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In the 70th year of the NHS, Healthwatch is turning its attention to the future, asking the public some big questions about what they want health and care in England to look like.

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.

New research suggests a lack of information and support is preventing people from thinking about the care they may want or need in the future.

Read our response to a report by NHS Digital showing a 4.5% increase in complaints about primary care services.

For the past three years, mental health has been the number one health and social care issue for the Healthwatch network. Take a look to see what people have told Healthwatch about their experiences.

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.

Find out more about our upcoming work on mental health and our first phase of research.

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.

Find out what more about what we'll be talking about at our public Committee Meeting.

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.

After reviewing over 170 entries, we are pleased to announce all of the finalists for the Healthwatch Network Awards 2018.

Find out more about our plans for 2018/19.