News and reports

On Thursday 16th January 2025, we held a Let’s talk about Oral health at The Willows School.

Leiann Musgrave, the Oral Health Improvement Lead for Rotherham Children’s Public Health Nursing Service, led the small group session with 7 students at the school and talked about the best way to look after your teeth.

All employees, Board members and volunteers associated with Healthwatch Rotherham have a responsibility to put the interests of the organisation before their own personal pursuits. The aim of this policy is to protect both the organisation and the individuals concerned from any appearance of impropriety.

Following on from the success of our 'In conversation with...' talk on Menopause, Andrea visited S62 Community Together Rotherham on 16th January 2025 to deliver another talk on the subject.

Our Strategic Advisory Board meets every month to steer the strategic direction of Healthwatch Rotherham, ensuring that our vision, aims and values are upheld. The Strategic Advisory Board helps to deliver an effective Healthwatch service in line with current legislation.

To find out more about what we discussed in our latest Strategic Advisory Board meeting please see the minutes below.

Our Strategic Advisory Board meets every month to steer the strategic direction of Healthwatch Rotherham, ensuring that our vision, aims and values are upheld. The Strategic Advisory Board helps to deliver an effective Healthwatch service in line with current legislation.

To find out more about what we discussed in our latest Strategic Advisory Board meeting please see the minutes below.

During December 2024, we spoke to 37 people about their experiences of health and social care services in Rotherham. This was through a combination of in-person engagement and enquiries. You can see the feedback we heard below:

During November 2024, we spoke to 80 people about their experiences of health and social care services in Rotherham. This was through a combination of in-person engagement and enquiries. You can see the feedback we heard below:

On Friday 8th November 2024, two trained representatives from Healthwatch Rotherham visited Woodstock Bower Surgery to carry out an Enter and View visit.

The purpose of the visit was to:
● collect the views from patients, families, volunteers and staff on services
● observe how the facility operates and provides its services
● identify ‘Best Practice’ and highlight any areas of concern

We spoke to staff and patients and you can find out about our observations, survey results and recommendations in our report below.

During October 2024, we spoke to 73 people about their experiences of health and social care services in Rotherham. This was through a combination of in-person engagement and enquiries. You can see the feedback we heard below:

Earlier this year we carried out a survey asking autistic people and people with learning disabilities in Rotherham to tell us about their health care experiences. We wanted to find out what was working well and what needed to be made better. This is our report.

Following on from our successful talks in January, we were invited back to Rotherham College this month to deliver another Let’s talk on Stoptober. This time the talk was delivered by Andrea on her own, but we took it on tour to Dearne Valley College as well!

Friday 18th October 2024 was World Menopause Day and what better way to spend it than having a good old chat about all things menopause related with Healthwatch Rotherham’s Andrea McCann and Voluntary Action Rotherham’s Kathy Wilkinson.