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Free Digital Skills Course For Young Adults
18 July 2022
Interested in improving your digital skills and aged between 18-25? This Young Entrepreneur Skills (YES) course for disabled young adults – a mix of remote and in person sessions – is offered by Leonard Cheshire in partnership with the John Lewis Foundation.
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Sheffield Voices Health Consultations Report
17 July 2022
Sheffield Voices was commissioned by the Clinical Commissioning Group to run a series of events in May to find out what people with learning disabilities and autistic people feel about health services in Sheffield. They connected with around 100 people who were able to give their views in this Easy Read report.
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Community Update on Covid
08 July 2022
The NHS in Sheffield is reassuring people that a new variant of Covid-19 has not reached Britain but are warning us to still take precautions to prevent being infected with the ones already in circulation. Read their latest Community Health Update.
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Human Rights Workshop
07 July 2022
The Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Trust is working with the British Institute of Human Rights to run a human rights workshop for people who use their services i.e. people who are using, or have used a service, their carers or family. Learn how you can use human rights to speak up at the online workshop on Monday 1st August 2022 from 1.30 -3pm.
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Black Male Suicide Conference
01 July 2022
SACMHA Health & Social Care will be hosting this critically important conference in partnership with the Sheffield Health & Social Care Foundation Trust along with Sheffield Flourish on Saturday 23rd July from 9:30am at the Mega Centre, Bernard Road, Sheffield S2 5BQ.
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What's an Integrated Care System?
01 July 2022
An Integrated Care System is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined-up health and care services. ICSs have formally started working this month, replacing the current system of local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). The local version is called South Yorkshire ICS. Healthwatch Sheffield has reflected on how this change will affect their work.
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Use of Force Leaflet
01 July 2022
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new leaflet for service users on their wards and the people who support them. The leaflet is designed to start an open and honest conversation about any potential use of force during their stay and explains how everyone is kept safe on their wards.
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NHS Sheffield Community Survey Findings
29 June 2022
NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group and Sheffield City Council are working together to develop plans for next year to help make the people of Sheffield healthier and stay independent, safe and well. The CCG has released a report based on its consultation findings with residents from across Sheffield including work undertaken by Disability Sheffield and other Voluntary, Community and Faith sector organisations, to gain feedback from diverse groups of people.
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DPAC In Call To Prevent Rail Service Cuts
27 June 2022
Campaigning group Disabled People Against Cuts has backed the recent strikes by members of the RMT union, saying that planned cuts in funding and staff will result in our safety horrendously compromised and will lead to more serious incidents on the rail network.
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Social Care Charges Investigation
24 June 2022
A BBC News journalist, who is investigating social care charges mainly involving disabled people, is looking for people to help with his work. Adam Eley is specifically looking to speak to people who have had debt collection procedures opened against them by their local authority as a result of being unable to pay social care charges. The coverage will bring maximum awareness to the issue.
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