News and reports

Thousands of volunteers give up their time to find out what people around the country think of health and care every year. Find out about one Healthwatch’s award-winning approach to recruiting volunteers.

Today the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons has published a new report on Improving older people’s oral health.

Finding a suitable care home for you or a loved one can be difficult. Knowing what to look for and what questions to ask can make the decision easier. We’ve gathered some information and useful resources to help you make the right choice.

Here we share how organisations from across the health and care sector have responded to our report 'What's it like to live in a care home?'.

Our new report provides a unique picture of how feedback from residents and families is generally being used by staff, managers and those running large groups of homes.

Working with older people, their families and care experts, the charity Independent Age has developed a set of quality indicators which Healthwatch Camden helped test during their visits to local care homes.

The quality of support offered in care homes has improved because residents spoke up about what they wanted.

Between January 2016 and April 2017, local Healthwatch visited 197 care homes across 63 different local authority areas in England to find out what life is really like for people living in care homes. Our new report explains what we found.

Local teen is driving force behind campaign to improve mental health support in Worcestershire.

Find out what happened at our public Committee Meeting.

Our National Director talks about the importance of everyone having their say on what should be available on prescription.

Read seven inspiring stories from our 2017 Healthwatch Network Awards, to show how your feedback is helping to change health and care for the better.