Support for Healthwatch boards

Guidance - 19 April 2023

These checklists will help you to think through your roles, responsibilities and decision-making within your Healthwatch board.
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It is good practice for all local Healthwatch to have clear agreements about roles, responsibilities and decision-making.

You told us you wanted more support for Healthwatch boards.  Margaret Curtis and Phil Morgan, the two consultants from local Healthwatch who led the board support programme in 2022-23, have produced these checklists and templates that will help you in your role as a Healthwatch Chair or board member, in both hosted and standalone Healthwatch.

You will find all of the resources you need below, so that board support is all available on one easy to use page.

Downloads

These resources are all short templates and checklists you can download, use, or adapt in your own Healthwatch. 

Chair and board member appraisals
Download (OCX 752 KB)
Support for Chairs checklist
Download (OCX 751 KB)
Support for board members checklist
Download (OCX 752 KB)
Chair and board member training pathway
Download (OCX 748 KB)
Example governance framework (template)
Download (OCX 756 KB)

These existing resources will also be fundamental for Chairs and board members.

Decision-making template and guidance

How we make decisions (Easy Read)

Code of conduct template and guidance

Conflict of interest template and guidance

Guide to running a Healthwatch