News and reports

On 13 October, people representing voluntary, community and faith sector organisations across the City met for a Health and Social Care Forum meeting run by Healthwatch Sheffield.

In 2015-16, more than half a million people engaged with the Healthwatch network during the last year to seek advice about health and social care services, and shared their experiences of using them.

In June 2016, 2 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Highgate Surgery, a GP surgery which is part of the Clover Group.

In March 2016, 3 of our Enter & View volunteers visited Jasmin Court Nursing Home.

We are looking to recruit a Project Officer to join the team.

Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group is holding a consultation into interpreter services in primary care settings (GPs, dentists and optometrists).

A new downloadable directory has been launched to support the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people in Sheffield.

Our Autumn 2016 newsletter shares updates including our Mental Health Crisis Care report, our work on Enter & View visits, and an update on our engagement work

A brief update on what we’ve done in the 6 months since the BME Event

Over the summer the Government is seeking views from the public on plans for how the NHS will be able to use patient data to improve services and treatments.

Today nearly a third of children aged 2 to 15 are overweight or obese and younger generations are becoming obese at earlier ages and staying obese for longer.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) the independent regulator of all health and adult social care services in England will be inspecting Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust on 13 September 2016.