News and reports

Read all about the project work, activity, impact and engagement of the Healthwatch Team.

Did you know you can choose which hospital you go to when referred for a test, diagnosis, or treatment? Find out how.

Making a complaint is a right enshrined in the NHS Constitution. Yet, Healthwatch England research found a number of barriers that prevented people from making a complaint about their healthcare.

How sharing your stories of Herefordshire is helping to create a vision for change

Find out why NHS action to tackle long waits for care can’t come soon enough for patients like Kimble.

Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses that anyone can develop. If someone you love is struggling, take a look at how you can support them.

An amazing community effort to open a hot food hub for the homeless in Herefordshire has been achieved.

What is preventing armed forces veterans from getting the care they need?

Community and business support needed as Herefordshire’s winter night shelter opens.

Almost two decades after the public lost their right to register permanently with an NHS dentist, our new research shows two-thirds believe this right exists. Find out more about our findings and calls for dental reform.

The Government has announced steps to improve the performance of the NHS, including a league table so that the public can see the best and worst performing NHS providers.

Healthwatch engaged with communities to understand what community-based provision or activities do, or would, support them to manage their long-term health conditions and frailty (in particular Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure and Respiratory conditions).