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Hilltop Lodge is a modern large nursing home situated at the junction of Hill Top and Coles Lane in West Bromwich. It has a capacity to provide nursing and residential care for 85 residents who are elderly or dementia patients.

Pedmore House is a small residential home that caters for people with severe physical and complex learning disabilities. It has a capacity for 11 residents, but currently 9 reside there.

Health Overview Scrutiny Committees (HOSC) are statutory Local Authority bodies with the duty to oversee NHS services.

Healthwatch Sandwell (HWS) are conducting a survey of all General Practitioner (GP) Practices to find out their patient's and visitors' knowledge, awareness, and involvement in each practice’s Patient Participation Group (PPG).

In July 2017 Healthwatch Sandwell (HWS) visited the Heart of Sandwell Day Hospice at Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Moor Lane, Rowley Regis to evaluate the service.

In June and July 2017 Healthwatch Sandwell (HWS) carried out an investigation into the public’s awareness of where flu vaccinations could be obtained, and if they had chosen not to, why not

Bloomfield Court is a modern building sited within a residential area in Central Avenue in
Tipton.

Five things you should expect from home care, domiciliary care or help in the home.

Work by Healthwatch Sandwell has helped to inform a new national report on peoples’ experience of care homes. Healthwatch Sandwell have visited 6 homes in the last 2 years.

The Heart of Sandwell Day Hospital is situated at Rowley Regis Hospital. The service was previously provided at Bradbury House, on the Wolverhampton Road in Oldbury but relocated to its present location on 1st April 2017.

Healthwatch Sandwell has continued to be a key partner for NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG over the past year.

As a registered adult’s residential home, Wellcroft House provides ongoing support for young people. Focusing on enabling greater independence for those with moderate to severe learning difficulties and complex disabilities. It supports a maximum of six residents.