News and reports

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.

We recently carried out a Staff and Volunteer Satisfaction Survey at Healthwatch Rotherham to find out how we are doing and how we can improve.

During September 2024, we spoke to an amazing 129 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 August 2024, we spoke to 77 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 below:

On Wednesday 14th August 2024, our Community Engagement Officer Andrea went along to the Rotherham Heart Support Group at the United Reform Church in Rotherham. She was joined there by Yvonne Hargreaves from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to talk to the group about CPR and defibrillators.

During July 2024, we spoke to 38 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 below:

During April 2024, we ran a survey where we asked Rotherham residents to tell us about their experiences of travelling to their healthcare appointments.

On Monday 3rd June 2024, two trained representatives from Healthwatch Rotherham visited Swallownest Health Centre 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 and survey results in our report below.

During May and June 2024, we spoke to 129 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 below:

In our annual report we share the issues we've worked on over the last year and the impact we've had.

Your feedback and experiences help us make a difference to health and social care.

Find out about some of the ways in which we've worked together with the local community and organisations to help make health and social care better in Rotherham.

In April 2024, we spoke to 47 people about their experiences and feedback on health and social care services in Rotherham. This was through a combination of in-person engagement and enquiries. You can find their feedback below:

Local Healthwatch have been set up in every local authority area in England by the Health and Social Care Act 2012. This sets out the statutory duties of each Healthwatch, which you can read more about here.