This webinar will help you understand how MPs and Parliament work and how your Healthwatch can engage your local MPs and other parliamentarians in the work you do.

Type of event

Learning webinar with presentations and Q&A for a large audience.   

Who is this event for?

This event is for anyone in Healthwatch who wants to work with their local MPs, in engagement, policy or research for example.

This meeting will give you the opportunity to hear from local Healthwatch about undertaking research to meet local stakeholders’ needs. You’ll also hear from Healthwatch England about how we undertake research to influence policy at a national level..

Type of event

Network meeting – presentations with discussion and Q&A in a friendly and informal setting.

This event will provide you with an opportunity to hear from Healthwatch about undertaking research on men’s health, including insights into how to design effective research projects focused on men, as well as examples of local Healthwatch projects and their impact. You’ll also hear about the development of Healthwatch England’s Men’s Health report, which has been designed to align with the upcoming Men’s Health Strategy soon to be released by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

This event will provide you with an opportunity to hear from three Healthwatch about research they have undertaken on hard to be heard groups.

We will hear from:

This session will show you how to construct a good online survey that will give you actionable insight. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and get help from our friendly Research and Insight team.

Please note that we’ll be using SmartSurvey to construct the survey as Healthwatch England provides free SmartSurvey licences to local Healthwatch.

Type of event

Interactive session – please come prepared to share your views and thoughts. Joining in with your camera on will be appreciated.

This session will show you how to construct a good online survey that will give you actionable insight. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and get help from our friendly Research and Insight team.

Please note that we’ll be using SmartSurvey to construct the survey as Healthwatch England provides free SmartSurvey licences to local Healthwatch.

Type of event

Interactive session – please come prepared to share your views and thoughts. Joining in with your camera on will be appreciated.

This session will help you understand the basics of qualitative data analysis for any research project.

Type of event

This session will be an interactive workshop

Who is this event for?

This event is for Healthwatch staff who are involved or interested in research, evaluation, or data analysis who want to improve their qualitative analysis skills.

What you will learn?

By taking part in this session, you will:

This session will help you understand the basics of qualitative data analysis for any research project.

Type of event

This session will be an interactive workshop

Who is this event for?

This event is for Healthwatch staff who are involved or interested in research, evaluation, or data analysis who want to improve their qualitative analysis skills.

What you will learn?

By taking part in this session, you will:

Join us at our Healthwatch Volunteer Leads network meeting where we will be discussing how to best support our Enter & View Authorised Representatives. This will include training, management and processes we must have in place and the role of the volunteer lead.  We will explore good practice in supporting E&V volunteers and showcasing a local Healthwatch’s successful approach.   

This session will introduce the way that councils manage health and care services (including social care and Public Health).

We will focus on how you can work with different parts of your local council to influence decisions and make change.

Type of event

This will be an online session which will be a mix of information, discussion and interactive elements.

Please keep your camera on if possible and be prepared to take part.