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The voice of local people in
health and social care
If so, we want to hear your experiences. Home Support services (also sometimes called domiciliary care) are important as they support people to live in their own homes through help from paid carers. We want to find out what works well and what could be improved about these services.
Our new report gives the findings from a discussion group of local NHS, care and voluntary sector organisations. We talked about the patient's journey to being discharged from hospital.
We provide training, support and out of pocket expenses for volunteers.
We are recruiting volunteers to 4 interesting roles.
We have published a report which looks at patient centred communication on hospital wards.
Healthwatch Coventry carries out 'enter and view' visits to care homes for older people to see what it is like to live in the home. Our visits are carried out by trained Healthwatch Authorised Representative volunteers.
Each care Home is asked for an action plan to address any recommendations.
Find out what 17 local people thought about their experiences of moving home due to housing with care scheme closures. Read our report and recommendations
The report summarises our work in 2016-17 and the difference we made.
Healthwatch Coventry has published findings from our work asking local people for their views about pharmacy (chemist) services in Coventry. We gathered the views of 703 people and make 9 recommendations.
Healthwatch Coventry was highly commended in the Engagement in Service Improvement category at the Healthwatch Network Awards. This was for gathering local peoples’ views about community pharmacy
