by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Nov 27, 2023 | News
Access to care is the main concern people have shared with Healthwatch in the past year. A new report by Healthwatch England looking at health and social care from the patients’ perspective has warned that we risk “a two-tier health and care system”...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Nov 6, 2023 | News, Project
We want to hear about your experiences of using urgent and emergency health care services. We will use your feedback to help the NHS in Gloucestershire understand how to guide and support people to use the right services for their urgent health care needs, and to...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Oct 25, 2023 | News, Publications
In our latest report, we use feedback from Gloucestershire residents to answer the question: ‘How can people’s social care needs be better assessed and supported?’ In response to public concerns and confusion surrounding social care, we undertook a public...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Sep 27, 2023 | News, Publications
In our latest report, we highlight how the rising cost of living is affecting people’s health, calling on those responsible for health and care in the county to improve support for those struggling to stay well. As concerns about the cost of living continue to...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Sep 25, 2023 | News, Project
Share your feedback to help improve access to GP care We want to hear about your experiences of accessing care through your GP practice. We will use your feedback to tell those responsible for GP services in Gloucestershire how to make it easier for you to get the...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Jun 29, 2023 | News, Publications
Last year (April 2022-March 2023), Healthwatch Gloucestershire supported 2,700 people to have their say on health and social care and to get information and advice about local services. In its latest Annual Report, Together we’re making health and social care better,...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Jun 14, 2023 | News, Project
Healthwatch Gloucestershire has launched a new public engagement project focused on improving the way people are advised about and assessed for social care support in Gloucestershire. The project aims to make it easier for local people to find and understand...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Jun 12, 2023 | News, Publications
As demand and waiting times for young people’s mental health services continues to grow, we publish a new report about the social support that’s available locally, calling for more to be done to help young people manage their mental health. Our report presents young...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Jun 8, 2023 | News, Project
Healthwatch Gloucestershire, the county’s independent health and social care champion, wants to know how the cost of living crisis is affecting local people’s health and wellbeing, and if the increasing financial pressure is affecting people’s...
by Healthwatch Gloucestershire | May 24, 2023 | News, Publications
Healthwatch Gloucestershire has published a report revealing that poor communication in health and social care services is negatively impacting on the quality of care people experience. The report, based on feedback from over 150 people and several service providers,...
