The Government has allocated Dudley Borough with £1,200,000 from the Holiday Activities and Food Programme funding to be spent by the end of 2021 on activities and refreshments for income eligible, free school meals pupils for a week at Easter, 4 weeks in the summer and a week …
June 2021 – Digitally excluded people’s experiences of remote GP appointments
Healthwatch Dudley joined forces with four other local Healthwatch to listen to local people about their experience of digital exclusion. We wanted to understand how the move to digital healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic has worked well for some but …
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October 2020 – The COVID-19 Pandemic – A Community Response in Dudley Borough
Following the Government imposed lockdown in March 2020, the Healthwatch Dudley team supported our host organisation Dudley CVS with a community response, which involved working with local volunteers to deliver food and medication to local people who were shielding. We …
High Intensity User Social Prescribing Service helps reduce demand on emergency services in Dudley
Vulnerable patients are benefitting from a new High Intensity User (HIU) project in Dudley. A one year evaluation of the project commissioned by Dudley CCG and Dudley CVS has shown a 33% reduction in A&E attendance and a 41% reduction …
High Intensity User Social Prescribing Service helps reduce demand on emergency services in Dudley
Vulnerable patients are benefitting from a new High Intensity User (HIU) project in Dudley. A one year evaluation of the project commissioned by Dudley CCG and Dudley CVS has shown a 33% reduction in A&E attendance and a 41% reduction …
Healthwatch Dudley welcomes over 100 new Information Champions
During the last five years, hundreds of people from local organisations and community groups, have joined Healthwatch Dudley to network with other people in information giving roles. Our unique training enables people to learn, share and practice how to help …
“It all starts with a phone call and a cuppa”
The High Intensity User (HIU) service (developed by NHS Blackpool CCG) has been rolled out across Dudley borough by the Integrated Plus social prescribing team as part of Dudley CVS. The service offers a robust way of reducing avoidable frequent …
Integrated Plus delivers a successful peer learning programme for staff delivering social prescribing schemes around the East and West Midlands
During January – April 2019, Dudley CVS’s Integrated Plus service delivered a social prescribing peer learning programme for link workers around the country. The programme enabled existing link workers from across the East and West Midlands to connect with each …








