#CheckInWithYou
This document gives information about the "Check In" engagement work carried out by Healthwatch Leeds and provides a summary of what we heard from people in Leeds from February to April 2022.
During the pandemic, collected insight under the brand #WeeklyCheckins. The weekly check-in gave people in Leeds an opportunity to share their views on a number of health and care-related topics.
In 2022, we decided to relaunch the Check Ins and they had been such a useful way to feed real-time information about people's experiences to wider systems.
Delayed appointments, tests and treatments
We knew due to the pandemic, people's appointments, tests and treatments had been delayed so we wanted to find out more.
We listened to people's experiences of delays in appointments, tests and treatments and how they impacted their health and wellbeing.
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Highlights
The places where treatment or check-ups have been delayed were across many health and care services including hospitals, GP, dentists, mental health services and community care.
The most common reason for the disruption was due to Covid closely followed by people not being given any reason at all.
The impact of the delays resulted in people's conditions and emotional well-being getting worsened and may struggled to cope.