News and reports

Today’s announcement by NHS England of a drive to improve orthotic services will come as welcome news to patients who depend upon services to help improve their mobility, independence and help with pain relief.

Our evidence to the Select Committee helps inform new report on Young People’s mental health.

We look at what recent public polling tells us about people's desire to provide feedback to help care services improve.

Healthwatch Suffolk was asked by their local Trust to find out what BME communities thought of mental health services. We ask them what happened next:

Last year local Healthwatch engaged over 300,000 people across England to help understand people’s experiences of care, but how do they do it?

New report outlines practical approaches to tackle the cause of delayed transfers of care.

Find out what happened at our public Committee Meeting.

New statistics show that there were 24,900 new written complaints in the first quarter of 2015/16. Read our response.

With the accessible information standard due to come into force next year, we look what one Healthwatch is doing to make their work more accessible

NHS England has announced a national review of maternity services in England.

We ask Emilia, Healthwatch Dorset's new engagement officer about her first seven days in the job.

With the public wanting more control of their own health and care, we welcome Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s plans to increase patient power.