1. How your voice is making a difference across the country

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    Our nation’s health faces enormous challenges. Find out in Healthwatch England's Annual Report to Parliament how your feedback has helped to improve NHS and social care services.

  2. Come and speak with us in Greenwich libaries

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    Find out where and when we will be in Greenwich so that you can share your experience with health and care services.

  3. Healthwatch Greenwich accessibility policy

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    Read our accessibility policy.

  4. Your care, your way – Join Healthwatch’s new campaign

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    Clear, understandable information is important to help you make the right health and care decisions. Join our campaign and have your say on what needs to change.

  5. Healthwatch Southwark is recruiting!

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    Find out more about Healthwatch Southwark's Community Health Ambassadors Officer role.

  6. Accessible Information: Healthwatch England's recommendations

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    Healthwatch England have set out five headline recommendations to help health and care services ensure that people who have communication needs are given their healthcare information in the way they need it.

  7. What we have been hearing from 2021-22

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    Find out what we have been hearing from 2021-2022 in this feedback report summary.

  8. Healthwatch England chair to step down

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    Sir Robert Francis QC to step down as our chair and from the Care Quality Commission Board.

  9. Meet our wonderful volunteers and find out why they are involved with us

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    Get to know some of our volunteers below and find out what they've learnt during their time at Healthwatch.

  10. Healthwatch England's response to Messenger review of NHS leadership

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    Our national director Louise Ansari responds to General Sir Gordon Messenger and Dame Linda Pollard’s review of health and care leadership.

  11. Healthwatch England's plan: The difference we want to make for you

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    Our national director introduces our plan for the year and explains how we will focus our efforts to help make care better.

  12. New NHS waiting times figures - Healthwatch England's response

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    Two-thirds fewer people are waiting more than two years for elective care, new figures have shown. Our national director Louise Ansari highlights that low income, gender and ethnicity affect people’s experience of waiting.

  13. Championing what matters to you: Annual Report 2021-22

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    Our Annual Report for the year 2021-2022. How your feedback helped us work to improve health and social care services in Greenwich over the past year, and what our key priorities will be for 2022-23.

  14. Our policies

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    Download our policies.

  15. Digital health and care plan: Healthwatch response

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    Today, the Department for Health and Social Care has announced their plan for digital health and social care. Read Healthwatch England's response.

  16. Our response to Oxleas and LGT Quality Accounts

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    Read and download both NHS Trust's quality reports at the end of this article.

  17. What is it like to volunteer with Healthwatch Greenwich?

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    Hear from Darya, a Goldsmiths student, who has just completed her placement with us.

  18. Post pandemic: What are people telling us about mental health support?

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    Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Healthwatch England asked people about their experiences of getting mental health support. Three years on, we look at what has changed and the questions the NHS needs to answer.

  19. NHS waits: Healthwatch response on BBC radio 4

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    Find out more about why our national director, Louise Ansari, appeared on BBC radio 4 this morning.

  20. Paid opportunity - become a co-researcher!

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    Find out more about this paid opportunity.

  21. We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen

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    Our CEO, Joy Beishon responds to the death of Queen Elizabeth II

  22. Contact us using British Sign Language (BSL)

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    Find out how to contact us using a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.

  23. Our CEO reacts to the Government's Plan for Patients

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    The Government announced its 'Plan for Patients', a programme to help the NHS and care system.

  24. Our response to the State of Care report

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    The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its annual State of Care report, which highlights that gridlocked health and care system is leading to deterioration in people’s access to and experience of care.

  25. Healthwatch Greenwich Board meeting minutes May 2021- September 2023

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    In this article you can see the notes from all Healthwatch Board meetings that took place from May 2021 - September 2023.

  26. What people in South east London are telling us about health and care

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    Find out what people have been telling us about their health and care experiences in South east London.

  27. Want to find out what we've been up to? Sign up to our Monthly Newsletter!

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    Sign up to our Monthly email newsletter.

  28. Want to make a difference? Join our board!

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    Find out more about our board opportunity.

  29. NHS Industrial action - our response

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    We’ve called on NHS England to support people during any industrial action by staff.

  30. Union urged to clarify that life preserving care will be maintained during strike action

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    Following reports that life-saving cancer care could be affected by strike action. We have written to the RCN asking for the issue to be clarified.

  31. “Why Me?”: Women’s views of cervical screening in Greenwich

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    Find out what we heard from women in Greenwich about cervical screening and download the full report at the end of this article.