News and reports

Have you heard of physician associates? Since 2003, they've been caring for NHS patients. Physician associates can check your health, find out what's wrong, and plan your treatment.

With the NHS planning to employ more physician associates, find out what care they can offer you and how their role differs from that of fully qualified doctors.

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.

The cost of living crisis has put many people under financial strain, and prescription costs are more than some can afford. Find out what help is out there to help you cover the cost of your medication.

NHS England has published the results from their annual GP patient survey. See how yours is doing or compare practices.

Want to know what our priorities are for 2024-2025? We have put together a simple plan so that you can see at a glance what we will be working on this year.

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.

Our Community Engagement Officer Andrea, has been out and about in the community during May and June gathering feedback from local people about their experiences with health and social care services in Rotherham.

Look out for her and our Information and Signposting Officer Nicola, at events coming up in July and pop along to tell them your stories.

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.

On Tuesday 14th May 2024, Healthwatch Rotherham attended Dearne Valley College for their Health & Wellbeing event!

To champion the public's views, we act on clear, informed evidence of their health and social care experiences.

Healthwatch England recently published an evidence model which explains what data we collect and how, how we talk about it, and how we choose topics to focus on.