News and reports

People needing urgent emergency support across the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) will be able to call 999 using British Sign Language (BSL) via a video relay service. 

Wandsworth Youth Council have published their mental health report which has been created off the back of their survey and with the help of Healthwatch Wandsworth.

The range of health workers in GP practice is widening. This means that when you need support you may start to get this from staff who are not a GP, but people who specialise in other things.

We’ve been hearing a lot about the ‘cost of living crisis’ and want to monitor the impact that it may have on the health of local people and their access to health and social care.

Read more in our annual report that showcases our work with local people to shape our local health and social care services.

Read about where we will focus our work in 2022-3.

You may have heard a lot in the news about the various difficulties patients face in getting appointments or progress on their health and care management. Read more about the situation locally.

Thanks to people affected by sight loss sharing their experiences we have written a report about what it is like to use health and care services and live with sight loss in Wandsworth. Read on to find out more.

Thanks to people sharing their experiences of managing dementia during the pandemic we have a rich picture, rather than data alone, to challenge assumptions and identify issues for the NHS and social care services to improve.

We caught up with those who decide on what support is available to help people who pay for their social care to find out how experiences people shared with us have shaped support available.

We caught up with those working in health and care to develop support for Long Covid to find out how things have changed or improved.

St John Ambulance call on you to support them with the delivery of the National Coordination of First Response project, in partnership with NHS England and Improvement.