Author: Simon Culley

Merry Christmas from Engaging Communities South West

From all of us here at Engaging Communities South West, we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Year! We’d like to thank all of our volunteers, staff, champions, partners and of course the general public for all your support and for sharing your experiences with us this … Continued

Digital Health Devon gets a revamp!

  Digital Health Devon, a local project we manage which offers free guidance showing people how they can use the internet to access local healthcare resources, has relaunched its website with new features. All of their e-learning resource pages have now been made open and free to use without the need to register, plus they have added … Continued

Devon COVID Report highlights mental health and wellbeing concerns

A joint report released this week has revealed the impact the COVID-19 outbreak has had on the mental health and wellbeing of Devon residents. During the COVID-19 outbreak Healthwatch in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay – who now work in partnership following new joint commissioning arrangements with Devon County Council, Plymouth City Council and Torbay Council … Continued

New online COVID Information Resource Set Up

We have been working with Public Health Torbay and a range of local community wellbeing groups to create a dedicated online COVID-19 information and advice service. Hundreds of different local services and support links have been added to our Healthwatch Torbay website, the local independent health consumer champion service we also run. The new website … Continued

Message from local Healthwatch providers in Devon

  The contract arrangements for Plymouth, Torbay and Devon Healthwatch have changed from April 1st 2020. In the past, Devon County Council, Plymouth City Council and Torbay Council have each individually commissioned their own separate local Healthwatch. The three Local Authorities agreed that as from April 2020 the Healthwatch services would be jointly commissioned for … Continued