News and reports

Healthwatch Manchester have completed a comparison report between our two Enter and View Visits to Park House and North View.

In the past five years we have seen a gradual decline in the provision of NHS dental services across the country. At Healthwatch Manchester we have struggled throughout this period to get people into NHS dental services as more and more dentists within their practices choose to go wholly private. This has meant that patients have been forced to join the queue for an alternative dentist at their own practice or seek NHS dental treatment elsewhere. This article presents the latest update from NHS England regarding dental treatment on the NHS.

The Healthwatch Manchester team conducted an Enter and View visit to the inpatient wards at North View, located on the North Manchester General Hospital site, to speak with the patients about both their experience of living at North View and also their experience when relocating to North View from Park House.

The Healthwatch Manchester team conducted an Enter and View visit to the inpatient wards at Park House, located on the North Manchester General Hospital site, to speak with the patients about both their experience of living at Park House and also their knowledge & understanding of their future relocation to a new site known as North View.

Here are the opening hours of pharmacies on the 25th & 26th of December 2024 and the 1st January 2025 .

Tuesday 17th September 2024 is World Patient Safety Day, here is everything you need to know about it.

In August 2024 the British Medical Association announced that GP's in England had voted in favour of taking part in collective action in protest of limited funding increases for the 2024/5 GP services contract. Here is what you need to know about the upcoming changes.

HWM have recently completed a review and produced a report on our findings in regards to the locational accuracy of Defibrillators in Manchester City Centre.

HWM have recently completed a review and produced a report on our findings in regards to the awareness and information given about the Enhanced Access Service at GP practices across Manchester via their websites.

HWM have recently completed a review and produced a report on our findings in regards to the awareness and information given about the Enhanced Access Service at GP practices across Manchester.

Healthwatch Manchester are delighted to publish our 2023-2024 Annual Report.

Healthwatch Manchester are delighted to announce that we have completed our combined review of wheelchair access across the three major hospital sites in Manchester - Manchester Royal Infirmary, North Manchester General Hospital and Wythenshawe Hospital.