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Your monthly catch-up on health and social care experiences, topics, and themes, and useful information.

Shape the NHS forward plan
We want everyone in the Black Country to have improved health, now and in the future. We're writing a NHS Joint Forward Plan with local healthcare partners to set out how we'll work together to meet your health needs, and you can help too.

Full of updates, information and messages from our partners.

From all the team at Healthwatch Walsall

There are a number of things you can do to help including getting your winter vaccinations and using the NHS 111 service first for any urgent medical need. The below links take you to the relevant advice and information to support you during the winter.

The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows that scarlet fever cases continue to remain higher than we would typically see at this time of year.

The Office for Product Safety and Standards has issued an Urgent Safety Alert for baby self-feeding pillows and is urging the public to stop using them immediately and dispose of them safely. Businesses selling these products must immediately remove them from the market as they cannot comply with the safety requirements under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005.
Link to more information: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/urgent-safety-alert-issued-for-baby-self-feeding-pillows

Your monthly catch-up on health and social care experiences, topics, and themes, and useful information.

Have you had an issue communicating with a professional? Have you had issues accessing health services? A campaign for and by young people in Walsall

Been discharged or know someone who has from Walsall Manor Hospital? Then take part in our discharge survey. Let's find out how it went.

Suicide is preventable – If you or someone you know is having suicidal
thoughts, we can all help those at risk. In the UK in 2019, 6524 people took their own lives. Men are three times more likely than women to die by suicide. Women are more likely to report suicidal thoughts. Click on the link to download a useful information leaflet.

The young person's communication project is aimed at young people aged 14-24 to find out their experiences and challenges in accessing health and social care services and whether young people are aware of alternative options for primary care services. We are conducting this survey to find out what barriers young people are faced with and what could help improve this for them.