News and reports

The Regulation of Dental Services Programme Board has released a report reviewing dental regulation and inspection in England, outlines seven key areas of improvement and agreed actions and how it can be made more effective.

New report from the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman finds three key issues with how investigations into serious incidents in the NHS are conducted. Read our response.

Read our new report on how people want to play a bigger role in looking after their own health and care and what would support them to do that.

Carers play a vital role in supporting people who are frail, ill or disabled, but, in doing so, carers often become vulnerable themselves. We look at one example of how local Healthwatch is working to find out if carers could be better supported.

Being able to access primary care services is a key concern that the public have raised with local Healthwatch. Our first in a series of blogs focuses on what one group of mothers in Southend-on-Sea told us.

Accessing GP services is a key concern people share with their local Healthwatch. Here are some of the issues people from different communities face.

We spoke to six different groups of people about their experiences of primary care services and the issues they face. Take a look to see what they told us.

The Department of Health is consulting on the roles and responsibilities of the National Data Guardian for health and social care.

New report finds that while patient satisfaction with access to General Practice remains high, it is declining.

We have highlighted our concerns about the time frame people have to respond to the consultation and for their views to be responded to.

Today’s announcement by NHS England of a drive to improve orthotic services will come as welcome news to patients who depend upon services to help improve their mobility, independence and help with pain relief.

Our evidence to the Select Committee helps inform new report on Young People’s mental health.