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Dementia Action Week: Help create dementia friendly services

You can help make health and social care easier for people with dementia to access. Find out how you can get involved, as part of Dementia Action Week.

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Six resources to help you understand the implications of Brexit on health and social care

Take a look at these six resources to help you better understand how Brexit may affect you.

Resources published to support your work on the NHS Long Term Plan

New resources published to help you in your work to engage the public in the NHS Long Term Plan.

28 February 2019

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Six reasons to use our CRM

The CiviCRM enables us to share information effectively across the network. Here are six reasons how your work can be made easier thanks to the the CRM.

7 February 2019

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Do you need support with your annual report?

Creating your annual report can be extremely time intensive. Take a look at how we can provide you with support throughout the process and start to think about how you can make the most of your content after launch.

7 February 2019

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Get involved in dementia action week

People with dementia, and their loved ones, commonly tell us that their experience of services could have been better if doctors, nurses and care staff had been more dementia aware. Can you help?

7 February 2019

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Our work on mental health

We have launched a multi-year project on mental health, looking at a number of milestones in people's lives and the mental health support services available to them. Here is more information about the overall project and its first phase.

6 February 2019

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Healthwatch reports library now launched

Do you want to be able to search and find what people are telling local Healthwatch? We’ve built a tool that aims to help.

5 February 2019

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New Healthwatch website now available

We have worked with the network to develop a new website for local Healthwatch. Find out more about what's included with the site and how you can get involved.

5 February 2019

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Four improvements you can expect to see in the coming months

Over the coming months we are doing a significant amount of work to improve the tools we use to share information across the Healthwatch network.

25 January 2019

Healthwatch annual report front cover, titles 'What matters most'.

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

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Healthwatch brings people's voices to Westminster

Healthwatch from across England shared their successes and concerns in Westminster to make sure people can have their say about changes to health services.

24 January 2019