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Working with your local Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

Find out more about how the benefits of effectively engaging with your local JSNA

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How to pitch your story to the media

Having your story covered by a local paper or influencer is a great way to reach more people and encourage your community to share their views about local services. Here are some top tips to help you pitch your story.

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Using the new Healthwatch website - full guidance

We have worked with the network to develop a new website for local Healthwatch. This guidance covers how to use and manage the different content types within the website.

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Purdah guidance

Everything you need to know about how to remain impartial for the duration of the local government elections.

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A guide to Enter and View

Find out more about Healthwatch powers to Enter and View health and care services, including key questions to ask during each stage of the process.

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Photography consent form

Good photography is key to help with your communications. It's important that you are gathering consent of anyone in your photos and they understand how the photos may be used. This consent form will help you ensure you...

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Resources from Healthwatch Comms Camp - Engaging young people

Download all the resources from our first Communications Camp, which focused on engaging young people.

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Policy Forum - Special Educational Needs and Disability

See the notes from the July Policy Forum as well as presentations from the day.

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Working with partners - Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)

Find out how you can use your evidence and insight about people's experiences of health and social care to work with partners to help improve local services for your communtity.