News and reports | Healthwatch Wandsworth

Enter & View visits to Ronald Gibson House

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.

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Healthwatch Wandsworth 2017/18 Annual Report

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.

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Urgent Care Consultation

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.

People attending our Health Inequalities event

Health Inequalities

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.

News from our Assembly - 23 May 2018

We wanted to start a conversation about health inequalities in Wandsworth. Find out more about what health inequalities are like in Wandsworth.

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Key Health Issues in Early Years

The health and development of children and young people can have far reaching consequences later on, both physically and mentally. Find out about the priorities of local people we spoke to about this issue.

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Making the most of your GP appointment

GP appointments in the UK are the shortest in Europe, so we tried to find out how people can maximise the benefit of time spent with their GP. Read more about what local people told us.

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Government Green Paper on Young People's Mental Health

The government has begun a consultation on its plans to improve mental health support for children and young people.

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News from the Healthwatch Assembly - 27 February 2018

We focused on young people's mental health at our Assembly in May. We heard about local services and discussed new plans to improve support. Read more about it if you were not able to attend.

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Enter & View visit to St Georges Hospital

Healthwatch Wandsworth were invited to visit three senior health wards at St George’s Hospital, Tooting to talk to patients and carers in September 2017.

24 January 2018

Healthwatch Assembly, 6 December 2017 - Presentations

Planned improvements to the design and delivery of key local services was the topic of our Assembly event in December. Find out more about the key changes happening in our report.

30 December 2017

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Consultation on Physical Activity in Wandsworth

Wandsworth Council and Enable Leisure and Sport wanted to update their Active Wandsworth Strategy, which supports and encourages people to keep physically and mentally healthy through physical activity.

31 October 2017