News and reports

When someone dies unexpectedly while under NHS care, it is important that the correct processes are in place to find out why. The Care Quality Commission is looking at this issue and wants to hear your views.

The Committee of Public Accounts urges new measures to tackle scale and cost of delays in discharging patients from hospital. Read our response.

We spoke to the people of Greater Manchester to find out how future services can meet their health and social care needs.

This is the question we are working with local Healthwatch to find out.

From 31 July, all organisations providing NHS or adult social care will have to comply with the accessible information standard. Here we look at what you should expect as a result.

8 in 10 people report a good overall experience of their GP service, but when we ask people to tell us more, they say there is still room for improvement. Find out how one local Healthwatch is helping to change GP surgeries in Camden.

New report from CQC highlights how services are currently working together to meet the needs of older people

New statistics from NHS England released about people’s experiences of GP services.

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit that provides extra money to help with the costs caused by long-term ill-health or a disability.

Over 220,000 people helped to navigate local health and care services.

Over 400 people came together to celebrate the difference local Healthwatch across the country have made to health and social care at a local and national level at the Healthwatch Network Awards.

Last year, our volunteers visited over 3,500 health and care services to see if they work for people. Find out more about the work our volunteers do in their local communities.