A study group from King’s College London recently published their report summarising the key findings from their national survey of local Healthwatch conducted in December 2018 and January 2019. They achieved a 68% response rate. You can read their report here The survey was the first phase of their ongoing National Institute of Health Research-funded […]
Latest research has found that air pollution is a greater threat to our health than previously thought. Its’ effects include decreasing a child lung capacity by 5%, which is irreversible, to affecting your brain and potentially determining when a child is born. It also causes or exacerbates lung conditions such as asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. […]
A report published in the Lancet has concluded that global fertility rates have dropped over the last 60 years. The reasons include better work opportunities for women, greater access to contraceptives and fewer child deaths. There is a debate as to the global repercussions of the drop as some people are worried about the shrinking […]
State of Care is CQC’s annual assessment of health and social care in England. The report looks at the trends, shares examples of good and outstanding care, and highlights where care needs to improve. This year’s report finds that most people in England receive a good quality of care. Their ratings show that quality overall […]
Over 1200 women share their experience of local maternity services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (including Southampton and Portsmouth) More than 1200 women and their birthing partners have shared their experience of the maternity system across Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth. The views were collected by Wessex Voices (a collaboration between […]
In addition to gathering feedback through our online Feedback Centre Healthwatch Southampton regularly attend events, seeking to engage communities to share their experiences of health and social care locally. Steffie Nightingale and Ben Grace attended Itchen College on 7th September and 30th October 2017. They surveyed over 100 young people, asking them to detail their […]
Over 41,000 people in Wessex have dementia, and these numbers are predicted to double by 2050. It is the biggest health issue we face, and due to the growing ageing population in some parts of our region, incidence rates are higher than the average for England. The dementia friendly primary care ‘iSPACE’ project was introduced into […]
Since the beginning of 2016, Local Healthwatch’s have visited and reported on almost 200 care homes. Healthwatch England have complied these reports into one briefing that highlights what’s working well nationally and where improvements could be made. Read the report here
Healthwatch Southampton have released our 2016/17 Annual Report that outlines some of the important progress we’ve made in Southampton over the past year. Click here to read our Annual Report
From 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 Healthwatch Southampton commissioned seAp Advocacy Services to provide the Independent NHS Complaints Advocacy (IHCA) to all patients in the city requesting support with understanding and navigating through the NHS Complaints procedure and empowering them to raise complaints about any NHS funded service. seAp have released their Annual […]
