Annual report template 2025 - 26
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
Resources
Healthwatch core skills framework 2026/27
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
Understanding the health and social care system e-learning
Check out our e-learning course to help you navigate the health and social care system.
We've launched a bespoke new e-learning course for Healthwatch staff which will give you a broad understanding of England's health and care…
E-learning
Canva templates and assets
Useful templates and assets to help you with your digital and traditional marketing activities.
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
An introduction to quantitative research
This guidance is designed to help Healthwatch teams understand what quantitative research is, when to use it, and how to conduct it effectively. It covers the different types of quantitative research methods, including surveys, observations and analysing existing datasets.
Guidance
Semi-structured interviews
This guidance sets out how to use semi-structured interviews in a research project. It includes considerations in planning interviews, writing a discussion guide and running interviews.
Guidance
Fraudulent research participation guidance
Check out our new guidance which outlines strategies for minimising fraudulent research participation and identifying suspicious or fraudulent research data in surveys, interviews and focus groups.
Guidance