News and reports

Hospitals need to do more to show patients how the NHS is learning from mistakes. Read our latest report to find out more.

We all love the NHS, but it can’t improve without our help. That’s why we’re asking people to share their experience of services, so care can be made better for everyone.

New campaign calls on the public to their experiences of NHS services to help make care better for all.

Here are some easy read resources to explain who we are and what we do.

Our reports library tool aims to help you search thousands of reports produced by local Healthwatch. Take a look and tell us what you think so that we can make it the best it can be.

Thousands of people share their experiences of health and care with Healthwatch every month. Download our briefing to find out the key issues people are raising about GPs, hospitals and other care services.

Find out what the public has been telling us about health and social care from July to September this year.

This briefing also looks at emerging themes across services and examines what people have been telling us about support for incontinence.

Take a look at our papers for our November Committee Meeting.

Our research shows that the public value a wide range of factors when it comes to good care in A&E, which is why we're working with the NHS to ensure new measures take people’s full experiences into consideration.

Today the CQC published results from its patient experience survey of accident and emergency departments. Read our response.

Care Quality Commission's report today shows 'perfect storm' brewing for people using mental health and learning disability services.

Before he sadly passed away in May 2019, Mike Chapman went out of his way to use his experience to help make care better for people affected by cancer. Mike was recognised for his outstanding achievement at the Healthwatch Network Awards 2019.