News and reports

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of our values. This statement and plan shows how we plan to ensure everyone should have a fair and equal experience using health and social care, particularly those who may face discrimination.

Take a look at our papers for our June Committee Meeting.

Each year, we share with Government the issues we believe should be included in the objectives for the NHS for the year ahead. Read our advice and find out how the NHS Mandate this has been affected by COVID-19.

Find out what the public has been telling us about health and social care from October to December. This briefing also looks at and examines emerging themes across services, focusing on healthcare for trans people, and access to wheelchair services.

Take a look at our papers for our March Committee Meeting.

Our latest briefing illustrates the chain of factors which impact on people's experiences in A&E.

Our latest report sets out what funding the Healthwatch network has received to carry out its statutory activities in 2019/20.

Find out what young people told us they want from mental health support and services.

When the NHS Long Term Plan was published in January 2019 we were asked by NHS England to engage people across the country about how people wanted the priorities to be implemented locally. Here's what over 40,000 people told us.

Last year, Healthwatch supported over 336,000 people to share their story about health and social care. These views resulted in over 7,200 recommendations to services about the improvements that people would like to see.

Hospitals need to do more to show patients how the NHS is learning from mistakes. Read our latest report to find out more.

Here are some easy read resources to explain who we are and what we do.