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Take a look at just some of the stories people shared with us, and at the resources you can use to encourage local people to speak to you about their experiences of mental health as new parents.Network News -
The Healthwatch 2019 conference is a great opportunity to chat with colleagues and share learning across the network. Let’s keep the conversation going online with these conversation starters.Blog -
During the consultation for Healthwatch England’s strategy, local Healthwatch asked us to explore how we can best support our network to demonstrate its effectiveness.Guidance -
Help make the value of your work recognised and look at this toolkit to help you show the impact that you're making to people's experiences of health and social care.Network News -
Quick and simple way for Healthwatch who don’t use the Healthwatch CiviCRM to share what people are saying locally about health and care developed.Guidance -
Find out how you can share your data with us quickly and easily via the Healthwatch England CRM.Network News -
Follow our event round up to find out what people are talking about at our annual Healthwatch conference.Guidance -
The Quality Framework aims to provide a shared understanding of the key ingredients for running an effective Healthwatch.Guidance -
The question "What does Healthwatch do?" can be hard to answer. We've put together some easy read resources so that it's clear to the public who we are and what we do.Guidance -
Email marketing is a great way of developing relationships and communicating with people who have engaged with you in the past or have signed up to hear updates from you in the future.Guidance -
Download all the resources from this event, which focused on involving young people in our work.Blog -
Self Care Week runs from the 18 - 22 November and encourages organisations to support people to take care of their health and wellbeing. Find out how you can get involved.Blog -
Our new Learning and Development Manager explains our plans to help you learn and develop next year. Marianne joined the team at Healthwatch England in September as Learning and Development Manager. Find out more about her role and the plans for the network.Guidance -
Video content can be a great way to engage with your online audience using your website or social media channels. Take a look at our videos that explain who we are and what we do.Blog -
Tell our experts how you think technology could make a difference to your work. Take our survey, find out about our project and help improve how Healthwatch uses digital systems in the future.Network News -
Find out how we are improving the way support local Healthwatch on the ground.Network News -
We're looking for three local Healthwatch to run Enter and View training for staff and volunteers across the network. Find out how you can apply for a grant.Network News -
To help you plan which campaigns you get involved next year, download our campaigns calendar.Network News -
You told us about the changes that you would like to see made to the CiviCRM and how you'd like data sharing to be easier. Here's what we did.Blog -
Student Volunteering Week is a great opportunity for us to thank Healthwatch volunteers and encourage more students to get involved with our work.Guidance -
Find out more about how to run a Healthwatch, including how to meet your legal obligations and exercise powers.Network News -
The feedback and views collected by Healthwatch should reflect the needs of all parts of the community. Read how we're working to improve the quality of our demographic data.
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It is likely that more and more of you will be working from home as the situation with the Coronavirus progresses. Here's how you can use Workplace to make communications easier.Network News -
The Government has introduced emergency legislation to help it respond to coronavirus. Find out what the bill contains and the issues that are most relevant to Healthwatch services.Blog -
Working remotely presents all sorts of challenges, and can feel isolating, but there are lots of ways to work well from home. Find out how.Guidance -
Take a look at the things you should think about before doing any online or remote engagement with the public.Network News -
Hundreds of thousands of NHS Volunteer Responders have been supporting vulnerable people during the coronavirus pandemic. Here's how your local Healthwatch can help the volunteer efforts against COVID-19.Network News -
COVID-19 has resulted in many changes across the country. Here are some changes to policy that you should be aware of at Healthwatch if you are to run effectively.Network News -
Use our annual report template to showcase how your work has made a difference to the health and social care services in your area for 2019-20.Network News -
Learn more about the NHS policy on “do not attempt to resuscitate” (DNAR) forms and how you can help make sure it is being followed by services.Guidance -
Significant pressures have been placed on the running of local Healthwatch with COVID-19. You may have changed the way you work, with staff working remotely, and your priorities for the year may have shifted.