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What are people’s experiences of patient transport services?
Healthwatch England recently explored people’s experiences of patient transport services. Find out more about what’s working well and areas that can be improved.
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Support for patients with chronic pain must be improved, says Healthwatch England
Living with chronic pain can limit your ability to live and work, yet it is a reality for millions of people in England. Healthwatch England highlights the problems people are facing and what services can do to better support people living with chronic…
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What choices do you have at your GP practice?
Healthwatch England published new research showing that there are significant gaps between the choices patients want when booking a GP appointment and the ones they are offered. But what choices should you get at your GP practice?
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Open letter on the future of Healthwatch
131 local Healthwatch services- including Healthwatch Kensington and Chelsea- have signed an open letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, regarding the future of Healthwatch
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North Central and North West London Integrated Care Boards will formally merge
The Boards of North West and North Central London Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) have this week individually approved moving to a full integrated merger. Find out more.
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Earl’s Court Community Champions’ Menopause health event
Healthwatch Kensington and Chelsea participated in a fantastic informative and engaging health event on menopause, organised by Earl Court Community Champions on Wednesday 25 June.
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New health and wellbeing service for children and young people to launch in Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea
The NHS has announced that a new health and wellbeing service for children and young people will be launched this December across Westminster and…
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Community Champions event: Building healthier communities together
On Thursday 13 November, Healthwatch Westminster and Healthwatch Kensington and Chelsea attended an annual conference hosted by the Community and…
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Movember: November 2025
Movember is a month-long movement throughout November that raises awareness of men‘s health issues, specifically mental health, prostate cancer and…
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Latest reports and publication
Equity in Action: Engaging Communities to Improve Access to Care for All - Annual Report 24-25
Our annual report for 2024/2025 is now out!
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Enter & View Report: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
We engaged with patients and staff at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital to gather feedback on four Outpatient Departments. Our goal was to improve services by providing recommendations to the department managers, based on patient needs identified through the Enter & View visit questionnaire.
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