What we're working on
Latest open programmes you can participate in:
- Have Your Say (HYS) pilot: Making collecting your Have Your Say data from Healthwatch England easier.
- Syndicated content: A national news solution for all those using our Healthwatch Drupal CMS platform.
Digital and data introduction
For the latest news and information and support from Healthwatch England on its digital and data activities visit this page regularly. We’ve broken this section down into five areas:
Digital offer: where you will find the different platforms that we offer to Healthwatch.
Support: where you will find the support resources that we offer.
Data: Covering data standards, our taxonomy, data sharing and collection.
Projects: What we're working on and opportunities to take part to build our solutions.
Legacy systems: Support for our legacy systems users.
Digital offer
Digital Systems
We provide a range of solutions to Healthwatch, in this section you will find all the platforms we offer to faciliate the various functions of Healthwatch.
- Data Sharing
Sharing your data with Healthwatch England. - Data collection
Solutions for collecting data. - Data access
Access to our data systems. - Collaboration
Enabling collaboration between Healthwatch. - Brand and Communications
Supporting brand identity and communications.
Platforms
Request platform access using our webforms:
- Enterprise survey tool (sign-up webform)
Request a SmartSurvey account. - Healthwatch Drupal CMS (website template)
Are you interested in moving your website to our template? Please fill in the form. - National Reports Library access
Request access to upload and view your reports. - Facebook Workplace
Has your password expired or you would like access to our Workplace groups? Fill in the form.
Support
Healthwatch Drupal CMS (website template)
The digital team offers free CMS support to all the local Healthwatch that use our template and CMS. If you encounter any difficulty in using the CMS, you don't know how to do something or you spot a serious error please get in touch with digital@healtwatch.co.uk and we're happy to help. Please describe the issue in detail in your email so we can replicate it. Do not forget to include links and where appropriate, screenshots.
Website onboarding
Move your website to our template and CMS. We offer an integrated platform that is competitively priced. Free CMS support and training are included and our template is regularly updated and improved.
Digital training
We have produced a number of training resources that are a good starting point to learn how to publish on our CMS.
We can also organise short training sessions over Teams upon request. Please get in touch with digital@healtwatch.co.uk if you require training.
Data
Data collection and structure
Find information regarding handling sensitive data securely along with information on the data structure/taxonomy that Healthwatch England uses.
Data handling and sharing
Information on using the right research methodology for engagement projects and data analysis. Further information is provided on how to share your data with Healthwatch England.
Projects
Development projects
We regularly work on new solutions to improve the functionality of the systems we provide. Here you'll find the projects we currently working along with any opportunities available for you to take part.
- Syndicated content feature in the CMS
- Accessibility improvements to the template
- Network site improvements
- Have Your Say
Other projects
Legacy support
Following an extensive user research project on the digital needs of Healthwatch in 2019/2020, we initiated a digital transformation project. We've made new platforms available to Healthwatch and retired one of our key platforms the CiviCRM. We still provide some online resources for the CiviCRM along with support for the Microsfot Excel basic solution for data storage.
Resources
Legacy CiviCRM support and Excel resources: