Impacts of reduced funding for adult social care in Gateshead
Report - 26 March 2019
During autumn 2018 we investigated how proposed cuts to adult social care funding by Gateshead Council might impact on services users and their carers.
Healthwatch Gateshead engaged with local residents to understand their experiences using pharmacies and specifically asked about:
• The reasons respondents visited their local pharmacy and the services they used.
• Any recent changes to the opening hours of local pharmacies that respondents were aware of and the impact, if any, these changes had.
• Local people’s awareness and usage of other pharmacies in the Gateshead area.
During a one month engagement period between 24th April and the 24th May 2023, residents of Gateshead shared their experiences using pharmacies in Gateshead.
