1. Report -

    We engaged with families during 4 baby clinics during March & April. The purpose was to capture people's experience of the service and other more general health or social care services and to identify examples of good practice.
  2. Report -

    Bolton LA are in the stages of re-tendering the home care provision and we therefore wanted to bring some service user experience to inform this process. This report highlights peoples experiences in quality monitoring and the incentives processes.
  3. Report -

    Changes were made to eligibility criteria for podiatry services in Bolton. Following thise a number of comments were made to us. This report presents these views to illustrate how service changes can affect patients.
  4. 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.
  5. Report -

    As part of their new Home Care Quality Improvement Programme Bolton Local Authority have worked with some representatives of home care services to try to understand why relationships between service providers and clients are sometimes difficult.
  6. Advice and Information -

    Here you will find many sources of useful information and advice
  7. 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
  8. News -

    Thousands of doctors, nurses, dentists and other healthcare staff will be trained in England every year as part of the first ever Long Term Workforce Plan published by the NHS and backed by the Government today.
  9. 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.
  10. Advice and Information -

    The number of people being cared for in their own homes is increasing but what should you expect from home care services?
  11. Report -

    Find out what we got up to last year!
  12. News -

    Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) date has been announced as 19th August at 11am using Zoom video conferencing technology.
  13. 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.
  14. Report -

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

    Read our yearly report to find up what we have been up to, how we have been helping people and how we have helped improve services over the last year
  16. Report -

    Read our annual report to find out the differences we have been making in Bolton. Learn how we have helped people, how we have improved services and how our volunteers have been involved with our work.
  17. Report -

    Read our annual report detailing the differences we have made to people and services across the last year.
  18. News -

    We ran a survey to find out how people were managing during lockdown. COVID-19 has affected everyone differently and we hoped to gain some insights into how people managed and what helped them cope.
  19. Blog -

    As a community engagement volunteer you will be involved in lots of interesting and varied work. Helping support our staff at outreach events, meetings, open days etc. You will also assist in publicity and promotion of Healthwatch Bolton
  20. Report -

    We aimed to gather a comprehensive set of responses from the people of Manchester on some of the key topics rasied in the NHS Long Term Plan.
  21. Report -

    We aimed to gather the views of those who use cardiac or respiratory services to see what suggestions can be put forward to improve services as part of the NHS Long Term Plan
  22. Advice and Information -

    Governance - Here is our Decision Making Policy. It explains our governance structure, our scheme of delegations and our arrangements for relevant decisions as described in the statutory arrangements for Local Healthwatch
  23. Advice and Information -

    Governance - Complaints Policy
  24. Advice and Information -

    Trustee Board Minutes 2020
  25. Advice and Information -

    Governance - Trustee Board Minutes 2021
  26. Report -

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

    The Greater Manchester Healthwatch Strategy on a page sets out how the 10 Healthwatch in Greater Manchester will work together and work closely with the new Integrated Care System
  28. Advice and Information -

    Governance - Trustee Board Minutes 2022/23
  29. News -

    Healthwatch in Greater Manchester publish its first Annual Report which highlights their activities over the past year and the impact the independent network has achieved.