News and reports

In February 2024, we spoke to 43 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:

On Friday 2nd February 2024, our Community Engagement Officer Andrea McCann went along to meet the u3a Lifestyle group at Tesco’s community room, to discuss all things NHS!

On Wednesday 17th January 2024 a member of staff and a volunteer from Healthwatch Rotherham attended an announced visit of Cherry Trees care home. We spoke to staff, residents, family and friends and you can find our observations and survey results below.

In January 2024, we spoke to 61 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:

Our first session of 2024 was at Rotherham College on Friday 12th January to talk about the health issues linked to smoking and vaping.

In June this year, we were approached by RDaSH to find out about local people's experiences with the Crisis Service in Rotherham. You can view our findings in our report below:

Hearing the voices of Unpaid Carers in Rotherham

In October 2023, we spoke to 35 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:

On Friday 22nd September we conducted an announced inspection on Eastwood House Care Home in Rotherham. We spoke to a mixture of staff and residents, and you can find our observations and survey results below. Thank you to Eastwood House Care Home

In September, we spoke to 60 people regarding their experiences with health and social care services in Rotherham. You can hear about their experiences with GP's, Rotherham Hospital and mental health services in our report below

In August, we spoke to 52 people about their experiences with Health and Social Care services in Rotherham. We have broken down the feedback we have received into services and common themes. All feedback will be shared with the services mentioned.

On Friday 7th July at Springwell Gardens Community Centre in Rotherham, Healthwatch Rotherham attended an engagement session with 25 members of the Rotherham deaf futures community group