News and reports | Healthwatch Hertfordshire

Hospital signage

New Trust Chief Executive ‘returns’ to her home town and county

Christine Allen has been appointed as Chief Executive of the West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Born in Watford she is a high achiever with an impressive track record as a leader in the NHS.

11 December 2018

Graphic of the Healthwatch icon

2018 - End of Year Messages

The news has tended to be dominated by non-health issues over the past few weeks. Here at Healthwatch we have however been keeping our eyes on the health and social care world and there is a lot happening.

7 December 2018

Person celebrating pride with brightly coloured clothes and hair

Hertfordshire Transgender Update

Nearly £5,000 has been raised to support the work of the Hertfordshire Transgender Implementation Group.

5 December 2018

Picture of a lady using a walking stick standing outside

Upcoming Mental Health Project

We will be launching a new project looking at inpatient mental health discharge soon.

5 December 2018

Man talking on a phone

National Survey highlights decline in people’s experiences of community mental health services

People’s experiences of the care they receive from community-based mental health services have continued to deteriorate, according to an annual survey from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

22 November 2018

Young people listening in a group

Feeling Good Week 2019

Feeling Good Week is a Hertfordshire-wide event that encourages schools and the wider community to promote children and young people’s emotional wellbeing by raising awareness of mental health and showing where community support can be accessed.

20 November 2018

Two women sitting on a bench talking

Dorothy Hosein named as Interim Chief Executive

Ambulance bosses have announced today that Dorothy Hosein has joined the service as interim CEO.

2 November 2018

Woman helping an elderly man use a IPad

Sharing your experiences of Community and Enablement Services

Healthwatch Hertfordshire has been working with Newton Europe to ensure service user experiences fed into their work on improving community and acute services.

15 October 2018

multi-coloured celebration confetti on blue background

National Award Nomination

This year we are happy to announce that once again we were shortlisted for one of the prestigious Healthwatch England Network Awards.

15 October 2018

Healthwatch Hertfordshire written on a pink balloon

Taking Stock Week

This September, Healthwatch Hertfordshire’s senior executive team have been taking stock of our services, priorities, ways of working and where we can make most impact.

15 October 2018

Colourful graphic image of speech bubbles

Inaugural Trans Awareness Black Tie Dinner

Steve Palmer and Paul Regan recently attended The Inaugural Trans Awareness Black Tie Dinner at the Priory in Hitchin.

28 September 2018

Volunteer making a phone call

Hertswise Telephone Mystery Shopping Project

For 3 weeks at the end of June into July when we basked in a long hot summer, a number of our volunteers were busy completing mystery shopping telephone calls to Herts Help to test out the triaging system for the AGE UK Hertswise Dementia Services.

19 September 2018