How to develop a communications strategy
Find out the critical ingredients for developing communications strategy and access our communications strategy template.
Guidance
Canva templates and assets
Useful templates and assets to help you with your digital and traditional marketing activities.
Guidance
Healthwatch core skills framework 2024/25
This framework will help you see the skills you use in your role, identify any gaps and find the support you need to develop or fine tune them.
Guidance
Guide: Data processing and protection
This guidance explains the current data protection law and what this will mean for your local Healthwatch.
Guidance
How to complete our annual local Healthwatch survey
To ensure we give you the right support, please fill in the Annual Survey and tell us how things work on the ground for you and the constraints you face locally.
Guidance
Getting started with the Healthwatch brand
Everything you need to get started with the Healthwatch brand. Download our handy branding quick quide, messaging cheat sheet, local Healthwatch descriptors, and visual guidelines.
Guidance
An introduction to Equality, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Take our new e-learning course to gain an understanding of areas including the Equality Act 2010, protected characteristics and Healthwatch's role in tackling health inequalities.
E-learning
Social care survey template questions
In July 2024, Healthwatch England published research on the experiences of working-age disabled people when accessing and using social care. We heard that some Healthwatch are interested in carrying out similar research but are not sure what to ask, so we are publishing the questions from our survey.
Guidance
Media protocol
This protocol outlines our approach to managing media relations and helps clarify the role of the media team at Healthwatch England.
Guidance