Insight bank
This Insight bank stores information we, along with our partners, have gathered from Hertfordshire and west Essex residents to find out about local health and care services and how we can improve them.
Use the filters to help you narrow down your search for a specific piece of insight, survey results or report. If you’re unable to find what you’re looking for, drop us an email.
If you (our partners or providers) have gathered any insights from Hertfordshire and west Essex residents and would like to submit a request for this information to appear in our Insight bank, please complete the Insight bank form.
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Access to GP services for children and young people in west Essex
This report aims to capture the thoughts, emotions and lived experience of those people trying to access GP services within west Essex for themselves or on behalf of a friend or loved one. From this, we aim to provide key learnings and recommendations in order to help develop policies and processes to match the needs of the local population.
This item has been tagged with the following terms:Category: General practice
Location: West Essex
Audience Group: 0-5s, Carers, Children and young people, Parents and families
Research Type: Structured interview, Survey
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Accessing GP services in Harlow and Uttlesford
The aim of this project was to explore people’s experiences of accessing GP services in Harlow and Uttlesford in order to inform the Hertfordshire and west Essex Integrated Care System.
This item has been tagged with the following terms:Category: General practice
Location: Harlow, Uttlesford, West Essex
Audience Group: 0-5s, Adults, Armed Forces community, Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups, Carers, Children and young people, LGBTQIA+, Older people, Parents and families, People with a learning disability, People with a physical disability, including sensory impairments, Pregnant women, Prisoners and ex-offenders, Students
Research Type: Structured interview, Survey
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Accessing GP services: views from Broxbourne patients
A survey in to views from residents in Broxbourne about how they access GP services, what challenges they encounter and barriers to accessing services. Report made recommendations to the HWE ICB primary care workforce around improving access to these services.
This item has been tagged with the following terms:Category: General practice
Location: Broxbourne
Audience Group: Adults
Research Type: Structured interview, Survey
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Accessing GP services: views from Hertfordshire’s parents and carers
To gather lived experiences from parents and carers on their views of accessing GP services in Herts and to identify recommendations for improvements.
This item has been tagged with the following terms:Category: General practice
Location: Hertfordshire
Audience Group: Adults, Carers, Parents and families
Research Type: Survey
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An insight into health and care access, including self-care for adults with a learning disability
The aim of this project was to gather people's experiences of accessing and using primary care across west Essex. The focus was to gather feedback and lived experience from adults with learning disabilities and their carers/families and support workers.
This item has been tagged with the following terms:Category: Community healthcare
Location: West Essex
Audience Group: Adults, Carers, People with a learning disability
Research Type: Focus group, Structured interview
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Autistic people’s experiences of GP services in Hertfordshire
This item has been tagged with the following terms:Category: Autism, ADHD and neurodiversity, General practice
Location: Hertfordshire
Audience Group: Adults, Carers, Parents and families, People with a learning disability
Research Type: Structured interview, Survey
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Carers views and experiences of accessing support from their GP practice
Explore whether unpaid carers are registered as a carer with their GP practice, and if so, whether they are receiving the additional support they should be entitled to.
This item has been tagged with the following terms:Category: General practice
Location: Hertfordshire
Audience Group: Carers
Research Type: Survey
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Cervical screening: your views and experiences
To gather lived experience to feed directly into the Integrated Care Board (ICB) Primary Care workstream.
This item has been tagged with the following terms:Category: Women's health (including screening, fertility and menopause)
Location: Hertfordshire
Audience Group: Adults
Research Type: Survey
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Engagement to develop the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Strategy
In developing the 10-year Integrated Care Strategy for Hertfordshire and West Essex we listened to the views and experiences of residents and staff and looked at existing research to highlight areas of greatest need.
This item has been tagged with the following terms:Category: Addiction and substance abuse (gambling, drugs and alcohol), Autism, ADHD and neurodiversity, Blood pressure and heart health, Diabetes, Frailty and end of life, Long term conditions including asthma, epilepsy, and COPD, Mental health, Prevention, Smoking and vaping, Strategies, Wider health determinants (housing/homelessness, education, low income/financial hardship)
Location: Hertfordshire and west Essex
Audience Group: Adults, Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups, Carers, Health and social care professionals, Parents and families
Research Type: Focus group, Survey
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Experience of living with diabetes in west Essex
This report aims to take advantage of listening to and understanding what people living with diabetes in West Essex are experiencing and identify areas where the systems that are supposed to be in place are not functioning as they should.
This item has been tagged with the following terms:Category: Diabetes
Location: West Essex
Research Type: Structured interview, Survey