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A new briefing from QualityWatch looks at the number of emergency readmissions to hospital. The report found there was a 41.3% rise in the number of people returning to hospital for "potentially preventable" conditions.Response -
Our National Director responds to NHS plans to improve patient care by cutting long hospital stays.Report -
Find out what the public have been telling us about health and social care over the last three months.Report -
New research indicates spike in emergency readmissions to hospital over the last year. Our report calls on NHS to fix the data gaps to help understand why.Report -
Our new research explores what matters most to people when seeking emergency care.Report -
Find out what the public have been telling us about health and social care from January - March this year.Response -
Leslie Hamilton and his working group have published their independent review into how the laws on gross negligence manslaughter and culpable homicide are applied to medical practice. Read our response.Report -
Find out what the public have been telling us about health and social care from April to June this year.Report -
Find out what's working well for people and what needs to improve when it comes to people's experiences of travelling to and from NHS appointments, in our new briefing.Response -
Today, the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has reported a 36% increase in the number of investigations linked to people having a poor experience of leaving care.Response -
Lord Carter's review of efficiency in hospitals shows how large savings can be made by the NHS.Response -
Latest statistics show a steady increase in delayed discharge from hospital settings over 12 months.Response -
Today, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has released a new report highlighting what they have learned from three year's worth of inspections of NHS Acute Hospitals.Response -
New research from the Press Association shows that hospitals collected more than £120 million last year in hospital parking charges.Response -
The CQC has today published their latest survey results about people’s experiences of emergency departments in England.Response -
NICE has outlined new draft guidance to help A&E departments ensure there are enough nursing staff available to provide safe care at all times to patients.Response -
New statistics released by NHS England show a decrease in delayed hospital discharge over the festive period.Response -
The Department of Health has released a report which sets out the progress made in applying the lessons learned from the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.Response -
New report outlines practical approaches to tackle the cause of delayed transfers of care.Response -
New guidance to help hospitals ensure that there are the right number of midwifery staff to provide care for women and their babies.Response -
Latest statistics show an overall increase in delayed discharge from hospital settings over 12 monthsResponse -
New guidance from NICE aims to help hospitals have a safe level of hospital staff to ensure good patient care.Response -
Findings from CQC’s survey show that too many people are experiencing delays in leaving hospital.Response -
45,000 people who received urgent and emergency services shared their views on their care with CQC. Find out what the results said.Response -
New report proposes a shift in how urgent and emergency care is provided.Response -
Latest monthly data from NHS England shows that the proportion of delays caused by issues relating to social care have increased.Response -
NHS England has released new statistics that show target to reduce delayed transfers of care to 3.5% has not been met.Response -
A report from the National Audit Office published today has found that the way older patients are discharged from hospital does not represent value for money. Read our response.Response -
The Committee of Public Accounts urges new measures to tackle scale and cost of delays in discharging patients from hospital. Read our response.Response -
Latest statistics show a notable increase in delayed discharge from hospital settings over 12 months. Read our response.
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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.Response -
Read our response to the news that the testing of changes to the maximum waiting times for non-urgent treatment will be extended.Report -
Our latest briefing illustrates the chain of factors which impact on people's experiences in A&E.Report -
Find out what the public has been telling us about health and social care from October to December. This briefing also looks at and examines emerging themes across services, focusing on healthcare for trans people, and access to wheelchair services.Response -
New report from the National Audit Office examines the progress that has been made to reduce the impact of emergency admissions on acute hospitals.Response -
In response to the Care Quality Commission's State of Care report, our Interim Chair, Jane Mordue, calls for the health and social care sector to meaningfully involve the public in decisions about health and social care.Report -
Find out what the public has been telling us about health and social care from April - June 2020, including the key issues people have faced because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Response -
Care Quality Commission's report today shows COVID-19 is magnifying inequalities and “risks turning fault lines into chasms”.Report -
Our new report with the British Red Cross looks at how well the new hospital discharge policy is working for patients, carers and healthcare professionals.Response -
Our National Director, Imelda Redmond, responds to CQC’s COVID-19 inpatient survey, highlighting the importance of getting discharge right for patients and their loved ones.Response -
NHS England want to hear from patients, clinicians and the public on their proposed set of performance measures for A&E.Report -
Since COVID-19 struck, the work of the Healthwatch network to support and listen to local people became more crucial than ever. Find out more in our 2019-20 annual report to Parliament about how we have helped make care better.Response -
Our response to CQC's report, ‘Protect, respect, connect – decisions about living and dying well during COVID-19.'Report -
Our new evidence raises further concerns about the defensive and obstructive culture around complaints in the NHS.Report -
With the help of 101 local Healthwatch, we heard from over 3,000 people who shared their stories with us about their experiences of the discharge process.Report -
In the last two years, over 2,000 people have shared their experiences of leaving care with Healthwatch.Report -
As part of our work to understand people's experiences of leaving hospital, we have today published a new analysis of NHS emergency readmissions dataReport -
As part of our research into unsafe discharge from hospital and care settings we conducted a Freedom of Information Request in May 2015 of 164 hospital trusts.Response -
Using your feedback on care, we share with Government the issues we believe should be included in the objectives for the NHS for the year ahead. Read our recommendations.Response -
The latest NHS data shows that a record number of people are waiting for care, although the number of people waiting a year or more has fallen slightly. Read our response.
