News and reports

Last year 4,700 volunteers gave up time to help their local Healthwatch make a difference to health and social care in their community.

Our country’s health and care services face big challenges. We are living longer, but more people need help with long-term health conditions, adding pressures to services. This demand for support comes at a time when the cost of care is increasing.

Across the country reforms are underway to ensure that health and social care services provide a good quality and seamless experience for people. The public understand the need for change, but also want to be involved in decisions.

Find out what happened at our public Committee Meeting.

The needs of young people looking after a relative with an illness or disability aren’t always understood, and they often don’t realise they are carers.

Young carers have a lot of added responsibilities compared to other people their age. Find out four ways they’ve told us they could be better supported.

We're delighted to welcome seven new members to the Healthwatch England Committee.

Using the views you have shared with us, find out what six areas we have told the Government that NHS England should focus on over the next year to improve health and social care for people.

Our work is shaped by the concerns that local people raise with 152 local Healthwatch. Our annual survey of health and care priorities puts mental health at the top of the list for 2018.

We are launching a new multi-year project to find out what support people need.

Our latest report sets out what funding the Healthwatch network has received to carry out its statutory activities for 2017/18.

Find out how much funding your local Healthwatch receives to help you have your say on important health and social care issues.