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Dementia 2020 Citizen's Engagement Panel

January 25, 2018

From the Department of Health. Have you, or has somebody close to you, been diagnosed with dementia in the last … Read more


The importance of patient involvement in improving complaints systems

December 12, 2017

Healthwatch Birmingham is calling on local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to include feedback processes into their complaints policies to ensure … Read more


Patient’s experiences of emergency GP appointments

November 15, 2017

Healthwatch Birmingham continues to hear from patients about their experiences of getting an emergency appointment with their General Practice (GP). … Read more


Healthwatch England publishes Annual Report

November 6, 2017

Healthwatch England, the network’s national body, have published their Annual Report Speak Up. Over 300,000 people share experiences of hospitals, GPs … Read more


Impact Report: Improving care plans for people with a serious mental illness in Birmingham

October 27, 2017

Healthwatch Birmingham has published our Impact Report on the improvement in care plans for people with a serious mental illness. … Read more


NHS needs to do more to understand why people are returning to hospital after being discharged

October 26, 2017

From Healthwatch England New analysis shows emergency readmissions rose by a fifth since 2012/13 Over 500,000 cases recorded in 2016/17 … Read more


Most people are getting good, safe care but future quality is precarious

October 10, 2017

From the Care Quality Commission The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published The state of health care and adult social … Read more


New video series launch makes it easier for people to share their experiences

October 3, 2017

A new video series has been launched by Healthwatch Birmingham to support more people to share their views about local … Read more


Call for more people to have control of their health and care

September 22, 2017

From National Voices National Voices, a coalition of health and social care charities across England, has published a report for … Read more


CQC publish state of general practice 2014 – 2017

September 21, 2017

From the Care Quality Commission The state of care in general practice 2014 to 2017 presents findings from the CQC’s … Read more


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