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Annual Reports

2017/18 Annual Report

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2016/17 Annual Report

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Healthwatch Blackburn with Darwen 2017/18 Annual Report

Engagement Reports

Asthma - Views of Children and Young People in Blackburn

Healthwatch Blackburn with Darwen has worked to find out the views and experiences of young people and parents on the Asthma service within Blackburn with Darwen, which will allow us to influence local health and social care provision to best meet their needs. To bring about positive change, we need to encourage self-management of children and young people's asthma. This requires support from healthcare professionals to support parents/carers and children with self-management with a combination of education, awareness and asthma plans.

Read the full report here.

Healthwatch Collaborative Report - "Have Your Say: Digital Health"

Last year Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria asked the Healthwatch Collaborative (Blackburn wth Darwen, Blackpool, Cumbria and Lancashire) to help them find out what local people think about using digital technology to manage their health and wellbeing. Almost 2,000 people got involved in the conversation about digital health. Today (26 February 2019), the final report has been published.

The aim of the project was to explore how local people currently use technology to manage their health and wellbeing – and that of their families and those they support or care for.

Dr Amanda Thornton, Digital Health Clinical Lead for Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria said: “We wanted to hear how we could help empower every person to feel confident and capable of making informed decisions about their health and wellbeing, recognising that for some people technology is already playing an important part in supporting this. We need to get it right and enable people to become confident to go online and access information that would help them manage their own health and wellbeing more easily – whenever they want to and wherever they are.For those who would like to use digital but cannot, our aim will be to find ways to help them get online. It’s invaluable for us to have this real insight from local people and we are already using it to prioritise our digital health plans. We are hugely grateful to all of the people who took the time to have their say and to Healthwatch for their support with this project.”

Nick Colledge, Engagement Officer at Healthwatch Lancashire said: “The project was a huge success and we are delighted to have received such a rich response, and the opportunity to understand the needs and experiences of people from all backgrounds. We pride ourselves on our commitment to making sure everyone is able to have their say, and believe that this was achieved through our diverse range of engagements throughout the project. We very much look forward to continuing our work with Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria, monitoring progress on the digital health strategy and letting the public know how their input has made a difference.”

The full report can be accessed here.

GP Online Access report

Please click here to read more about our engagement with residents of Blackburn with Darwen to understand their experiences, both positive and negative, and identify common themes or any barriers that people may face in supporting their health digitally. Report published January 2019.

Healthwatch Collaborative Report - Thrive

Healthwatch Blackburn with Darwen contributed to a collaborative report led by Healthwatch Lancashire on the redesign of mental health services for young people. This work was delivered through a number of workshops across Lancashire and Cumbria, capturing the experiences and recommendations of children and young people, their families and carers as well as providers on how we can make mental health services work best for our young people. Read the full report here.