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Healthwatchbracknellforest The independent consumer champion for health and social care in Bracknell Forest.

🎀 October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Breast screening can detect cancer long before you can even feel it. Or more...
19/10/2026

🎀 October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Breast screening can detect cancer long before you can even feel it. Or more likely, put your mind at rest. When you're invited, save the date, it could save your life.

Being breast aware means knowing what looks and feels normal for you. It's recommended to check your breasts once a month and look out for these signs:
🔎 A lump, or swelling in your breast, chest or armpit
📏 Change in size or shape of one or both breasts
🍊 Dimpling or puckering of the skin (like orange peel)
👩🏽‍⚕️ Ni**le changes – inversion, rash, crusting, or discharge
🔥 Redness, swelling, or heat in the breast

Search online for 'NHS breast cancer" for more info.

Have your say on accessible healthcare information 💬Are you blind or partially sighted and living in England? RNIB wants...
14/10/2026

Have your say on accessible healthcare information 💬

Are you blind or partially sighted and living in England? RNIB wants to hear about your experiences of accessing healthcare information and communications.

This could include appointment letters, test results, medication information, messages from healthcare services and digital services such as the NHS App. Whether your experiences have been positive, challenging or mixed, your feedback matters.

The survey takes around 10–15 minutes. Your feedback will support RNIB’s work to improve access to healthcare information and communications.

Take part: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DDXKMXF

Please share this post with other blind and partially sighted people living in England.

Closing date: Tuesday 20 October 2026.

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🏥 Your experiences of care at Frimley Park and Wexham Park hospitalsThroughout 2025, we spoke with patients, carers, vis...
12/10/2026

🏥 Your experiences of care at Frimley Park and Wexham Park hospitals

Throughout 2025, we spoke with patients, carers, visitors, volunteers and staff to understand their experiences of care across both hospitals.

💚 What’s working well?
Patients highlighted the high-quality clinical care and compassionate staff and shared praise for the frontline staff.

🗣️ Where are improvements needed?
Feedback highlighted issues around communication, discharge processes, waiting times and support for vulnerable groups.

We also heard about the barriers faced by older adults, people living with dementia, people with learning disabilities and carers when trying to access timely treatment and care.

📢 We’ve brought together the feedback we received throughout the year, highlighting the experiences shared and the areas where improvements are needed, read our full report ⬇️
https://ow.ly/8zz350ZWJ9G

Patient voices matter. By listening to people’s experiences, we can help identify where services are working well and where change is needed.

💙 A new way to take part in cervical screening - from the comfort of your own home.The NHS has begun rolling out HPV sel...
09/10/2026

💙 A new way to take part in cervical screening - from the comfort of your own home.

The NHS has begun rolling out HPV self-testing kits to millions of women across England who have not attended cervical screening following previous invitations.

The new home testing option offers a simple, private and convenient way to test for high-risk HPV, which can cause changes to cells in the cervix and increase the risk of cervical cancer.

📦 How does it work?

If you’re eligible, you’ll be invited by the NHS and will be able to order a self-testing kit through the NHS App or your NHS online account.

🏠 Take the test privately at home
📮 Return your sample to the NHS for free
🔬 Your sample will be tested for high-risk HPV
📱 If further checks are needed, the NHS will let you know what happens next

The initial rollout is aimed at eligible people aged 30–65 who have not attended cervical screening following previous invitations.

💙 Cervical screening can help prevent cervical cancer.

If you receive an invitation for an HPV self-test, please consider taking part. And if you have already been invited for cervical screening, you can still book your usual appointment.

Stoptober is here! You are doing the best thing you can for your health by quitting - and you don't need to do it alone....
07/10/2026

Stoptober is here! You are doing the best thing you can for your health by quitting - and you don't need to do it alone.

There are plenty of ways to get support, but the best way to get started is to get your free Personal Quit Plan here 👇
https://ow.ly/fIb750ZUlAi

📢 Get involved with National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and DeathThey’re looking for patients, parents, c...
05/10/2026

📢 Get involved with National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death

They’re looking for patients, parents, carers, and members of the public to join the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) group.

Share your experiences and perspectives to help shape NCEPOD’s work and ensure their studies reflect what matters to patients and families.

💻 www.ncepod.org.uk

Apply here:
https://ow.ly/WLZv50ZS96H

Last chance to tell us about your experiences of contacting and using your GP practice since the new NHS GP contract cha...
02/10/2026

Last chance to tell us about your experiences of contacting and using your GP practice since the new NHS GP contract changes came into effect on 1 October 2025. 🩺

💬 Your feedback will help us to understand what’s working well and where improvements are needed.

👉 Have your say today and help shape local health services, complete our survey below:
https://ow.ly/vAtZ50ZS9ob

LD People Power are a group for adults with learning disabilities in Bracknell that talk about services and local matter...
30/09/2026

LD People Power are a group for adults with learning disabilities in Bracknell that talk about services and local matters that affect the Learning Disability Community.

🏢 Meet at the Time Square Building, Market Street, Bracknell RG12 1JD

🗓 On the first Tuesday of each month at 10am to 11:45am

For more information on how you join the group email or call Caroline on:
✉️ [email protected]
🤳 07793118016

Have your say 💬 Have you had your say on the new Frimley Park Hospital proposal?Your feedback is an important part of th...
29/09/2026

Have your say 💬

Have you had your say on the new Frimley Park Hospital proposal?

Your feedback is an important part of the engagement process and will help shape the future of healthcare in our communities.

If you have thoughts, questions or concerns, please take a few minutes to complete the survey and make your voice count.

📝 https://online.ors.org.uk/questionnaire/35745AB?clear_session=true&language=en

We conducted an Enter and View visit at Larkland House Care Home in Ascot, in August 2026 with particular focus on indep...
28/09/2026

We conducted an Enter and View visit at Larkland House Care Home in Ascot, in August 2026 with particular focus on independence and choice.

We heard from residents, relatives and staff. The manager provided a comprehensive response to our recommendations.

Overall we could see that there was a good atmosphere in the home and positive relationships between staff and residents.

Improvements were taking place as part of a refurbishment and the manager is keen to ensure the home continues to improve and offer the best facilities for its residents.

Read our report 👇
https://ow.ly/CHyO50ZS8Pl

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