News and reports

This year, Carers Rights Day is on Thursday 20 November and the theme is 'Know your rights, use your rights.' Helping to make sure more carers are aware of their rights and feel empowered to use them.

Residents in Cheshire and Merseyside have supported their local NHS to successfully reduce medicines waste in the region, saving approximately 60 tonnes of prescription medicines last winter – the weight of five double-decker buses.

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is holding a series of engagement sessions for service users, carers, and members of the public. These meetings are designed to give people a genuine opportunity to speak directly with senior leaders, share their experiences of local services, and hear more about the Trust’s plans for future improvements.

World Diabetes Day is on 14 November 2025. This year's campaign is ‘Strike Out Stigma’ so that everyone gets the support they need to live well with their diabetes.

People across Cheshire and Merseyside are being urged to use NHS 111 for all non-emergency healthcare needs ahead of industrial action by resident doctors (previously known as junior doctors).

Mouth Cancer Action Month is held in November every year and is supported by the Mouth Cancer Foundation and the Oral Health Foundation.

Lung cancer is the UK’s third most common cancer — but awareness and understanding remain dangerously low.

Healthwatch Halton carried out an Enter & View visit to Ferndale Mews Care Home in Widnes in September 2025. Our team spent time talking with residents, relatives and staff to understand how people are supported and to see what’s working well, as well as where things could be improved.

Most men would attend testing if the government introduced a national screening programme for prostate cancer, according to new Healthwatch research.

Our latest report gives a rolling 12-month look at the experiences of local people across Halton, St Helens, Warrington and Whiston Hospitals.
In total, 1,003 people shared their views between October 2024 and September 2025.
Each quarter we’ll be able to show how satisfaction levels move up or down — giving a clearer picture of how people’s experiences change over time.

Welcome to our latest GP Experience Report. Each quarter, we look at what local people tell us about their experiences of GP services in Halton.
This report is based on the experiences of 559 local people who shared feedback with Healthwatch Halton over the past year.

Welcome to our latest quarterly report. This report looks at trends in the feedback we receive from the public each quarter.
This quarter’s findings are based on the experiences of 492 local people.