News and reports

Read our report about parent/carer experiences of the Emerging Needs Pathway (The autism diagnostic pathway for 0-8 year olds in Wandsworth)

We caught up senior staff leading healthcare at Wandsworth prison to hear how healthcare has been developing around the themes we had reported in our visit.

We caught up with those working in health and care to develop support for carers during hospital discharge processes to find out how things have changed or improved.

Read about our work with our community in the year 2024-5 and how services can improve based on the views of local people.

Find out about the topics we are focusing on for the next year, based on what the community has told us in most important.

Understanding the Accessible Information Standard

The Accessible Information Standard (AIS) helps health and care services meet the needs of patients and carers with communication needs. This includes individuals with sensory loss, neurological conditions, neurodiversity, and learning disabilities. AIS requires service providers to identify, record, flag, share, and meet patients' communication needs to ensure fair healthcare access.

Read our report on patient experience of the Acute Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Units on Thomas Young Ward at St George’s Hospital.

Read about our Healthwatch Assembly held on October 24th 2024. Here we focused on how we can better connect with our community.

Read more about our work and the topics we are focusing on for the next year.

Read on about what people have told us matters most to them and how we influence changes in collaboration with our community.

Read about our 2024 Healthwatch Assembly focused on accessing non-urgent care.

Read about the current state of mental health and homelessness in Wandsworth. We are grateful to the people with lived experience who shared their stories, and to the organisations we spoke with who are supporting people experiencing homelessness.