News and reports

The government is set to increase funding for care homes providing nursing care in the community

Healthwatch England called on the NHS to adopt pocket-sized trauma cards for patients to show during appointments

New research published highlighting the scale and impact of poor NHS administration and patient communications.

Our steering group met on 19 November.

Read our latest report which looks at the experiences of people living in Housing with Care

We wanted to find out how easy or hard it was to find information about complaints

It is very important to look after your mental health

Read the latest report from Healthwatch England – A pain to complain: Why it’s time to fix the NHS complaints process

Hundreds of thousands more people will be sent a home-testing kit that can help to detect signs of bowel cancer

Healthwatch England respond to government plans

Patients on the waiting list at University Hospital, Coventry or the Hospital of St Cross, Rugby will be contacted from week commencing Monday 16th December via SMS text message.

NHS England have warned that the health service is bracing for a potential 'quad-demic' this Winter (caused by increasing cases of flu, norovirus, COVID and RSV).