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.

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.

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

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.