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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.

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.

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.

Health issues unfortunately don't leave us alone at the weekend and people are often in need of medical assistance out of hours. Using NHS guidelines, we have provided some advice and information on where you can go for help when your GP is closed.

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 include those with Dementia looking at the environment, accessibility compassionate care.

We wanted to find out how residents dignity and independence was being respected and supported in the Care Home environment. We want to identify examples of good practices and hear about any ideas the residents or staff may have for change.

A statement from our Chair David Brown in Future Fit

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.