1. Advice and Information -

    Four questions staff should ask you or a loved one about your oral health if you’re a care home resident, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quick guide.
  2. Advice and Information -

    NHS website is the country's biggest health website giving information including conditions, symptoms and treatments, what to do and when to get help.
  3. News -

    The Care Quality Commission (CQC) published its latest report on oral care health in care homes. Their findings reflect what people have been telling Healthwatch, including the problems people face in accessing dentists.
  4. Report -

    We looked at the information about dental services available at Coventry dental practices following their reopening to patients.
  5. Report -

    This report pulls together people’s stories and feedback shared with Healthwatch Coventry since after the first lockdown ended. 

  6. Blog -

    COVID-19 caused some dental practices to close or reduce the services they were able to offer. We phoned all the dental practices in Coventry to find out what services are available to NHS patients.
  7. News -

    Healthwatch England have co-signed an open letter addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak calling for a recovery plan for NHS dentistry.
  8. News -

    A new survey of public attitudes to NHS dentistry shows that half of the adults in England find dental charges unfair amid escalating living costs.
  9. News -

    The NHS has announced changes to dentistry aimed at improving access to services
  10. News -

    The government has announced plans for the NHS and social care in identifying priority areas
  11. Report -

    Read our briefing paper pulling together the issues raised by Coventry residents and recommendations we have made.
  12. News -

    See how your feedback has helped decision-makers prioritise what matters most.
  13. News -

    From 1 July the way you make a complaint about primary care services to the comissioner is changing
  14. News -

    The Government have published a plan to improve access to NHS dentistry.
  15. News -

    The cost of living remains a barrier to health, particularly for people on low incomes, and those requiring dental care.
  16. Report -

    Between 6 July 2020 and 7 August 2020 we spoke to 71% of residential care home managers and heard their experiences and views about the impact of Covid-19 on the services they provide along with examples of what worked and what did not.
  17. Report -

    Read about our year, who we talked to, what they said, and what we did to work for better health and social care.
  18. Report -

    This report summarises the work we did in 2018-19 to listen to local people and work for better health and care service in Coventry
  19. Report -

    In this report we summarise our work and achievements in 2017-18
  20. Report -

    Our annual report summarises our work in the 2016-17 year: Who we talked to, what we heard and what we did as a result
  21. Report -

    Read about the work we did in 2015-16
  22. Report -

    We visited Victoria Manor care home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch Coventry, and to look at how residents' physical health needs are supported.
  23. Report -

    We visited Allesley Hall nursing home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch Coventry, and to look at how residents' physical health needs are supported.
  24. Report -

    We visited Evedale care home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch Coventry, and to look at how residents' physical health needs are supported.
  25. Report -

    We visited Arden Park Care Home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch Coventry, and to look at how residents' physical health needs are supported.
  26. Report -

    We visited Grove House to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voice have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch, and to look at how the residents' physical health needs are supported.
  27. Report -

    This report presents the experiences of 47 people and enables the reader to hear their voices, feelings and views about the care they received as part of short term support after a stay in hospital.
  28. Report -

    We visited Milverton Gates nursing home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch, and to look at how residents' physical health needs are supported.
  29. Report -

    We visited Cordelia Court nursing home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch, and to look at how residents' physical health needs are supported.
  30. Report -

    We visited The Willows nursing home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch, and to look at how residents' physical health needs are supported.
  31. Report -

    We visited St. Martins nursing home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch Coventry, and to look at how residents' physical health needs are supported.
  32. Report -

    We visited Trinity Lodge nursing home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch, and to look at how the residents' physical health needs are supported
  33. Report -

    We visited The Spinney nursing home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch Coventry, and to look at how residents' physical health needs are supported.
  34. Report -

    We visited The Langleys nursing home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch, and to look at how the residents' physical health needs are supported
  35. Report -

    We visited Keresley Wood Care Centre to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch, and to look at how the residents' physical health needs are supported
  36. Report -

    We visited Amber House nursing home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch, and to look at how the residents' physical health needs are supported
  37. Report -

    We visited Fountain Lodge nursing home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to us. We looked at how residents' physical health needs are supported.
  38. Report -

    We visited Sovereign House nursing home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch Coventry, and to look at how residents' physical health needs are supported.
  39. Report -

    Having completed a series of care home visits we used what we had found to produce this list of quality factors which should be used when commissioning care home services