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How can you get involved with Student Volunteering Week?
Student Volunteering Week is a great opportunity for us to thank Healthwatch volunteers and encourage more students to get involved with our work.
Find out how you can get involved and attract more young volunteers.
20 January 2020
Blog
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Tell us how technology could make a difference to your work
Tell our experts how you think technology could make a difference to your work. Take our survey, find out about our project and help improve how Healthwatch uses digital systems in the future.
28 November 2019
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How the regional support we provide you with is changing
Find out how we are improving the way support local Healthwatch on the ground.
Discover more about our five new programmes of work.
25 November 2019
Network News
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Health and social care targets only useful if people’s voices are heard
In our annual report to parliament, we call on services to listen to what matters most to people when it comes to their care – and on the public to keep speaking up.
25 January 2019
Network News
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Using technology to build a stronger Healthwatch community
Read how we’re using an online community platform to help Healthwatch make more people’s voices heard.
22 January 2019
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How can you get involved with Student Volunteering Week?
Student Volunteering Week is a great opportunity for us to thank Healthwatch volunteers and encourage more students to get involved with our work.
20 January 2020
Blog
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Download the 2020 Campaign Calendar
To help you plan which campaigns you get involved next year, download our campaigns calendar.
5 December 2019
Network News
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You said, we did: Three important changes to the CRM
You told us about the changes that you would like to see made to the CiviCRM and how you'd like data sharing to be easier. Here's what we did.
3 December 2019
Network News

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What's your health or social care priority this year? #SpeakUp2020
Here's what people have already told us about their experiences of hospital care, mental health support and social care. #SpeakUp2020 and tell us about the changes that you would like to see.
SpeakUp2020: Share your views and help make the NHS better
New campaign calls on the public to their experiences of NHS services to help make care better for all.
Make more space for new parents to talk about their mental health
In our new report, we share what parents have told us about their experiences of mental health problems during and after pregnancy, and call on services to give people more opportunities to talk about their mental wellbeing.

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Shifting the mindset: a closer look at NHS complaints
Hospitals need to do more to show patients how the NHS is learning from mistakes. Read our latest report to find out more.
What people have told us about health and social care: April to June 2019
Find out what the public have been telling us about health and social care from April to June this year.
Our public Committee Meeting September 2019 supporting materials
Take a look at our papers for our September Committee Meeting.