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Guidance
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Healthwatch core skills framework 2025/26
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
Annual report template 2024 - 25
Download the new annual report template to showcase your best projects and how you have made a difference for local people in the last year.
Guidance
How to develop a communications strategy
Find out the critical ingredients for developing communications strategy and access our communications strategy template.
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
Influencing Integrated Care Systems - briefings
Integrated care partnerships (ICPs) will soon produce their integrated care strategies to influence the five-year plan for health and care services. You can use this opportunity to highlight patient voice.
Guidance
How to write like Healthwatch (E-learning course)
This course will help you become a pro at writing like Healthwatch, so you can inspire your audiences. You'll also take away some handy resources and practical tips to make your job easier.
E-learning
How to use the analysis tools in Smart Survey
If you are using Smart Survey to collect data, this course will help you understand and use the different analysis tools within the platform.
Guidance