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Katherine Rake looks back at the factors that are helping Healthwatch amplify the voice of health and social care consumers.

The work of the Healthwatch network is shaped by the concerns that local people raise with 152 local Healthwatch. Our annual survey of health and care priorities reveals the five top issues for 2016.

One in three people said yes when asked this question in a recent England wide poll. We spoke to Healthwatch Cornwall to find out more about changing attitudes to pharmacy services.

Most people when surveyed say that they are satisfied with the care they get from primary care services, but this does not tell the full story.

As 2015 draws to a close, we have been looking back at the great work the Healthwatch network has done this year.

Following a public consultation to which over 130,000 responses were received, the Department of Health has now published the NHS mandate.

The Department of Health has today started advertising for a new chair to lead Healthwatch England through the changing landscape of health and social care.

NHS England publishes its ambitions for the health service for 2016/17

Our new report, published today, highlights five common concerns that people across England have shared with Healthwatch about maternity services.

As the year comes to a close, we look back on some of the great things the Healthwatch network has achieved this year.

With a report out today highlighting that one in three women do not feel they are always given the information they need during labour, we take a look at what people have been telling local Healthwatch about maternity services.

The CQC have released a new report looking at the 1,292 visits they carried out between April 2014 and March 2015 to check how people detained under the Act are treated.