Our annual report 2016/17
Our network of 152 local Healthwatch published more than 1,745 reports in 2016-17, bringing together what people from across the community want from local care.
Report
News and reports
NHS needs to do more to understand why people are returning to hospital after being discharged
New figures show that emergency readmissions to hospital have risen by a fifth since 2012/13. Find out more about what our new analysis of emergency readmissions data tells us.
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Our public Committee Meeting October 2017 supporting materials
Find out what happened at our public Committee Meeting.
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National Information Board's vision for patients, carers and service users
The Government's National Information Board's has published its vision that sets out what the board aims to deliver by 2020.
Report
Our response to CQC's review of children and young people's mental health services in England
New report from CQC finds that too many children and young people have a poor experience of care and are unable to access timely and appropriate support.
In January 2017 the Government commissioned a review of mental health services for children and young people in England. The Care Quality Commission has today published a report on the first phase of the review.
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Our response to CQC's survey on people's experiences of urgent and emergency services
45,000 people who received urgent and emergency services shared their views on their care with CQC. Find out what the results said.
The survey of 45,000 people who received urgent and emergency services provided by 137 NHS trusts across England show positive results for many areas of treatment.
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Our response to NHS plans to boost flu vaccination and manage winter pressures
Free flu vaccines for care home staff and increased number of jabs for young children in schools will be made available to try and increase the uptake of vaccinations this winter.
Today NHS England, Public Health England, the Department of Health and NHS Improvement have unveiled measures to boost the uptake of flu vaccinations this winter.
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Our response to the CQC's State of Care report
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today published its annual analysis of the quality of health and adult social care in England for 2016/17.
The State of Care report looks at the trends, highlights examples of good and outstanding care, and identifies factors that maintain high-quality care.
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What do the numbers say about emergency readmissions to hospital?
As part of our work to understand people's experiences of leaving hospital, we have today published a new analysis of NHS emergency readmissions data
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What happens when people leave hospital and other care settings?
In the last two years, over 2,000 people have shared their experiences of leaving care with Healthwatch.
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People share their experiences of being discharged from hospital
In our new briefing - What happens when people leave hospital and other care settings? – we share what over 2,000 people told local Healthwatch about their experiences of being discharged.
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Local NHS commits to making changes after patients share their experiences of A&E
The number of people visiting A&E in 2016 increased by 5.3% to 23.57 million. To better understand why more people have been visiting A&E, Healthwatch Reading spoke to patients to find out about their experience.
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