News and reports

At the Healthwatch Wandsworth Assembly this year, we talked about Health Inequalities in Wandsworth. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown has had an inevitable impact on health and care services.

Read or report on the discussions about news ways of working during the Covid-19 pandemic and the positive and negative impact on health inequalities.

In July 2020 we worked with SWL CCG (Wandsworth) to develop an independent survey for care home staff. Read our report about how well staff in care homes felt supported to care for their residents and to look after themselves during the pandemic.

As part of the NHS is here for you campaign, the NHS in Wandsworth have created a short film offering reassurance to local people that it is safe to return to the NHS for treatment.

Healthwatch Wandsworth wanted to find out the experiences of people regarding health and social care services amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. We opened a COVID19 survey in May 2020 based on Healthwatch England’s survey with some minor adjustments.

Intermediate Care services offer short-term care to patients and aims to increase independence & recovery. Wandsworth Council is developing an integrated model of care and wants to understand how these services can be improved for patients.

The usual processes the NHS follows to discharge you from hospital have changed during the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s what you can expect when it’s time to leave hospital.

The Government’s new Obesity Strategy aims to get the nation fit and healthy in order to protect people against COVID-19 and protect the NHS.

Take a look at what the guidance around visiting your loved ones in care homes means in practice.

To respond to coronavirus, hospitals in Wandsworth had to quickly change. Tell us how this has affected the care you or your loved one has received.

Two-thirds of people in England say they are more likely to act to improve health and social care services since the outbreak of coronavirus. Help services improve and join our campaign #BecauseWeAllCare to encourage people to share their experience.

Each year we set out our priorities, based primarily on what local people have told us is important to them.