News and reports

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.

Healthwatch Manchester have spent time over the last four months talking with members of Manchester's student population about their experience and understanding of Mental Health Support Services available to them in the city.

We recently carried out an Enter and View at Wythenshawe Hospital to assess wheelchair access for people in the hospital.

Healthwatch Manchester recently completed three visits to the Emergency Department waiting areas at Manchester Royal Infirmary(MRI) to speak with patients there about their experience.

After recently completing a review of the Accident and Emergency department at Manchester Royal Infirmary, HWM have been looking back at our work and looked almost 10 years prior to find a review similar to this.

We have completed our re-review of each GP Practice website in Manchester. The full report is now available here.

Services in GP practices and the community are being changed to make it easier for patients to access a wider range of help and support services from general practices.

We have reviewed all Manchester GP Practice websites (where a website was available to do so) using 21 assessment criteria (statutory compliance, contractual compliance, accessibility compliance). Here are the bespoke reports for each website.

After a year of consultation, NHS bosses are set to announce a change in how fast a patient will be able to see a specialist if their GP suspects they have cancer.

Both Junior and Consultant doctors will be participating in planned industrial action in August 2023.

•Junior doctors will be striking from 7am on Friday 11 August until 7am on Tuesday 15 August.
•Consultant doctors will be striking from 7am on Thursday 24 August until 7am on Saturday 26 August.