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Healthwatch have a legal power to visit health and social care services and see them in action. This power to Enter and View services offers a way for Healthwatch Warrington to meet some of their statutory functions and allows them to identify what is working well with services and where they could be improved

A joint report by Healthwatch Halton and Healthwatch Warrington has called for improvements when patients are discharged from hospital.

The Warrington Palliative Virtual Ward pilot commenced in April 2022 and was the first national community Palliative Virtual Ward. This programme was aligned with NHS England’s national ambition for Integrated Care Systems to work towards the comprehensive development of virtual ward beds.

After our Priorities Survey, in which we asked local residents to rank our top 6 priorities in order of their preference, we have outlined our work plan for the top three. This work plan explores our aims, objectives and rationale.

Healthwatch have a legal power to visit health and social care services and see them in action. This power to Enter and View services offers a way for Healthwatch Warrington to meet some of their statutory functions and allows them to identify what is working well with services and where they could be improved

Led by Healthwatch Warrington, Virtual Voices provides Warrington residents with a unique opportunity to offer their opinions and provide constructive feedback on health and social care services in our town.

We received substantial feedback from Warrington residents regarding the ongoing symptoms of Long Covid. This included people saying that they were dismayed at the lack of support that was in place.

Here at Healthwatch Warrington we have been receiving a lot of information on access to Dentistry, this is a national issue and all information we receive is fed back to our local MP and the Primary Care team as well as Healthwatch England.

Locally Healthwatch Warrington received feedback from the public about their experiences using women's services in Warrington. A number of themes emerged, especially around the lack of knowledge of menopausal support and choice for women. After shortlisting this priority to the public vote, we planned a women's health roadshow to expand our outreach. Also, we worked with our digital expertise and created a survey for women to identify themes around women's health services

Led by Healthwatch Warrington, Virtual Voices provides Warrington residents with a unique opportunity to offer their opinions and provide constructive feedback on health and social care services in our town.

Healthwatch have a legal power to visit health and social care services and see them in action. This power to Enter and View services offers a way for Healthwatch Warrington to meet some of their statutory functions and allows them to identify what is working well with services and where they could be improved

Healthwatch Warrington was initially approached by Signing Solutions to discuss the issues that the Deaf community in Warrington are experiencing with Hospital access. This was discovered via outreach and support that they are providing within the Deaf Centre. We were invited to come and speak to the Deaf community directly via focus groups which were supported by BSL interpreters.