This report summarises local people’s experiences of the NHS 111 services following on from our engagement with local people late last year. A total of 257 people engaged with us in this project and shared their experiences and understanding of the NHS 111 Service.
Healthwatch Oldham is part of a Greater Manchester network and they are interested in hearing from young people and their parents/carers about their experiences of accessing (or trying to access) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the Oldham Borough.
This report has been written to give an introduction and overview of what Rochdale and Oldham Maternity Voices Partnership do, how they do it and to also present findings, provide updates on work undertaken so far and to share the view and work plan for the future covering 2021 to 2023.
Healthwatch Oldham is proud to announce the return of The People’s Choice Award, an opportunity for Oldham residents to shine a light on a health, social care or wellbeing worker who has delivered an extraordinary service to the Oldham community.
Healthwatch in Greater Manchester publishes its first Annual Report which highlights its activities over the past year and the impact the independent network has achieved.
Following on from a successful project we did on looking at Digital health, we worked with Northern Care Alliance on the challenges faced with remote appointments after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Leesbrook Medical practice invited Healthwatch Oldham to carry out an engagement exercise with their patients to under their views on the quality of the matron service being provided by the practice.
The CQC commissioned Healthwatch Oldham and Healthwatch Rochdale to gather experiences from partners and or family members who had supported a pregnant or birthing person through the maternity journey between September 2021 to February 2023. We have summarised the responses in this report.