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  • National Survey For Individual Employers

    Disabled people who employ personal assistants or support workers are being asked to take part in a survey by Being The Boss, a national network for individual employers which provides peer support and a coherent voice for them in the wider community. The survey closes on June 29th.

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  • Survey On Personal Health Budgets

    If you receive a personal health budget or integrated personal budget, NHS England is seeking your views in what they hope will become an annual survey. There’s also an opportunity to celebrate your PHB story at an event in London on 9 May.

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  • Healthwatch Sheffield asks for Your Help in Deciding their Priorities

    Our local consumer watchdog for health and social care services, are asking for your help to set their priorities. Healthwatch Sheffield have created an online survey for you to have your say on what they should focus their efforts on over the next two years. The survey closes April 27th.

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  • Survey on Possible Prescription Changes

    Give your views to NHS Clinical Commissioners about plans to save the NHS considerable amounts of money and GP’s time by purchasing your own medication for common illnesses. People with learning disabilities are also invited to attend 2 focus groups in Leeds ( 26 Feb ) and London ( 6 March ).

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  • Healthwatch Sheffield Home Care Project

    Healthwatch Sheffield are holding a series of discussion events looking into the quality of home care in Sheffield, aiming to highlight good practice and make recommendations for improvement to those responsible for commissioning and delivering home care services in Sheffield. You can also chat to them over the phone about your experiences between Monday 12th February and Friday 2nd March.

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  • Paralympics Questionnaire

    Did you enjoy watching the 2012 London Paralympics but don’t take part in sporting activities yourself? If so, you may want to take part in a research study and get the chance to win some spending vouchers.

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  • DRILL Research Project - Employer Survey

    Sheffield Employers, we need you! Please help with our ‘Getting On, Keeping On’ research project at Disability Sheffield by completing our quick online survey.In the past the focus has been on the issues disabled people faced – this time we want to look at these issues from an employer’s perspective.

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  • Mental Health Support in the Community Survey

    Whether you have used Mental health Support in the community for many years, just a week or have never used it at all Healthwatch Sheffield would like to capture your views to help with research into community mental health provision across Sheffield.

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  • NHS England Personal Health Budget Survey

    For the first time NHSE is taking an entirely ‘bottom up look’ through their Lived Experience Programme at what motivates people to take up the offer of a PHB and who could benefit from one. If you wish to give your views their survey is still open but only until Thursday 20 July.

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  • Get Yourself Active and Swim England Survey

    Share your stories –good and bad – and take their short survey to help Swim England understand your swimming experiences and any barriers to participation.

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