1. Advice and Information -

    Four questions staff should ask you or a loved one about your oral health if you’re a care home resident, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quick guide.
  2. Report -

    This report follows on from our 2014 report which instigated meetings both locally and nationally with oral health professionals. In our report we highlight the responses from local care homes about the level of oral care available to residents.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Report -

    Read our Enter and View report to discover what we found when we visited Darley Court. We spoke to staff and residents and observed the running of the home across the course of the day. Our report contains our findings and recommendations.
  7. Report -

    Read our Enter and View report to find out what we learnt when we visited The Four Seasons Care Home. We spoke to staff and residents as well as recording our own observations which has led to us making some recommendations.
  8. Report -

    Read the report from our Enter and View at Glenbank care home. We spoke to staff and residents and made our own observations which has led to some interesting findings and some recommendations for improvement.
  9. Report -

    Read our report detailing our findings and recommendations for improvement from our visit to Greenlands Residental Home. We were able to talk to staff and residents as well as record our own observations to get a full overview of the residentail home
  10. Report -

    read our report from our visit to Hollands nursing home, where we spoke to staff and residents as well as recording our own observations. Our report contains details of all our findings as well as any recommendations we made.
  11. Report -

    Read our full report on our visit to Hyde Lea care home. We spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices throughout the day. Our report contains the details of our findings together with our recommendations.
  12. Report -

    Read our full report on our visit to Knightswood care home. We spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices throughout the day before writing our report which includes our full findings and recommendations.
  13. Report -

    Read our report from our visit to Lever Edge. We spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices throughout the day. Our report contains full details of all our findings together with the recommendations we put forward.
  14. Report -

    Read our report on our visit to Meadowbank House, where we spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices throughout the day. This report details all our findings together with the recommendations we put forward.
  15. Report -

    Read our report following our visit to Rivington View. We talked to staff and residents about the home as well as observing practices throughout the day. Our report contains our full findings and the recommendations we made.
  16. Report -

    Read our report following our visit to observe the practices at Rivington View. We spoke to both staff and residents and this report contains our full findings and observations together with the recommendations we put forward following our visit
  17. Report -

    Read our report following our visit to Southlands. We observed practices throughout the time we were there and spoke to both staff and residents. Our report contains our full findings together with the recommendations we put forward.
  18. 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.
  19. Report -

    We visited St Catherines to observe their practices and talk to their staff and residents. Our report contains our full findings and our recommendations that were made following on from our visit.
  20. Report -

    Read our report to discover our full findings during our visit to Sunnyside. We spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices during the time we were there. Our report also includes the recommendations we put forward following our visit
  21. 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
  22. Report -

    Read our report from our visit to Withins. We spoke to staff and residents as well as observing practices whilst we were there. Our report contains our full findings and a copy of the recommendations we put forward following our visit.
  23. Report -

    Read our report from our visit to Woodlands. We visited to talk to staff and residents about the service as well as to observe practices throughout the time we were there. Our report contains full details of our findings and recommendations
  24. Report -

    Read our annual report for this year - detailing what we have been up to and how we have been making a difference in our community
  25. Report -

    The report, Discharge to Assess: 590 people’s stories, explores the impact the new processes have had since their introduction in March to help manage the sudden rise in COVID-19 patients.
  26. Report -

    Together with the national report - People's Experiences of Hospital Discharge during Covid 19, there are also some local findings from staff interviews in Bolton
  27. Report -

    This report is a review of care home websites in Bolton
  28. Report -

    Bolton Safeguarding Adults Board are committed to continuous improvement, learning from experience, and enabling adults at risk of neglect and abuse to have a voice.
  29. Report -

    Find out what we got up to last year!
  30. Advice and Information -

    Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments.
  31. Advice and Information -

    Find out what support is available to help you when travelling to your GP, hospital or other NHS services.
  32. Report -

    The purpose of this work was to find out what people understood by the term 'ambulatory care' and what they thought of the service it provided.
  33. Report -

    This report into the term ambulatory care finds out if the public understand the term, how we could better describe it, the pros and cons to the idea including whether people actually supported the idea of a home / virtual ward.

  34. 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.
  35. Report -

    Healthwatch conduct regular corridor events at various Bolton FT NHS services. This report covers the comments received when visiting the Rivington Unit.
  36. Report -

    This report is based on our volunteer’s experience of Bolton hospital. As a wheelchair user we asked if they would like to help us identify if there were any areas of concerns with regards to access or remit that were not following regulations.
  37. Report -

    We worked with Healthwatch Wigan and Leigh to promote an online survey to gather expert by experiences, views and comments regarding Bolton council's proposed changes to its wheelchair eligibility criteria.
  38. Report -

    We collected peoples views on the adapability of an electronic care record through an open survey available to the people of Bolton. This report highlights our findings and our recommendations based on the people's views.
  39. Report -

    As part of the ongoing work with the Bolton Engagement Alliance, this report focuses on understanding views on existing services in the local area, explore what services are needed and issues with distance and willingness to travel to services.
  40. Advice and Information -

    Here you will find many sources of useful information and advice
  41. Report -

    The top three health and care priorities you asked us to look at this year are: Primary Care, Secondary Care, and Adult Mental Health. See the report for more detail
  42. Report -

    Earlier this year we asked people to tell us about their experience of waiting for hospital treatment. Covid 19 has placed a huge strain on the NHS and social care and has created a backlog of patients needing treatment at a hospital.
  43. Report -

    Have a read of our latest annual report for 2021-22- Championing What Matters to You