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Refugees and asylum seekers are often under represented groups, with language barriers and unfamiliar surroundings preventing them from engaging easily with services. Find out how to engage directly with them by overcoming these challenges.

This guide gives you an introduction into how you can use live streaming as a way of connecting with different areas of your community, increasing your reach and building relationships with stakeholders.

This guide from Healthwatch Camden explains how to partner with your local GP surgeries and send text messages to their patient list with links to your current surveys and when this digital engagement method is, and isn't, appropriate.

During the pandemic, Healthwatch were unable to visit services to find out about people's experiences. Across the network, Healthwatch have found other ways of getting insight that may prove useful as an alternative to Enter and View.

Find out about our new brand values, as well as the steps we'll take this year to strengthen our brand further.

Please help us plan how we best support you throughout 2021-22 and beyond by taking this mandatory survey.
We run this survey every year and ask all local Healthwatch to complete it, so that we better understand the Healthwatch network and how we can improve the support we provide.
We'd be grateful if you can complete one survey for your local Healthwatch by Friday 6 August.

Take a look at our work to improve Healthwatch’s use of digital systems since January, and help us understand your digital needs in a post COVID world.

Do you lead on campaigns for your Healthwatch? Find out about our new communications network for staff and volunteers and how you can be involved.

Read about the Quality Framework as Delana Lawson, Quality Assurance and Regional Manager (North East) shares its benefits and how it can help you in running an effective Healthwatch.

Find out more about where we are focusing our support to help us reach a high performing and sustainable Healthwatch network.

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Have you just joined local Healthwatch as a board member? Or would you like to brush up on your knowledge and skills about running an effective Healthwatch?