News and reports

The Government recently announced plans to accelerate the booster vaccination programme in England.

By working together with patients, GPs and the NHS, we are helping tackle the widespread concerns voiced by patients about accessing GP services since the pandemic.

This winter, it is more important than ever that we do what we can to boost our immunity and stay as healthy and well as possible.

Read more about our final Board Meeting in Public for 2021; this time the Board welcomed our newly elected Trustees to their first meeting, and discussed data from our latest contract monitoring submission.

Do you or a loved one need help with social care? Read the article below and find out answers to key questions about who can access adult social care and how to pay for it.

On 26 October 2021, an Extraordinary General Meeting was held to elect Trustees to serve on the Healthwatch Hertfordshire Board.

This Remembrance Day, show your support for veterans by encouraging your Hertfordshire GP practice to become Veteran Friendly accredited, so they can provide better care for veteran patients and, in some cases, prioritise their treatment.

We have just launched a new project working with local communities and NHS services to improve equality and inclusiveness within the NHS.

Losing a loved one can be very distressing and affects us all in many different ways. Some of the physical and emotional challenges can start even before the loss of life itself.

It is important to know there is help and support available.

Everybody is entitled to access equal and fair treatment from the NHS. But current ethnic inequalities in healthcare mean this is not always the case.

Healthwatch England has co-signed an open letter addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak calling for a recovery plan for NHS dentistry.

For some people who have had Coronavirus (COVID-19), their symptoms can last for a long time after the initial infection has gone.