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Health and social care services are changing, but how effective are they at involving the public? Our National Director shared the experiences of local Healthwatch with the Health and Social Care Select Committee.

Choosing care services for a loved one is more stressful than getting married, according to new research.

Volunteers play a vital role at Healthwatch, helping the public have their say in health and social care. To celebrate Student Volunteering Week, we spoke to Helen about what she learned during her time as a student volunteer with Healthwatch Leeds.

Guidance from NICE, developed with the help of Healthwatch Surrey, highlights how you should be an equal partner in your care. Alice Maynard, Chair of the Guideline Committee explains more.

Last year 4,700 volunteers gave up time to help their local Healthwatch make a difference to health and social care in their community.

Our country’s health and care services face big challenges. We are living longer, but more people need help with long-term health conditions, adding pressures to services. This demand for support comes at a time when the cost of care is increasing.

Across the country reforms are underway to ensure that health and social care services provide a good quality and seamless experience for people. The public understand the need for change, but also want to be involved in decisions.

Find out what happened at our public Committee Meeting.

The needs of young people looking after a relative with an illness or disability aren’t always understood, and they often don’t realise they are carers.

Young carers have a lot of added responsibilities compared to other people their age. Find out four ways they’ve told us they could be better supported.

We're delighted to welcome seven new members to the Healthwatch England Committee.

Using the views you have shared with us, find out what six areas we have told the Government that NHS England should focus on over the next year to improve health and social care for people.