News and reports

The team at Healthwatch Herefordshire are excited to announce that they have been shortlisted for a national award for their work in improving the care of local people.

This Share for Better Care Week (24 February – 2 March), Healthwatch have teamed up with Dr Ranj and Care Quality Commission (CQC) to urge people across England to take three spare minutes to feed back on their recent health and social care experiences.

One in four people in the UK have a mental health condition. With everything going on in our daily lives, awareness of our mental health and how to care for ourselves or others is essential.

Hospital discharge processes are in place to help you leave hospital safely. Whether you're returning home or, moving onto another care provider here’s what you should expect when it’s time to leave hospital.

Did you know that 40% of cancer cases could be prevented?

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.