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Following on from the NHS publishing the ‘Long Term Plan’ in January 2019, Healthwatch launched a countrywide campaign to give people a say in how the plan should be implemented in their communities; #WhatWouldYouDo campaign.

Our annual report outlines our achievements and what we have done over the last year.

To find out if patients were treated with dignity, have privacy respected, and how staff respond appropriately and with compassion to meet healthcare needs. To find out how patients living with Dementia are cared for and supported.

Do you want to know more about the NHS? Then you need the Peoples Academy.

People have told us they can have problems registering with a GP. This article explains more about your rights and what do to if you are refused the right to register.

Norovirus, also called the "winter vomiting bug" is a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea - See below what you need to know.

An Unmet Need is not easy to define and is hard to measure. We wanted to find out what needs people are experiencing that are currently not being met and why within the voluntary sector and Adult Social Care.

The Living With and Beyond Cancer Programme aims to enable and empower patients to recover as fully as possible and to live well with cancer throughout their treatment and beyond.

NHS organisations, Healthwatch and local councils, are working together as a LMNS to design and implement improvements in maternity and neonatal services.

The Healthwatch network heard from 406,567 people, carers and staff during the last year about what they think of health and social care services.

The NHS Long Term Plan is the national health service’s plan to make sure it is fit for the future.

We decided, as one of its focused activities in 2018, to carry out a “General Practice Roadshow” format review of General Practitioner Practices in Telford & Wrekin.