1. New Healthwatch website now available

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    We have worked with the network to develop a new website for local Healthwatch. Find out more about what's included with the site and how you can get involved.

  2. Healthwatch brings people's voices to Westminster

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    Healthwatch from across England shared their successes and concerns in Westminster to make sure people can have their say about changes to health services.

  3. Using technology to build a stronger Healthwatch community

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    Read how we’re using an online community platform to help Healthwatch make more people’s voices heard.

  4. Health and social care targets only useful if people’s voices are heard

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    In our annual report to parliament, we call on services to listen to what matters most to people when it comes to their care – and on the public to keep speaking up.

  5. Four improvements you can expect to see in the coming months

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    Over the coming months we are doing a significant amount of work to improve the tools we use to share information across the Healthwatch network.

  6. How to take a good photo

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    A great photo can catch people's attention and draw in your audience. Whether it's for social media, your website or publications, good photos are vital to help you tell your stories.

  7. How to plan your communications

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    There are a number of things to think about when planning your communications. We've put together a checklist of things to consider throughout your campaign.

  8. How to resize images

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    This guidance explains how to resize images to use in your marketing and communications activities.

  9. Complaints policy template for local Healthwatch

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    If we make a mistake, it’s important that we work quickly to put things right and learn from what has happened. This resource provides a template policy you can adapt to use in your work as a local Healthwatch.

  10. Template: Information Asset Register

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    Data protection legislation requires you to record how you manage information. This resource provides you with a template you can use to do this.

  11. Guide: Data processing and protection

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    This guidance explains the current data protection law and what this will mean for your local Healthwatch.

  12. How to engage your local MP or councillor

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    Make sure that local elected representatives are kept informed about what people think of local health and care services. Follow our short guide to building an effective relationship with MPs and councillors.

  13. Managing and maintaining your website

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    This guidance covers the basic things that you need to know when managing your site.

  14. Healthwatch reports library now launched

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    Do you want to be able to search and find what people are telling local Healthwatch? We’ve built a tool that aims to help.

  15. Our work on mental health

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    We have launched a multi-year project on mental health, looking at a number of milestones in people's lives and the mental health support services available to them. Here is more information about the overall project and its first phase.

  16. Get involved in dementia action week

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    People with dementia, and their loved ones, commonly tell us that their experience of services could have been better if doctors, nurses and care staff had been more dementia aware. Can you help?

  17. Do you need support with your annual report?

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    Creating your annual report can be extremely time intensive. Take a look at how we can provide you with support throughout the process and start to think about how you can make the most of your content after launch.

  18. Six reasons to use our CRM

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    The CiviCRM enables us to share information effectively across the network. Here are six reasons how your work can be made easier thanks to the the CRM.

  19. What people have told us about health and care: October - December 2018

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    Find out what the public have been telling us about health and social care over the last three months.

  20. Template: Doing a Data Protection Impact Assessment

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    Data protection Impact Assessments are a requirements under the General Data Protection Regulation. Here we explain how an when you should carry one out and provide you with a template.

  21. Six resources to help you understand the implications of Brexit on health and social care

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    Take a look at these six resources to help you better understand how Brexit may affect you.

  22. Pre-election guidance: How to remain impartial

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    Everything you need to know about how to remain impartial during a local or national government pre-election period (previously known as ‘purdah’)

  23. Dementia Action Week: Help create dementia friendly services

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    You can help make health and social care easier for people with dementia to access. Find out how you can get involved, as part of Dementia Action Week.

  24. Business continuity template

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    An editable template for planning your business recovery during an emergency or disaster.

  25. How you can help put people at the heart of future stroke services

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    Read our briefing about how Healthwatch can make sure people have a say about the reconfiguration of stroke care.

  26. CRM guidance - finding and merging contacts

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    Make sure your CRM contains good quality data by making sure you don't have duplicate contacts on your CRM.

  27. New Annual Report template published

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    Download the annual report template to showcase the amazing work of Healthwatch during 2018-19.