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Tell us your story about mental health during pregnancy
We want to know more about your experience of mental health support when planning to get pregnant, during pregnancy, at the birth of your child and afterwards.
7 August 2018
News
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Mental health support – what are we doing about it?
Late last year, we announced that we would be launching a multi-year project on mental health. Today, we have published an overview of this project and an outline of our first research phase.
2 August 2018
News
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Mental health support - an overview of our future work
Find out more about our upcoming work on mental health and our first phase of research.
2 August 2018
Report
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Making sure GPs provide information in a way that people can understand
After being told by patients that local GPs weren’t meeting the needs of patients with communication difficulties, one local Healthwatch decided to take action.
31 July 2018
News
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What do people want from social care?
Last year, local Healthwatch identified social care as one of the key priority areas for their communities in the year ahead. Here we share an overview on what people have told us they want from social care in the future.
30 July 2018
Report
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Our public Committee Meeting August 2018 supporting materials
Find out what more about what we'll be talking about at our public Committee Meeting.
25 July 2018
Report
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Making a complaint about social care services – what should you expect?
Here we look at six things you should expect when making a complaint about social care services.
19 July 2018
Advice and Information
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Making it easier to share your feedback – a new Single Complaints Statement for social care
We have worked with the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, as part of the Quality Matters initiative, to help make it easier for the public and professionals to understand how to make and respond to social care complaints.
19 July 2018
Blog
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Healthwatch Network Awards 2018 shortlist announced
After reviewing over 170 entries, we are pleased to announce all of the finalists for the Healthwatch Network Awards 2018.
17 July 2018
News
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The year ahead - Our plan for 2018 - 2019
Find out more about our plans for 2018/19.
17 July 2018
Report
Our response to CQC’s report on how services are working together to support older people.
New report from the Care Quality Commission looks at how well health and social care services are working together across 20 local authority areas.
Read our National Director, Imelda Remond, response to the report.
3 July 2018
Response
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Stories of change - number 15 #NHS70 #ItStartsWithYou
To help celebrate 70 years of the NHS we're collecting 70 stories of how people's experiences are being used by health and care services and professionals to help make them better.
2 July 2018
News