News and reports

New appeal from Healthwatch Wandsworth for people in Wandsworth to share their experiences of accessing health and care since Covid19.

We spoke to people receiving support from East Wandsworth Community Mental Health Team in 2019. Read on to hear about how the organisation has worked on their action plan to address what people told us.

We worked with the local NHS on a survey on digital and telephone appointments with focused interviews with elderly residents and people with learning disabilities and people with autism. Over 500 people took part. Read what they had to say.

What has been your experience of mental health during pregnancy and early parenthood?

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South London Listens is a joint initiative to prevent people becoming mentally unwell as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

NHS General Dental Services are operating at significantly reduced capacity due to social distancing and infection prevention.

Healthwatch Wandsworth want to hear more about your experiences of video or telephone appointments with health and social care services.

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.