hygiene Poverty Report - January to March 2023

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    Read our report and see how residents in Barnsley are being affected by the Cost of Living Crisis.

  18. Working together to keep adults in Barnsley free from harm

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    We believe that everyone has a right to feel safe and to live without fear of abuse, neglect or exploitation.

  19. What is Executive Dysfunction?

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    Executive dysfunction is a term that not many people are familiar with, but one that commonly affects brain injury survivors. It can interfere with many aspects of life including activities of daily living, relationships, managing finances and working.

  20. The challenges neurodivergent people face receiving care

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    Neurodiversity is a word used to describe the different thinking styles that affect how people communicate with the world around them. It includes dyslexia, autism, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Tourette's Syndrome and more. Neurodivergent people encounter challenges accessing services which meet their needs.

  21. Popular Joan’s end-of-life wish saves dozens

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    A POPULAR foster carer - who became the first person to donate life-saving tissue to a pioneering Barnsley Hospital trial - helped save dozens of ill patients after her end-of-life wish was carried out.

  22. What is Heart valve disease?

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    If one or more of your heart valves don’t work like they should, it can affect your blood flow and put extra strain on your heart. If this causes you problems, it may need treatment with medicines or surgery.

  23. People are your partners in care, so involve them in shaping services

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    Chris McCann, Director of Communications Insight and Campaigns at Healthwatch England, explains the role people can play in improving health outcomes in their communities.

  24. What homeless people told us about their experience of health and care services

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    Homeless people have worse mental and physical health than the general population. Our research shows issues with access to the health and social care they need

  25. Hygiene Poverty Update On Barnsley residents across the Borough

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    During Hygiene Poverty Awareness Week in October 2023, we spoke to Barnsley people about what hygiene poverty meant to them, their hygiene needs and if they were finding it difficult to buy hygiene products


  26. Share your feedback to improve care in your community

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    ‘Share for Better Care’, a new campaign launched by Healthwatch, aims to help address health inequalities across England.

  27. What do Barnsley people know about Adult Safeguarding?

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    During December 2023, Healthwatch Barnsley conducted a survey to find out what people in Barnsley really knew about Adult Safeguarding.