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Reprieve for all Healthwatch organisations
We would like to share the wonderful news, announced today, that Healthwatch England and local Healthwatch organisations will be retained and strengthened.
This will provide some welcome certainty and security for our team going forward. Thank you to everyone who signed our petition and helped to make this happen!
Healthwatch England released the following statement:
“Today, the Government announced that local Healthwatch organisations and Healthwatch England will be retained and strengthened, ensuring that patients’ and the public’s experiences play a greater role in improving health and social care services.
We are delighted that the Government has recognised the value of Healthwatch and our role as an independent champion for patients and the public.
This decision also recognises the outstanding work and professionalism of staff and volunteers across Healthwatch England and local Healthwatch organisations, particularly during what has been a challenging period.
We would like to thank everyone who has continued to work with Healthwatch and support our work. Your commitment helps ensure that people’s voices are heard and that their experiences can contribute to better health and social care services.”
While this is amazing news, we are still running at reduced capacity due to the previous sustained uncertainty about the organisation’s future. Please bear with us in the short term as it may still take longer for us to get back to you.
In the meantime, you can still access our series of ‘signposting’ factsheets which deal with common issues we hear about. You can find these here. These will include advice on where to go for advocacy services, how to give compliments and raise concerns, and how to make formal complaints.
Feedback
You can continue to send us feedback through our usual channels:
- General Feedback Form on SmartSurvey.
- Direct emails at enquiries@healthwatchstaffordshire.co.uk
- The contact form on our website.
- Call us on 0800 050 8371 – you can leave us a message.
- Comment on our social media posts (Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn)
Deep Dives and Surveys
We will complete this year’s Deep Dive projects, and you can find links to all our current surveys on our website.
Enter and View Visits
We will continue with our Enter and View visits, please let us know if you have any suggestions for these.
What happens next?
We’ll keep you updated with any further changes as soon as we know about them.
As always – Share your views and help make care better here: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/G84ZDT/
Healthwatch Staffordshire Provider:
Healthwatch Staffordshire provides an independent voice to ensure the views of patients and their loved ones are considered by decision-makers.
Healthwatch Staffordshire is now being delivered by Support Staffordshire, which for many years has supported the county’s voluntary, community and social enterprise sector. See more at www.supportstaffordshire.org.uk
