News and reports

Being able to access primary care services is a key concern that the public have raised with local Healthwatch. Our first in a series of blogs focuses on what one group of mothers in Southend-on-Sea told us.

Accessing GP services is a key concern people share with their local Healthwatch. Here are some of the issues people from different communities face.

We spoke to six different groups of people about their experiences of primary care services and the issues they face. Take a look to see what they told us.

The Department of Health is consulting on the roles and responsibilities of the National Data Guardian for health and social care.

New report finds that while patient satisfaction with access to General Practice remains high, it is declining.

We have highlighted our concerns about the time frame people have to respond to the consultation and for their views to be responded to.

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.