PALS

The Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) offers confidential advice, support and information on health-related matters. They provide a point of contact for patients, their families and their carers.

You can find officers from PALS in your local hospital.

More details here: https://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/1082.aspx?CategoryID=68

Latest

Carer Technology Showcase

An exhibition of latest solutions for independent living to help carers will be at The Spark, Southampton Solent University on Tuesday 19th March 2019 from 10am to 4pm. Carers can book a free lunch, available from 12 to 2pm. Carers who register and attend will be entered into a Prize Draw for a Tablet PC.
Carer Technology Exhibition

Leading organisations developing and supplying technological products to help carers will be at The Spark, Southampton Solent University on Tuesday 19th March 2019 from 9am to 4pm. Carers can book a free lunch, available from 12 to 1.30pm.
Guide to the Care Act for Learning Disability Carers

How to get the right support from your local authority: a guide to the Care Act 2014 and other laws, for family carers of an adult with learning disabilities and/or autism.
Win a flight in a Spitfire

Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST) have partnered with Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar to win a flight in a Spitfire. The generous prize has been donated to help NST celebrate their first birthday in NST City, Southampton’s city centre theatre and to raise income for NST’s Impact Fund which funds projects for local young people and emerging artists. Raffle tickets are £5 and are available from NST’s Box Office by calling 023 8067 1771 or at www.nstheatres.co.uk.

Experts by Experience

The Experts by Experience programme takes individuals with firsthand experience as service users on Care Quality Commission inspections to help compile reports on the standard of care provision, by speaking directly to users of the service and giving users’ opinions a voice
Southampton Green Gym

Green Gym is an opportunity to get active and enjoy the outdoors with weekly health focused conservation activities at Nursling Plantation, Lordshill on Wednesdays 11am-2pm, and Jurds Lake, Woolston on Mondays 11am-2pm.
NHS social care and support guide

If you or someone you know needs help with day-to-day living because of illness or disability, this NHS website explains your options and where you can get support.
AccessAble

AccessAble, the new name for DisabledGo, is Your Accessibility Guide - here to take the chance out of going out. 10,000s of places - visited in person.
Eligibility for the Flu Vaccination Service 2018/9

This fact sheet lists all those eligible for free vaccinations in the UK
How to complain or give feedback about an NHS service

This is a document that lists options for providing feedback to your GP or local hospital or other NHS provider
NHS Beta digital apps library

This is an NHS test site offering a range of digital tools to help you manage and improve your health.
Accessible Information Standard

From 1st August 2016 onwards, all organisations that provide NHS care and / or publicly-funded adult social care are legally required to follow the Accessible Information Standard. The Standard sets out a specific, consistent approach to identifying, recording, flagging, sharing and meeting the information and communication support needs of patients, service users, carers and parents with a disability, impairment or sensory loss.
Southampton Memory Advisory Service

The Southampton Memory Advisory Service is aimed at supporting those people who have memory loss or a diagnosis of dementia.
Driving and Dementia: The Essential Guide for Over 60s

The guide contains tips and advice and information on courses and training programmes for senior drivers