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Resources
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.
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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.
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How to develop a communications strategy
Find out the critical ingredients for developing communications strategy and access our communications strategy template.
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Guide: Data processing and protection
This guidance explains the current data protection law and what this will mean for your local Healthwatch.
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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.
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Helping Healthwatch work together to speak to people in diverse communities
Read about our pilot to help to share learning across the Network when it comes to engaging diverse communities.
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Are you ready for Integrated Care Systems (ICSs)?
We’ve outlined a quick summary of what current ICS guidance means for your Healthwatch.
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Engaging with people who are experiencing homelessness
People who are experiencing homelessness are often not asked about their views. We spoke to Healthwatch Dorset to find out more about their approach to working with homeless people and what they’ve learnt.
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