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Car parking charges changed on 1st November at both Princess Royal Hospital and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. -
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Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust have a new Media Release regarding Future Fit. You can view it by clicking the link below: -
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People across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin have this week started to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as part of the largest immunisation programme in UK history. -
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The NHS Long Term Plan is the national health service’s plan to make sure it is fit for the future. -
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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. -
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A statement from our Chair David Brown in Future Fit -
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All medicines can cause unwanted side effects (sometimes called adverse drug reactions), in some people. Many side effects are mild, but some can be serious and even life-threatening. -
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Healthwatch Telford and Wrekin are invested in ensuring that people from all areas of our community can access and use their local health and social care services. -
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Healthwatch Telford and Wrekin are invested in ensuring that people from all areas of our community can access and use their local health and social care services. -
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When the NHS Long Term Plan was published in January 2019 Healthwatch England were asked by NHS England to engage with people across the country to find out what the public thought the NHS should prioritise over the next decade.
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Share Your Stories and Suggestions!
You can make a difference to how services are provided in Telford and Wrekin by sharing stories and suggestions. -
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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. -
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Last year 2118 people told us about the improvements they would like to see Health and Social Care Services make in 2019-20. Our Annual Report outlines our achievements and provides insight into what we do and
what we have done over the last year. -
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Our annual report outlines our achievements and what we have done over the last year. -
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Our annual report outlines our achievements over the last year and provides insight into what we do. -
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NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups asking people to make sure they are stocked up for all their health needs over the Christmas and New Year period. -
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Our annual report outlines our achievements over the last year and provides insight into what we do. -
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From Tuesday 17 July 2018, patients across Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire who need urgent out-of-hours medical help or advice will need to call 111. -
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For Deaf Awareness Week 2018 we are asking people who are deaf or hard of hearing to let us know about their experiences with local health and social care services in Telford and Wrekin. -
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Janet O’Loughlin, our award-winning Healthwatch volunteer, has started up a Dementia Cafe at Oakwood Retirement Homes with her friend Kath. -
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Following a national review of maternity services in 2016 a report ‘Better Births’ was published which sets out plans to make care safer and give women greater control and more choice. -
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We would like to hear about your experiences with the 0-25 emotional health and wellbeing service here in Telford and Wrekin. -
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The Pharmacy Needs Assessment is a review of the current and future provision of pharmacy (and dispensing GP) services in Telford and Wrekin. -
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Our annual report outlines our achievements over the last year and provides insight into what we do. -
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Our annual report outlines our achievements over the last year and provides insight into what we do. -
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Our annual report outlines our achievements over the last year and provides insight into what we do. -
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The Kings Fund, with other health and social care Think Tanks, have produced a joint statement to highlight the critical state of health and social care prior to the Autumn Budget. -
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A BBC article has stated that “NHS staff in England are working on the “edge of safety” as demand is outstripping the increasing numbers being employed“. -
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Car parking charges for people visiting The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust are to change from November 1. -
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Over the last month, we have been talking to you about your experiences of pregnancy, birth, becoming a family and caring for families in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. -
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As featured in the Shropshire Star, our report on the mental health of young people in Telford and Wrekin has now been published. -
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A new car parking system is set to be switched on at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) next week, bringing it in line with the system that has already been in use at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital since November 2013. -
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A new blog post on NHS Future Fit looks at whether it is better to live closer to a hospital, or to have a hospital that may be further away but better equipped to deal with problems. -
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Healthwatch has been commissioned by the Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to collect information on how people use primary care services (e.g. GP surgeries), as part of the Primary Care Needs Assessment. -
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On 1st October 2015, Healthwatch Telford and Wrekin (HWTW) became independent from its former parent body, Parkwood Healthcare Ltd. -
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Patients aged 80 and above have started receiving the Covid-19 vaccination in South East Shropshire, the first community site in the county to offer the service. -
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A new service has been launched for patients with Long Covid in a joint project by Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. -
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The purpose of this survey was to asked local residents to share their experiences of dentistry. To understand what major factors influence their experiences and identify any differences between NHS patients and private patients. -
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We wanted to gather the views and experiences of local residents who have accessed Health and Social Care Services within Telford & Wrekin during the pandemic. To understand how people’s mental health and wellbeing has been affected. -
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It's not always easy to know how to talk about death and dying it can be a very difficult subject to discuss, but services can only improve if people feedback about what has worked well and what could be improved. -
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Perinatal Mental Health services provide care and treatment for women with complex mental health needs and support the developing relationship between parent and baby. So what do people think about the mental health awareness and
support locally? -
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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. -
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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. -
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We wanted to understand how local health and social care services provide support for those with mental health needs. -
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We wanted to address how people who are deaf or hard of hearing find the accessibility of health and social care services in Telford and Wrekin.