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they sectioned under the mental health act, under guardianship or subject to a community treatment order or in hospital informally receiving treatment for their mental health? If so, they have a legal right ... right to an IMHA (Independent Mental Health Advocate) ASC Advocacy Support Cymru 029 2054 0444 info@ascymru.org.uk Do they lack capacity and have no appropriate family / friends to consult? If not, are
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raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We welcome the opportunity to respond to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s consultation on dentistry in Wales. Older people and the future ... future work programme We recognise that the main emphasis of Welsh Government’s document, “Taking Oral Health Improvement and Dental Services Forward in Wales: a Framework outlining priorities for dentistry
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under 50 you can call Citizen’s Advice on 0800 702 20 20 If you’re worried about someone’s physical health contact the NHS: • Online: https://111.wales.nhs.uk/ (for help and advice) • Phone: 111 (if symptoms ... (if someone’s life is at risk) If you’re worried about someone’s mental health, you can encourage them to visit the mental health and wellbeing section on NHS 111 Wales website. They can also get support
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future was a person-centred programme to improve the physical health and mental wellbeing of older people living with at least one long-term health condition. A trained staff member or volunteer met with an ... an older person and developed with them a personal, tailored plan to suit their health and wellbeing needs. The support provided to older people included sign-posting, referrals to other services, provision
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1 The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2023 Consultation response April 2023 Age Cymru is the leading charity ... communication on changes in where various health services are available, lack of public transport to get to health appointments and delays and halting of ongoing health checks through the pandemic period.
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of the mandate, in particular the continued squeeze on social care budgets and the cuts to public health funding for local authorities. We believe that any settlement for increased funding for NHS services ... models of care while preserving existing access to services. Older people are the main users of health and care services and the overall levels of need in this population are growing. In the context of
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them to work towards goals that are important to them. This will additionally mean the role of non-health services, such as activities run by the voluntary sector, can be more easily incorporated into a ... the non-clinical interventions that could support people to manage their health and wellbeing. This includes the role of health services to maintain links with providers of relevant services. For example
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prominence to mental health, highlight the importance of access to transparent and comparable data and reflect the new fundamental standards which will come in to force for all health and care providers ... Question 1: Mental Health We would like to rephrase principle one of the NHS to read: ‘The service is designed to improve and prevent, diagnose and treat both physical and mental health problems with
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public services ombudsman sector, and, in particular, merge the current Parliamentary Ombudsman, Health Ombudsman, Local Government Ombudsman and potentially the Housing Ombudsman into a single Public ... Key points and recommendations Age UK welcomes the proposal to merge the Parliamentary Ombudsman, Health Ombudsman and Local Government Ombudsman. On balance, we support the inclusion of the Housing Ombudsman
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supported by the National Institute for Health Research School for Public Health Research (NIHR SPHR). WH was supported by the NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for the South ... those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, Age UK or the Department of Health. The team hold a licence to analyse CPRD data and this work was carried out under approved protocol
