Healthwatch Oxfordshire Survey – Are you waiting for NHS Hospital treatment or care?

Healthwatch Oxfordshire would like your help  – We’d like to hear about experiences of waiting for the hospital appointment or care people need. We’d also like to know what advice, information, or support the NHS has given you while you wait.

This survey is for people who are waiting now. It is also for people who have had a hospital appointment or care in the last 18 months. When you answer the questions, please tell us about your most recent experience. Or, if you have been waiting for multiple treatments, or have received one and are waiting for another, the survey can be completed more than once.

Could you please share the following link with your members so that we can hear about their experiences https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NHSWaitingListExperiences

The survey will close on Tuesday 9th November

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Everything you tell us is confidential and will help the NHS understand how it can better support people like you waiting for treatment.

We are carrying out this survey in partnership with Healthwatch organisations in Bucks, Reading, West Berks and Wokingham Borough.

We will share the results of this survey with local NHS managers in a report. We will also publish the report online so that members of the public can read it and also read how local NHS organisations respond to our recommendations.

As with all of our surveys, you can contact us by calling 01865 520520 or emailing hello@healthwatchoxfordshire.co.uk we can help to fill in the survey. Or people can talk to a member of the Healthwatch Oxfordshire team in more detail about their experiences.

Should you wish to have a hard copy poster to display, please let me know and I can arrange to have one sent out to you.

Kind regards

Emma

Emma Teasdale

Community Involvement Officer

Mobile number: 07958 713812

Please note my working days are Monday to Friday

MS Self Management Programme – starts 3rd November – Free places available to book now

Hope For The Community CIC are running a group peer self-management programme for people living with MS to improve their wellbeing. 

The Programme was co-created with people living with MS, healthcare professionals and researchers at Coventry University to make sure it is rooted in science.

The MS Self Management Programme is a digital programme and is starting on 3rd November and are keen to share the opportunity to join the programme with anyone living with MS.

Dr Anna Lynall 

Project Delivery Lead 

Hope For The Community CIC 

Tel: 024 7736 0153 

Our vision is for everyone to have the tools to lead a hopeful and flourishing life 

www.h4c.org.uk  

Follow us on Twitter: @HOPE4TC 

Cake Sale

The cake sale went really well.  As I raised £335, I made a donation to the MS Centre of £100 as well. 

Thank you to everyone who generously donated and made and bought cakes in.  I really appreciate everyone’s efforts and what a great total. 

Many many thanks to you all.

Any fundraising ideas for the winter?

It’s been tough financially during covid and fundraising has been at a standstill. 

Would you be willing to raise some essential funds for us?

Perhaps you could hold a raffle for us at your work place?

Perhaps you could hold a coffee morning with your friends?

Perhaps you have some fundraising ideas for the centre?  (I will hold a christmas raffle).

Sad news

Sadly, Babs Copley passed away peacefully on 15th October.  Babs was a regular member for physiotherapy and a very determined lady.  She will be missed at the centre.

MS-UK evening workshop: Cognition and MS

MS-UK is running a workshop providing an overview of the cognitive challenges in MS, its impact and the treatment options available. 

  • Wednesday 20 October
  • 7pm
  • via Zoom

MS-UK are pleased to welcome Dr Dawn Langdon who is Professor of Neuropsychology at Royal Holloway, University of London and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Dawn is a frequent contributor to international scientific meetings and committees and is a Trustee of the UK MS Trust, with whom she has authored the MS cognition website www.stayingsmart.org.uk. 

Using her extensive knowledge in Neuropsychology and in particular within MS, this workshop will provide an overview of the cognitive challenges in MS, including the pattern of difficulties, the relation to disease variables and how cognitive challenges impact everyday life and wellbeing. Dr Langdon will then present the treatment options and resources available.

If you can’t make the session live, don’t worry as we will be recording the presentation and will make it available to watch again for all those registering in advance.

MS-UK is suggesting a donation amount of £5 for this information session, but you can make a donation of your choosing from £1 to attend.

If you would like to know more about this session or would like help in registering, please email register@ms-uk.org.

For more information and to book, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cognition-and-ms-presented-by-dr-dawn-lan…

MS-UK Information Session: selecting the right mobility aid

MS-UK is hosting an information session where they will be looking at the most common mobility aids for walking and how to select the right one.

Event details:

  • Monday 18 October
  • 2pm – 3pm
  • Via Zoom

Dr Gretchen will be talking about the different mobility aids that are available to help with walking. This is a subject which people usually have a lot of questions about, with many people wanting to know when is the right time to start using a mobility aid and how to choose the one that is right for them.

Searching the internet for mobility aids will bring up a wide range of different types of walking aids, making the right choice a difficult decision. So, in this information session Dr Gretchen will identify how to weigh-up choosing one walking aid over another by looking at the pros and cons of each of the most common walking aids that are available and the reasons you might choose it for yourself versus another option.

You will be shown how to adjust the aids to ensure they are comfortable, prevent overuse injuries and are as efficient for your use as possible. They will finish by taking you through the correct way to use the different aids, which will stop bad habits and make its use as safe as possible.

Session overview

  • When to consider using a mobility aid
  • Types of mobility aids and their pros and cons
  • How to fit a mobility aid to your body
  • The proper way to use a mobility aid

The session will then finish with twenty minutes for questions and answers.

If you have any questions about the information session or about mobility aids you want to send in advance to Dr Gretchen, please email register@ms-uk.org.

If you can’t make the session live, don’t worry as we will be recording the presentation and will make it available to watch again for all those registering in advance.

We have a suggested donation is £5 for this information session, but you can make a donation of your choosing from £1 to attend.

Find out more and register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mobility-aids-selecting-the-right-mobilit…