News and reports

RESTART is a research priority setting exercise.

They are a group of people with severe mental health conditions, their carers, clinicians and other partners.

They want to prioritise 10 ‘unanswered questions’ from a list of 60 about dental care for people with severe mental conditions.

Healthwatch England research on GP referrals highlighted the frustration patients experience due to long waits and a lack of support. This latest analysis by Healthwatch England looks at people’s experience of getting a cancer referral.

This report highlights the public feedback received during our outreach session at Warrington Hospital on 18 May 2023.

This report highlights the public feedback received during our outreach sessions at Halton Hospital in April and June 2023.

Family Hubs are being developed in Halton. This work is being funded by the Department for Education from the government’s Family Hubs Transformation Fund.
Family Hubs support children and young people from birth until they reach the age of 19 (or up to 25 for young people with special educational needs and disabilities). They bring council, health and community services together so that families can access the right support at the right time.

This report highlights the public feedback received during our outreach sessions at Whiston Hospital Hospital in April and May 2023

A Covid vaccine booster will be offered this autumn to people at greatest risk of getting seriously ill.

This follows the latest advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

My Planned Care gives you advice and support while you wait and helps you to prepare for your hospital consultation, treatment, or surgery. This includes giving you information about waiting times at your hospital and other supporting and local services while you wait.

People across Halton will be offered a free lung health check to catch cancer early, when it is treatable. After a successful phase 1, which including certain areas of the borough, more people are now being offered the potentially life saving lung health checks through the Targeted Lung Health Programme.

We continue to receive a lot of enquiries from people in Halton having difficulty finding an NHS dentist that is taking on new patients. Unfortunately, this is an issue both locally and nationally, at the moment.

The following information can support you if you are currently in need of an NHS dentist.

Healthwatch new research highlights that pressures in the NHS have serious consequences on people's lives and widen health inequalities.
Healthwatch commissioned a survey of 1084 people who have seen their NHS care either cancelled or postponed this year to understand the extent of disruption to care amid rising waiting lists, workforce issues, and industrial action, and other pressures on the NHS.

Findings from a survey of more than 36,000 people who used NHS urgent and emergency care services in September 2022 show that many people had a worse experience than in previous years – particularly those treated in an A&E type department.