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

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Carers UK State of Caring Survey 2019

As the UK's only national membership charity for carers, Carers UK is both a support network and a movement for change. For the past 50 years they've been driven by carers raising their voices together to call for change and seek recognition and support. They need your help to paint a picture of what it’s like to be a carer in 2019. Please take part in the survey.
Research into families of children aged 0-6 with learning disability or autism

Research study into the experiences of families of young children with a diagnosed or suspected learning disability and/or autism in the UK, particularly related to their use and access to support in the early years, as well as family and parental wellbeing. They are inviting parents of children aged 0-6 years old with learning disability and/or autism living in the UK to take part in their brief survey either online or by post.
Opportunity to feature in a film

Raw Research are recruiting unpaid carers to feature in a film by Dark Energy films for an energy provider. They are offering £300 to participants. Click for more details.
Parsley Box

Online food delivery service of slow cooked sous-vide ready meals that can be cupboard stored for up to 6 months and heated in just a few minutes in the microwave.

Parsley Box

Online food delivery service of slow cooked sous-vide ready meals that can be cupboard stored for up to 6 months and heated in just a few minutes in the microwave.
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.