News and reports

Rotherham Council is seeking to update its adult social care priorities for the borough. To achieve the best outcomes for people, they recognise the importance of putting the person at the heart of everything they do.

In May 2023, we decided to ask a handful of people about their experiences with hospital appointment wait times in Rotherham. We decided to just do a small overview of the situation initially, before following up with a larger sample report in 2024

On the 29th June, Healthwatch Rotherham and Shiloh embarked on a unique 'Let's Talk' event with 5 attendees on a barge at Swinton Lock. The event covered mental health and 5 ways to wellbeing.

Our 2022-2023 Annual Report has now been published and is ready to download and read. We would like to thank everybody who has contributed to this report and taken the time to read it. We look forward to another great year.

Our Community Engagement Officer Andrea has been out in the community this month talking to various Rotherham residents, at a number of services and events, to listen to their experiences of local services
You can view her findings below

Our June 'Let's Talk' took place in a sunny Clifton Park, with 20 attendees from the Rotherham Yemini and Kashmiri Group learning about diabetes, in-line with National Diabetes Week.

Our former volunteer, Anointed Riches, has recently been awarded the Chevening Gold Award at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office for volunteering 100 hours with Healthwatch whilst studying at University in Sheffield.

Our Community Engagement Officer Andrea has been hearing residents views from a number of different services in Rotherham. Thank you for speaking with us and making your voice heard

Our second 'Enter and View' inspection took place at Ashton Court Care Home on Friday 24th March 2023. We would like to thank Ashton Court for allowing us into their care home and letting us complete the inspection.
You can view the report below

Our March 'Let's Talk' event focused on Cervical Cancer. We had 5 attendees. Sadly, our guest speaker Sally Abbott was unavailable to present, but she kindly sent us some slides regarding Cervical Cancer that you can view below

Our latest report is now available to read, discussing the issues those with English as an additional language experience when trying to access primary care services (mainly GP's) in Rotherham.
A thank you to everyone who contributed to this report

On Thursday 9th February 2023 a member of staff and a volunteer from Healthwatch Rotherham attended an announced visit of Athorpe Lodge. We spoke to staff, residents, family and friends and you can view the results of our inspection below