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Healthwatch Update

Meeting: 07/03/2018 - Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 51)

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To receive an update on the work of Healthwatch Wokingham Borough (15 mins).

Minutes:

Nicola Strudley presented a summary of the Healthwatch report regarding the multi Healthwatch visit to Prospect Park, the recommendations and the response from providers.

 

During the discussion of this item the following points were made:

 

·         Healthwatch Wokingham Borough had coordinated all six Berkshire Healthwatches to undertake a set of eleven visits to Bluebell, Daisy, Rose and Snowdrop wards at Prospect Park over a week in October 2017.  41 adults in total had been spoken to.

·         Members were informed of a CQC inspection which had taken place previously and recommendations for improvement which had come out of it.

·         Volunteers who had visited Prospect Park had received training prior to the visit and familiarisation visits had also taken place.

·         Patients that spoke to Healthwatch had been highly complementary of staff.  However, resources were stretched.

·         Many patients had said that they felt that Prospect Park was a safe space.  However, Nicola Strudley commented that there was less of a sense of a therapeutic input. 

·         It was felt that continuation of care once patients left the hospital and used community services, could be improved.

·         Councillor Miall questioned whether older and younger patients were placed in the same wards.  Nicola Strudley commented that Rowan Ward was specifically for dementia patients and Campion Ward was specifically for those with learning difficulties.  Otherwise adult patients of all age groups were in the same wards.

 

RESOLVED:  That

 

1)         the update on the work of Healthwatch Wokingham Borough be noted;

 

2)         Nicola Strudley be thanked for her presentation.