News and reports

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 & Healthwatch Rochdale publish findings and recommendations after Enter and View visit at Royal Oldham Hospital, Postnatal ward.

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.

Diabetes UK estimates that five million people in the UK are living with diabetes, with 850,000 of them not yet diagnosed.

Healthwatch Oldham has released its Annual Report for 2022/23.

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.

The NHS wants to make it easier and safer for patients to get the right treatment when they need it, without waiting a long time to be seen in A&E. Find out what this means for you and your loved ones.

We created this infographic as part of our recent Healthwatch Oldham 100 project looking at the information you provided when you completed our survey on people living with dementia.

Confused about Long Covid? Find out the common symptoms and when to get support.