1. Report -

    We invited public and professionals to gather people’s experiences on Dementia, looking at different stages including: prior to diagnosis, diagnosis and the short time following this, living with dementia and deterioration and end of life care.
  2. Report -

    The aim of this project was to gain a greater understanding of the support, experience and impact itself for individuals at various points including: the situation itself, diagnosis, on services, end of care and any other issues.
  3. Report -

    Our engagement officers spoke to people at a local dementia café to gain comments, experiences and views on the topic of dementia.
  4. Report -

    This project was to inspire people to get involved with local discussions and consultations about the future of health care and to ensure that those who do get involved are wellinformed about what works and why.
  5. Report -

    Our proposal was to work with staff from ‘NHS Business Services, employees used allocated annual volunteering time to gather interview responses from their colleagues covering views on working well on local services, workplace health and dentistry.
  6. Report -

    This report is part of a project commissioned from Healthwatch Bolton by Bolton GP Federation. The work took place at various sites in the Chorley Roads area.
  7. Report -

    A questionnaire was developed by Healthwatch Oldham and built on work done by some Greater Manchester LINks who had looked at patient transport in previous years. Nine local Healthwatch undertook the durvey as a joint piece of work.
  8. Report -

    In Bolton, no other engagement activity has taken place with the public on the subject of LCO’s and so patients views on how a good Local Care Organisation would shape up were not known. We undertook engagement work to find out their views.
  9. Report -

    Read our Enter and View report from our visit to Beechville care home. We spoke to residents and staff about the service and observed the running of the day. Our report inlcudes our full findings and our recommendations.
  10. Report -

    Read our Enter and View report from Blackrod House Residential Care Home. We spoke to staff and residents to assess the service that was being provided and this report contains our findings and our recommendations for improvement.
  11. Report -

    Read our annual report to find out how we have made an impact in Bolton over the last year.
  12. Report -

    Wo engage with people about neighbourhood level health services, comparing results with our 2017 Farnworth Neighbourhood Hubs study. To gather views and ideas about what would improve the experience of accessing future health and wellbeing services.
  13. Report -

    This report aims to see to what extent GP practices are providing clear and consistent information in an easy to access format, and to highlight any areas of good practice to inform local communication strategies.
  14. Report -

    This report is part of a wider project to explore what patients think of ‘neighbourhood hubs’ and to gather views and ideas about what aspects of such a service would improve their experience of accessing health and wellbeing services.
  15. Report -

    This report examines what the people of Farnworth think about the physical location of services in their area. Itis part of a wider project to explore what patients think of ‘neighbourhood hubs’ .
  16. Report -

    We spoke to people to find out their views on waiting times specifically for GP / primary care, physiotherapy, podiatry and ear syringing.
  17. Report -

    Read what we have been up to and how we have had an impact in the community. Learn about our projects and find out our plans for next year in this report.
  18. Report -

    This report is based on comments collected by the Clinical Commissioning Group engagement staff at the NHS 70 event. We were asked to analyse the data and produce a report to allow people to connect and understand the NHS better.
  19. Report -

    We conducted this project to find out peoples experiences with relation to the ophthalmology department. Focusing on how patients were managing with access to appointments, waiting times and the quality of service.
  20. Report -

    Read our report produced following our visit to Wingates. We spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices whilst we were there. Our report contains our full findings together with the recommendations put forward following our visit
  21. Report -

    Our report will enable those with experience of palliative and end of life care as well as the general public to share their experiences, thoughts, knowledge, and desire’s and inform best practice for all providers.
  22. Report -

    We looked at what makes carer friendly experiences. This report highlights which areas carers feel they face the most challenges with and where they feel most / least supported across housing, care and support, education, work and community sectors
  23. Report -

    Read our findings from our Enter and View visit to Abafields care home, where we talk to both staff and residents about the service provided.
  24. Report -

    Read our report following our visit to Sepnnymore. We observed practices during the time that we were there along with talking to both the staff and residents. Our report contains our full findings and recommendations made following our visit.