News and reports

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

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.

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.

Healthwatch Manchester are delighted to release our Impact Report for 2023-24. This report details our activities and their impacts over the last 12 months.

Recently Healthwatch Manchester conducted a review on pharmacies in the M20 area to assess their compliance with the Accessible Information Standard (AIS).

Healthwatch Manchester have spent time over the last few months working with different community groups reviewing two separate public health campaigns.