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In this issue:
Information signposting information Please follow us on our Twitter account @HealthwatchTame, where we will post information from trusted sources. Community Groups and charities - last week we asked groups to let us know what they were doing in Tameside at the moment. We heard from: Being There - Telephone befriending service for people with life limiting illnesses. Face-to-face help is not available at the moment, but you can receive support by phone. Further details can be found on their website https://beingthere.org.uk/get-support/ Are you involved with a community group or charity working in Tameside? Give us an update on what's happening in your group, and we'll give you a mention in next week's ebulletin - info@healthwatchtameside.co.uk . Also, if you are in contact with your members, please pass on our details, so they can feed back to us about their own experiences of using health and care services.
Information/signposting - if you need help with health or care queries, please get in touch with your questions. You can ring us on 0161 667 2526 or email info@healthwatchtameside.co.uk . We'll do our best to help.
What do you know?
NHS and social care staff are doing everything they can to keep us well, but there might be things that can be improved, that they are not aware of. If you’ve recently used a health or care service and want to share your experience, we’re here to listen (compliments, concerns or anything in between are all of interest to us). We can pass the information on for you (anonymously). Tell us your story - Our phone number is 0161 667 2526 or email us on info@healthwatchtameside.co.uk or complete our survey at www.healthwatchtameside.co.uk/our-survey Care homes - how are your loved ones coping, when they can't have any visitors? Are you able to keep in touch with them? We'd love to hear from you.
Things to do at home During the last few weeks we have provided links to activities that could be done at home. Here is another selection: Tameside Art Galleries - look at some of the paintings online, and learn about them https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/view_as/grid/search/locations:astley-cheetham-art-gallery/page/2#artwork-undefined The Missing Patch - can you help with this craft project? You can see the information here or online at https://themissingpatch.org/
Other useful links
Tameside Oldham and Glossop Mind - changes have been made to the way support is provided, with all services now phone or web-based. Information can be found on their website www.togmind.org/service-and-covid19-updates British Sign Language - on demand access to BSL interpreters in any healthcare situation during the COVID-19 lockdown. More information available on the website www.bslhealthaccess.co.uk/bsl-users/ Tameside Council’s Early Help, Early Years and Neighbourhoods team - information has been pulled together in one place, and can be found at www.tameside.gov.uk/earlyhelp/neighbourhoods Action Together - support and information to voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations can be found on their website www.actiontogether.org.uk/covid-19 This link also includes information about volunteering - Action Together are co-ordinating the volunteer response in Tameside.
COVID-19 (coronavirus) guidance Here are some trusted websites you can look at, to get up-to-date information: Tameside Mental Health - www.tameside.gov.uk/coronavirus/mentalhealth Tameside & Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group - www.tamesideandglossopccg.org/ Government website - www.gov.uk/coronavirus Tameside Council website - www.tameside.gov.uk/coronavirus If you have further queries, or need help while self-isolating, the number to ring is 0161 342 8355. NHS website - www.nhs.uk/health-at-home/
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