Health in Mid Hampshire

Action Hampshire was commissioned by Mid Hampshire Better Local Care*, to carry out research into health and wellbeing in Mid Hampshire.

There were two main strands to this project:

• older people’s experiences of healthcare
• social isolation

Older People’s experiences of local healthcare

Carrying out in-depth interviews with 34 local older people to better understand their experiences of health interventions and what could have improved them. We focussed on older people with multiple heath conditions – physical and/or mental.
You can download the resulting reports here:

• In their own words (Summary)
• In their own words (Full Report)
• In their own words (The Case Studies)

Social isolation

This element of the project looked at the nature, risks and factors contributing to social isolation, and how these impact on people’s health and wellbeing. This report is called Social isolation and its impacts on health and wellbeing in Mid Hampshire.
You can download the resulting reports here:

• Social Isolation in Mid Hampshire (Summary)
• Social Isolation in Mid Hampshire (Full Report)
• Social Isolation in Mid Hampshire (Poster)

Please use and share these reports!

We hope that the key findings and points for consideration will help us all to improve services and help more people access the right support, at the right time and place.

We would like to give our very grateful thanks to all the people who so generously and openly gave us their time, experience and expertise.

If you would like to discuss this research in further detail, please contact us.

*Better Local Care is a partnership between local NHS and care organisations, GPs and charities which all believe there is a better way to plan and deliver care in Hampshire.