Healthwatch England’s response to NHS England reform
The Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that NHS England will be abolished to bring management of the NHS back to ministers. Its functions will be taken into the Department of Health […]
Communication and Marketing Officer at Healthwatch Northumberland. We listen to your views and experiences of health and social care and share them with the commissoners and providers. We want users of care to be involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible. We'll also give you health information, locally and nationally, let you know what events and developments are happening in your area, and we can also help you find information you need about services with our signposting service.
The Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that NHS England will be abolished to bring management of the NHS back to ministers. Its functions will be taken into the Department of Health […]
Your NHS and social care feedback February 2025 The services we heard most about this month were GP services, followed by mental health services. For GP services, the main issue […]
Healthwatch Northumberland Monthly Drop-ins Come and see us at one of our monthly drop-ins, which we hold in all five local council areas of the county. These sessions are a […]
Understanding people’s experiences of the new Front Door Service at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital We want to understand people’s experiences of a new approach to assessing people who walk […]
Health and social care feedback January 2025 The top issues you told us about this month were hospitals and GP services. We also had feedback on audiology services, as we’d […]
Between July and December 2024, we received detailed feedback from 388 people at face-to-face events, via telephone calls, emails, our website, social media and other sources. This is less than […]
Health and social care feedback December 2024 The top three services we heard about this month were GP services, hospitals and Audiology Services. Difficulties getting an appointment and quality of […]
Over 100 people contacted us this month, to leave feedback, or use our Information and Signposting Service. We heard the most about GP services with patients feeling that the quality […]
Purpose of the visits When Healthwatch was established in 2012 we were given the power to ‘Enter and View’ health and social care premises as a way of engaging with […]
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