News and reports

Healthwatch Wandsworth were invited to visit Chestnut House Extra Care Housing Scheme for older people to explore the individual quality of care. Our report is based on what people told us and what we saw during our visit.

At the start of 2016, Healthwatch Wandsworth was looking at ways in which young people would engage in online discussions about health and social care. Find out about a campaign the young people created and the responses they got from local people.

Healthwatch Wandsworth were invited to visit Ensham House Extra Care Housing Scheme for Older People to hear tenants’ views of the quality of care they were receiving. We’ve written our report of what people told us.

Healthwatch Wandsworth were invited to visit Prince of Wales Drive Extra Care Housing Scheme for Older People to understand tenants’ experiences of living in the scheme. Our report is based on what people told us what we saw during our visit.

We spoke to local families about their experiences of Health Visiting services. We asked them if they understood the role of the Health Visitor (HV) and the kind of service they should expect from them. Find out what they said.

We held an event in December to hear more about developments at Nine Elms in Wandsworth and also to tell people what our Enter and View team have found when speaking to local people. For more information about these topics read this report.

Healthwatch Wandsworth had the opportunity to encourage young people to complete a questionnaire at a conference organised by the Wandsworth Youth Council called “Youth Momentum 2”.

We had been made aware of local concerns around healthy eating and young people, and in particular about Wandsworth Council’s intention to close 3 chicken shops. We therefore decided to create a volunteering project.

Healthwatch Wandsworth were invited to visit Harding House and Huguenot Place to understand resident’s views on the quality of care they were receiving. Our report is based on what people told us and what we saw during our visit.

Find out what we have been doing in our second year at Healthwatch Wandsworth by reading our Annual Report for 2014-15.

Healthwatch Wandsworth carried our several outreach and engagement sessions to ask service users and carers some of the questions related to the No Rights Ignored, No Voice Unheard Consultation.

Healthwatch Wandsworth visited sheltered schemes in Wandsworth. This work was done in partnership with the Older Peoples Forum