Healthwatch Wandsworth update
1. Transfer the work of Healthwatch England to the Department of Health and Social Care.
2. Transfer the work of local Healthwatch services to the NHS and local authorities.
What does this mean right now?
While these changes will happen over time, the law has not yet been changed and may take some time (perhaps between one and two years). Wandsworth Care Alliance will continue to be here, working for you as Healthwatch Wandsworth. Wandsworth Care Alliance will continue to be present in Wandsworth championing community voice in the longer term.
We continue to:
1. Listen to your experiences of health and social care.
2. Share what we hear with those in power to help improve services.
3. Provide advice and information to help you find the support you need.
Some have told us that they are disappointed in the future direction for patient voice and service user voice. There is a petition if you or anyone you know may be interested to sign. (include link to petition when we have it) - for now it can say petition link will be available soon on our webpage here
Thank you to everyone for your support for Healthwatch work over the past 12-13 years, particularly to our staff and volunteers who have contributed so much energy and commitment to raising community voice in Healthwatch projects.
We hope to ensure that the work has a lasting legacy and learnings are built on by the new system. We will be taking forward the experience gained in future projects at Wandsworth Care Alliance, which is the organisation that has delivered the Healthwatch work and has been involved in the predecessors to Healthwatch too.
