News and reports

As you told us that mental health is one of the most important aspects of health and social care, we made it a top priority for this year.

The different levels and layers of mental health support available in our community were the focus of discussions at our public event back in February. If you couldn't attend take a look at what happened.

Healthwatch Wandsworth visited St John’s Hill and Brysson Whyte centres that provide Intermediate Care to people in Wandsworth. Read our report on what people said about their care.

What is it like being a carer in Wandsworth? We launched a survey to find out.

A visit was organised to Mary Seacole
Ward at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, which provides an Inpatient Elderly
Rehabilitation Service.

At our event in September 2018 we discussed communication with healthcare professionals and about what is important when we want to give feedback or raise a complaint. If you couldn't attend you can find out more in our report below.

At our events we often hear that communication with healthcare professionals could be better.
In September 2018, local people discussed how professionals could better
listen to our feedback and involve us in decisions.

Healthwatch Wandsworth decided to visit Wandsworth prison to find out more about the quality of services, particularly for more disadvantaged groups such as older prisoners or those with mental health problems. Read our report on our findings.

Intermediate Care (IC) is intended to be a range of integrated services that promote faster recovery from illness; prevent unnecessary acute hospital admissions and premature admissions to long-term care and support timely discharge from hospital.

Each year we publish an annual report so that you know what your local health and care champion have been doing and what we are planning for the next year. Hear about our fifth year in our annual report.

Many people want to know where to go when they need urgent health advice, treatment and care at any time of the day or night. Find out about how our report highlights some important consideration for people designing the urgent care system.

In May 2018, we held one of our quarterly events which members of the public attended to discuss health inequalities in Wandsworth. Read about what people said in our report.