News and reports

SAYiT provides support for young people aged 12-25 years old who identify as LGBT+ or affected by HIV. They used their #SpeakUp Grant to explore young people’s experiences of sex and relationships, health and puberty advice and education.

City of Sanctuary Sheffield provide information, advice and support to refugees and asylum seekers. They used their #SpeakUp grant to explore what kinds of health and wellbeing advice and activities would help asylum seekers and refugees.

In February 2019, 2 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Brackenfield Hall Care Home.

Find out more about what we've been doing this quarter.

In February 2019, 2 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Broomcroft House Care Home.

In August 2019, we worked with photography group Archive Sheffield to celebrate some amazing local people.

In January 2019, the NHS published their Long Term Plan – their vision for the next 10 years. Following this, local Healthwatch were commissioned to run engagement work in their local area to find out what local people would like this to look like.

The Perfect Patient Pathway was an awarded NHS England Wave 1 Test Bed site. It involved 28 partners spanning across health, social care, education, technology and voluntary sector organisations in the Sheffield City Region.

Our annual report is a chance to show you the work we’ve been doing and how it’s made a difference to people in Sheffield.

Healthwatch Sheffield, in partnership with local groups SAYiT and Transactive, has carried out an investigation into the experiences of trans people using health and care services in the city.

For the VCF Forum in March 2018, Healthwatch Sheffield worked in partnership with Sheffield City Council to discuss Scrutiny.

Scrutiny is an essential part of modern government. It helps to ensure that government is effective and accountable.

In January 2019, 2 of our Enter & View volunteers visited The Porterbrook Care Home.