News and reports

We are recruiting passionate volunteers to join our Advisory Board team.

The government has recently launched the biggest ever conversation about the future of the NHS. See below how you can contribute to an improved NHS.

We are delighted to announce that we have been re-accredited the Cyber Essentials certificate.

Public Health teams across the region recently attended the annual East Midlands Public Health Conference. They were invited to take part in a poster competition where colleagues could present a poster to showcase work that they have been involved in. See below how we contributed to West Northamptonshire Council's winning poster.

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On the 20th of June 2024, we visited Kettering General Hospital's Ophthalmology Department to carry out an Enter and View. We are happy to share the final report below.

The NHS report recently published came after a nine-week review by independent peer and surgeon Lord Darzi, who was asked to identify the current failings in the health service.

Gabriella Van Beek, Healthwatch North and West Northamptonshire Operations Manager, recently shared her patient story at Northampton General Hospital. She shares her experience of the care she received and changes that could be made when visiting NGH after breaking her leg in October 2023.

Our report detailing our findings has been published take a read!

The results from Young Healthwatch's piece of work surrounding young people's views on using vapes and nicotine products has now been published.

Our report on the Enter and View visits we conducted at St Andrew's Healthcare has now been published!

Our report on the Enter and View we conducted last year at Corby Willowbrook Health Centre Community Diagnostic Services has now been published!