Volunteer Manager at Healthwatch Leeds
@hwleeds-vols.bsky.social
Volunteer Manager Account for Healthwatch Leeds volunteer programme.
If we all commit to small change then big change will follow / All views my own / #LoVols #VolMgmt
If we all commit to small change then big change will follow / All views my own / #LoVols #VolMgmt
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Are you passionate about helping people improve their health and wellbeing? We’re hiring 3 Wellbeing Coordinators to help people in Leeds improve their health & wellbeing through social prescribing.
Apply now: https://joinus.barca-leeds.org/jobs/6875007-wellbeing-coordinator
#LeedsJobs
Apply now: https://joinus.barca-leeds.org/jobs/6875007-wellbeing-coordinator
#LeedsJobs
December 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Are you passionate about helping people improve their health and wellbeing? We’re hiring 3 Wellbeing Coordinators to help people in Leeds improve their health & wellbeing through social prescribing.
Apply now: https://joinus.barca-leeds.org/jobs/6875007-wellbeing-coordinator
#LeedsJobs
Apply now: https://joinus.barca-leeds.org/jobs/6875007-wellbeing-coordinator
#LeedsJobs
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Between July and September 2025, 9% of inquiries - down 13% from the previous three months - related to changing audiology and hearing aid providers in Leeds to the Hearing Aid Aftercare Service. For access issues, visit healthwatchleeds.co.uk/advice-and-i... or contact us.
#HealthwatchLeeds
#HealthwatchLeeds
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Between July and September 2025, 9% of inquiries - down 13% from the previous three months - related to changing audiology and hearing aid providers in Leeds to the Hearing Aid Aftercare Service. For access issues, visit healthwatchleeds.co.uk/advice-and-i... or contact us.
#HealthwatchLeeds
#HealthwatchLeeds
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Our Emergency Departments are always busy, and our teams manage this really well but there are long waits at the moment. If you are not seriously ill, our hospitals may not be the best place for you to get the treatment you need.
Find out more: www.leedsth.nhs.uk/stay-well
Find out more: www.leedsth.nhs.uk/stay-well
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Our Emergency Departments are always busy, and our teams manage this really well but there are long waits at the moment. If you are not seriously ill, our hospitals may not be the best place for you to get the treatment you need.
Find out more: www.leedsth.nhs.uk/stay-well
Find out more: www.leedsth.nhs.uk/stay-well
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The @carersleeds.bsky.social team have a survey for unpaid carers in #Leeds, asking about what issues they face and what can be done to address them.
To take the survey, please scan the QR code or visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/JFTMW99
To take the survey, please scan the QR code or visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/JFTMW99
December 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The @carersleeds.bsky.social team have a survey for unpaid carers in #Leeds, asking about what issues they face and what can be done to address them.
To take the survey, please scan the QR code or visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/JFTMW99
To take the survey, please scan the QR code or visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/JFTMW99
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We have a couple of new #JobVacancies in our team! There are Finance Administrator and Universal Advocate roles on offer - if you would like to work for a leading #advocacy charity, find out more at advonet.org.uk/category/job... #HiringNow #LeedsJobs #CharityJobs
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We have a couple of new #JobVacancies in our team! There are Finance Administrator and Universal Advocate roles on offer - if you would like to work for a leading #advocacy charity, find out more at advonet.org.uk/category/job... #HiringNow #LeedsJobs #CharityJobs
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Next Tuesday, @involvingyou.bsky.social and @westyorkshireca.bsky.social invite you to have your say on the design of new buses in #Leeds!
Attendees get a £10 voucher and lunch to say thanks for their time. There will also be a #BSL interpreter. To join, please email [email protected]
Attendees get a £10 voucher and lunch to say thanks for their time. There will also be a #BSL interpreter. To join, please email [email protected]
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Next Tuesday, @involvingyou.bsky.social and @westyorkshireca.bsky.social invite you to have your say on the design of new buses in #Leeds!
Attendees get a £10 voucher and lunch to say thanks for their time. There will also be a #BSL interpreter. To join, please email [email protected]
Attendees get a £10 voucher and lunch to say thanks for their time. There will also be a #BSL interpreter. To join, please email [email protected]
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Thank you to Leeds Dads for having us at your group last week. We gathered some really interesting comments about their use of the app and whether they would use it to give feedback about health and care services. Tell us how you use the app: www.surveymonkey.com/r/NHSAppSM
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thank you to Leeds Dads for having us at your group last week. We gathered some really interesting comments about their use of the app and whether they would use it to give feedback about health and care services. Tell us how you use the app: www.surveymonkey.com/r/NHSAppSM
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Congratulations to ASHA Leeds for 40 years of running the neighbourhood project. We look forward to working with you and making sure community voices are heard in health and social care.
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Congratulations to ASHA Leeds for 40 years of running the neighbourhood project. We look forward to working with you and making sure community voices are heard in health and social care.
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If you’ve experienced gestational diabetes, you have up to a 1 in 2 chance of developing type 2 diabetes.The Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme can help you reduce your risk.
You can register for the Healthier You programme here:healthieryou.reedwellbeing.com/gestational-...
#Diabetes
You can register for the Healthier You programme here:healthieryou.reedwellbeing.com/gestational-...
#Diabetes
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If you’ve experienced gestational diabetes, you have up to a 1 in 2 chance of developing type 2 diabetes.The Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme can help you reduce your risk.
You can register for the Healthier You programme here:healthieryou.reedwellbeing.com/gestational-...
#Diabetes
You can register for the Healthier You programme here:healthieryou.reedwellbeing.com/gestational-...
#Diabetes
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As part of the 10-year plan, the government has proposed to use the NHS app as a feedback mechanism for health and care services. Would you trust the NHS app to listen to your feedback about your health and care appointments? Tell us your thoughts: www.surveymonkey.com/r/NHSAppSM
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
As part of the 10-year plan, the government has proposed to use the NHS app as a feedback mechanism for health and care services. Would you trust the NHS app to listen to your feedback about your health and care appointments? Tell us your thoughts: www.surveymonkey.com/r/NHSAppSM
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Did you know you can leave feedback with us through BSL? We have our feedback survey translated with BSL videos, or you can leave feedback through the Sign Live service - talking directly to a sign language interpreter.
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/have-your-say-BSL/
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/have-your-say-BSL/
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Did you know you can leave feedback with us through BSL? We have our feedback survey translated with BSL videos, or you can leave feedback through the Sign Live service - talking directly to a sign language interpreter.
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/have-your-say-BSL/
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/have-your-say-BSL/
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"...we’ve got to understand the trust issues around using digital and we’ve also got to understand how to make it more accessible...We should be saying, ‘how is this going to work for you?’"
Read @rachel-p.bsky.social's interview ahead of her keynote at @dhrewired.bsky.social
Read @rachel-p.bsky.social's interview ahead of her keynote at @dhrewired.bsky.social
Rachel Power: It’s not enough to tell patients that ‘digital is good’
The 10 year health plan’s shift to digital means addressing challenges around equity, says Rachel Power, CEO of the Patients Association.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"...we’ve got to understand the trust issues around using digital and we’ve also got to understand how to make it more accessible...We should be saying, ‘how is this going to work for you?’"
Read @rachel-p.bsky.social's interview ahead of her keynote at @dhrewired.bsky.social
Read @rachel-p.bsky.social's interview ahead of her keynote at @dhrewired.bsky.social
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We are looking to find out whether people in Leeds are using the NHS app. Do you find it useful for managing your health or finding out information? If you don't have the app, is there a reason why? Tell us your experience and views to help make the app better: www.surveymonkey.com/r/NHSAppSM
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 AM
We are looking to find out whether people in Leeds are using the NHS app. Do you find it useful for managing your health or finding out information? If you don't have the app, is there a reason why? Tell us your experience and views to help make the app better: www.surveymonkey.com/r/NHSAppSM
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This World Diabetes Day, we would like to hear from people living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in Leeds.
Tell us about your experience of diabetes care in Leeds?
Please complete the web form on our website:
healthwatchleeds.co.uk/advice-and-i...
or get in touch
Tell us about your experience of diabetes care in Leeds?
Please complete the web form on our website:
healthwatchleeds.co.uk/advice-and-i...
or get in touch
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This World Diabetes Day, we would like to hear from people living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in Leeds.
Tell us about your experience of diabetes care in Leeds?
Please complete the web form on our website:
healthwatchleeds.co.uk/advice-and-i...
or get in touch
Tell us about your experience of diabetes care in Leeds?
Please complete the web form on our website:
healthwatchleeds.co.uk/advice-and-i...
or get in touch
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The LEEDS Programme (Learning, Empowering, Enabling Diabetes Self-Management) is designed for anyone with type 2 diabetes and registered with a Leeds GP. Carers are welcome too.
Find out about the nearest venues and upcoming dates.
0113 843 4200 [email protected] #WorldDiabetesDay
Find out about the nearest venues and upcoming dates.
0113 843 4200 [email protected] #WorldDiabetesDay
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The LEEDS Programme (Learning, Empowering, Enabling Diabetes Self-Management) is designed for anyone with type 2 diabetes and registered with a Leeds GP. Carers are welcome too.
Find out about the nearest venues and upcoming dates.
0113 843 4200 [email protected] #WorldDiabetesDay
Find out about the nearest venues and upcoming dates.
0113 843 4200 [email protected] #WorldDiabetesDay
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The NHS Yorkshire and Humber Dental Commissioning team is running a short survey to better understand people’s experiences with NHS urgent dental care. Your feedback will help them improve quality and access to dental services across the Yorkshire and Humber region. tinyurl.com/5n8kjwue
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The NHS Yorkshire and Humber Dental Commissioning team is running a short survey to better understand people’s experiences with NHS urgent dental care. Your feedback will help them improve quality and access to dental services across the Yorkshire and Humber region. tinyurl.com/5n8kjwue
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The petition is 49 signatures away from 10,000. Please sign it to stand up for having an independent organisation where you can share your experiences of health and care and share it with your friends and family.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
October 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The petition is 49 signatures away from 10,000. Please sign it to stand up for having an independent organisation where you can share your experiences of health and care and share it with your friends and family.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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We're hiring a Connect Together Worker to join our small team delivering a healthy living focused social prescribing service for families with a child or young person aged 5 to 16. Apply: https://joinus.barca-leeds.org/jobs/6662941-connect-together-worker
#LeedsJobs
#SocialPrescribing
#LeedsJobs
#SocialPrescribing
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We're hiring a Connect Together Worker to join our small team delivering a healthy living focused social prescribing service for families with a child or young person aged 5 to 16. Apply: https://joinus.barca-leeds.org/jobs/6662941-connect-together-worker
#LeedsJobs
#SocialPrescribing
#LeedsJobs
#SocialPrescribing
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It shouldn’t be hard to talk with health and care services.
In Part 1 of Diane and Gemma’s latest update in their “How does it feel for me?” series, they share how services like Leeds BID and Welfare Rights are getting it right for Deaf people and their families. youtu.be/ePkekG0psG4
In Part 1 of Diane and Gemma’s latest update in their “How does it feel for me?” series, they share how services like Leeds BID and Welfare Rights are getting it right for Deaf people and their families. youtu.be/ePkekG0psG4
October 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It shouldn’t be hard to talk with health and care services.
In Part 1 of Diane and Gemma’s latest update in their “How does it feel for me?” series, they share how services like Leeds BID and Welfare Rights are getting it right for Deaf people and their families. youtu.be/ePkekG0psG4
In Part 1 of Diane and Gemma’s latest update in their “How does it feel for me?” series, they share how services like Leeds BID and Welfare Rights are getting it right for Deaf people and their families. youtu.be/ePkekG0psG4
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Just two weeks to go until International Volunteer Managers Day 2025.
How are you going to Be Bold & Make Change?
#IVMday2025 #LOVols #VolMgmt
How are you going to Be Bold & Make Change?
#IVMday2025 #LOVols #VolMgmt
October 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Just two weeks to go until International Volunteer Managers Day 2025.
How are you going to Be Bold & Make Change?
#IVMday2025 #LOVols #VolMgmt
How are you going to Be Bold & Make Change?
#IVMday2025 #LOVols #VolMgmt
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Alongside our guide on how to raise a health complaint, we also have resources that can help you to #SelfAdvocate. They include an initial complaint letter template and Local Resolution Meeting Planner.
Find them all at advonet.org.uk/resources/he... #HealthComplaints #advocacy
Find them all at advonet.org.uk/resources/he... #HealthComplaints #advocacy
October 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Alongside our guide on how to raise a health complaint, we also have resources that can help you to #SelfAdvocate. They include an initial complaint letter template and Local Resolution Meeting Planner.
Find them all at advonet.org.uk/resources/he... #HealthComplaints #advocacy
Find them all at advonet.org.uk/resources/he... #HealthComplaints #advocacy
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Congratulations to Leeds City Council on the findings of a new report from the Care Quality Commission about the quality of Adult Social Care in #Leeds: news.leeds.gov.uk/news/new-rep...
New report praises quality of adult social care in Leeds
Health and social care leaders at Leeds City Council have welcomed the findings of a new report which praises the quality of care delivered to adults across the city.
news.leeds.gov.uk
October 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Congratulations to Leeds City Council on the findings of a new report from the Care Quality Commission about the quality of Adult Social Care in #Leeds: news.leeds.gov.uk/news/new-rep...
@healthwatchleeds.bsky.social will be at Kirkgate Market today from 11am until 3pm for the Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service event to mark World Mental Health Day 2025.
Drop by to say hello & chat to us about your experience of accessing mental health services in Leeds.
Drop by to say hello & chat to us about your experience of accessing mental health services in Leeds.
October 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
@healthwatchleeds.bsky.social will be at Kirkgate Market today from 11am until 3pm for the Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service event to mark World Mental Health Day 2025.
Drop by to say hello & chat to us about your experience of accessing mental health services in Leeds.
Drop by to say hello & chat to us about your experience of accessing mental health services in Leeds.
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Our new research shows most men will come forward for prostate cancer screening, if it were available. We're calling on government to consider men's views when reaching a decision on whether to introduce a prostate cancer screening programme. https://bit.ly/4gZbf85
October 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Our new research shows most men will come forward for prostate cancer screening, if it were available. We're calling on government to consider men's views when reaching a decision on whether to introduce a prostate cancer screening programme. https://bit.ly/4gZbf85