HealthWatch

HealthWatch

(1) A British watchdog organisation—formerly, Quackbusters and Campaign Against Health Fraud—dedicated to evaluating the validity, or lack thereof, of alternative healthcare methods.
(2) A new independent national body with the power to monitor the NHS and to refer patients’ concerns to a wide range of authorities. It will represent the interests of patients as consumers, in strategic commissioning, pursue and refer patient complaints and contribute to national public debate on the NHS.
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Contract: The aim of this tendering process is to award a contract for the provision and delivery of the healthwatch function in north lincolnshire from 1 september 2018 to 31 august 2020.
Healthwatch North Lincolnshire
Independent watchdog Healthwatch Kirklees says unwanted items can be donated to hospitals during one of their busiest periods, and are asking the community to hand over any unwanted equipment lying around at home.
Call to return walking aids
Alt HealthWatch has evolved from a CD-ROM-based database in 1998 [1] to its present online iteration, which indexes complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) periodicals, often including full-text articles.
Alt HealthWatch
Staff coming at different times and even missing appointments have also been highlighted in the Healthwatch England report on home care.
Home care feeling strain with basic needs not met
This brief commentary discusses a recent paper by Carter and Martin exploring the "Challenges Facing Healthwatch, a New Consumer Champion in England" and places these challenges in the context of the broader struggle to give a voice to healthcare consumers and citizens.
Consumers or citizens? Whose voice will healthwatch represent and will it matter? Comment on "Challenges facing healthwatch, a new consumer champion in England"
PATIENT advocate group Healthwatch Warwickshire has announced its priority areas for the coming year before a packed meeting attended by NHS bosses, county health chiefs and key stakeholders.
Healthwatch pledge to give everyone a voice; Yourlife
RAISING money for: Healthwatch Newcastle Marketing and project co-ordinator Deborah Hall said: "Healthwatch Newcastle listening event will be taking place on July 6, from 2.
Have a say on health services in Newcastle; CHARITY NEWS THIS column is written by you. Just fill out the form at:chroniclelive.co.uk/charitynews
HEALTHWATCH Redcar and Cleveland's work continues looking at domiciliary care services.
YOUR HEALTHWATCH with Natasha Judge
The council is also working with Healthwatch Birmingham to include customer feedback from people who use the services.
Council web page rates care homes
HEALTHWATCH Cheshire West is urging residents to take part in a special inquiry in to what happens when people are discharged from a hospital, care home or secure mental health setting, through a series of focus groups.
GIVE YOUR VIEWS ON HEALTH; WIRRAL Briefing
THE SYSTEM for dealing with NHS patient complaints is 'utterly bewildering,' according to a report by Healthwatch England.
NHS complaints system 'too complex'
As the Health and Social Care Bill went back to the Lords for further debate, the group of bodies, including the National Children's Bureau (NCB), Barnardo's, The Children's Society, Early Childhood Forum, CLIC Sargeant and YoungMinds, urged the government to focus on three key points in their proposals to launch new local HealthWatch organisations, which are being launched to give people a say on how their local health services are run.
Children 'must have a voice on health'

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