31 August 2018
Maternity and Mental Health
Local communities across England have told Healthwatch's that they want to see mental health prioritised. Healthwatch England's new programme of work is a direct response to that.
24 August 2018
Improvements made to the Breast Clinic Unit at Queen’s Hospital in Burton
Healthwatch Derbyshire Engagement Officers visited the Breast Clinic Unit at Queens Hospital Burton to find out what patients thought of the service.
23 August 2018
Council Improves Care Homes thanks to Volunteers Visits
Derbyshire County Council commissioned Healthwatch Derbyshire to visit all of the Care Homes that the council managed and to report back on what it found.
23 August 2018
Health providers pledge to improve services available to Derbyshire’s LGBT+ community
Action has been taken in response to Healthwatch Derbyshire's LGBT+ report findings.
13 July 2018
Intelligence Report July 2018
A summary of reports and actions that have been undertaken by Healthwatch Derbyshire, including information on what we are currently working on, what work we are planning and updates on work we have previously undertaken.
12 July 2018
Healthwatch Derbyshire Annual Report 2017/18
We are delighted to share Healthwatch Derbyshire's Annual Report 2017/18.
12 July 2018
Carers Engagement
We want to hear your thoughts and experiences of health social care services.
12 July 2018
Healthwatch Derbyshire Newsletter July – September 2018
Our latest newsletter gives a brief summary of what we’ve been up to, what we’ve got planned and other useful information. Healthwatch Derbyshire Newsletter July-September 2018
23 May 2018
Dementia Report
Experiences of Health and Social Care services in Derbyshire from the perspectives of people living with dementia, their carers and family members.
10 May 2018
Experiences of using CAMHS services in Derbyshire
Our engagement team developed a series of questions to ask children, young people and their carers about their experiences of using CAMHS services.
23 April 2018
4 April 2018
28 March 2018
Pharmacy Report
This report provides an overview of what Derbyshire residents had to say about their experiences of pharmacies between July and September 2017.
14 March 2018
Enter & View Reports from Derbyshire Recovery Partnership (DRP) Main Treatment Centre Sites Visits
Findings from visits undertaken to the 4 main Derbyshire Recovery Partnership (DRP) Treatment Centres across Derbyshire.
13 March 2018
Enter & View DCC Summary Report
For visits commissioned by Derbyshire County Council 2017-2018
16 January 2018
12 January 2018
Intelligence Report January 2018
A summary of reports and actions that have been undertaken by Healthwatch Derbyshire, including information on what we are currently working on, what work we are planning and updates on work we have previously undertaken.
12 January 2018
STOP! I have a learning disability
We teamed up with the county's Good Health Group to better support individuals with learning disabilities.
5 January 2018
Maternity Services Report
A summary of comments received September – November 2016
1 January 2018
Renal Users of Non-emergency Patient Transport
We will be working with renal patients who use non-emergency patient transport to travel to hospital for treatment. This work will help organisations who provide and commission transport services to understand more about improvements that could be made to journeys to and from hospital.
28 December 2017
Dementia Carers
The message that is coming over loud and clear so far is that, although there are many organisations across the county that can help carers, it appears that the quality of services and support from both the statutory and voluntary sectors can be patchy.
19 December 2017
13 December 2017
31 October 2017
Eating Disorder Report
Experiences of health and social care services for people with eating disorders.
31 October 2017
Fibromyalgia Report
Experiences of health and social care services for people with fibromyalgia.
30 July 2017
Get involved and help shape the future of health and care in Derbyshire.
30/07/2017 Update via Karen Ritchie, Chief Executive of Healthwatch Derbyshire – the county’s independent health and social care watchdog. Over the next few weeks and months we will be getting out and about to encourage people to join in a conversation on the proposed ideas set out for the future of Derbyshire’s health and care. […]
29 June 2017
Have Your Say On Dementia Care And Support
As the number of people living with dementia grows, the impact it has on those living with the progressive disorder and on their friends and family, has become an increasingly common talking point. Furthermore how the health and social care system plans to deal with the effects of this rise, both in terms of cost […]
26 June 2017
LGBT+ experiences of using health services
Healthwatch Derbyshire aims to talk to a wide range of people about their experiences of using health and social care services. As a result, we received a number of comments from the LGBT+ community through our general engagement activity. Due to some themes emerging in the information we received through this activity, we decided to […]
13 June 2017
Annual Synopsis Of Enter & View Visits
From June 2016 to February 2017, we carried out 26 unannounced Enter & View visits across all of the Derbyshire County Council (DCC) residential care homes.