News and reports

Healthwatch Hertfordshire is saying goodbye to its long-serving and widely-respected chief executive, Geoff Brown and welcoming Ivana Chalmers as his successor.

After over 10 years at the helm of Healthwatch Hertfordshire, Geoff Brown is stepping down as Chief Executive, and shares his reflections on his time in the role

Read more about our August 2024 Board Meeting in public; this time our Board Members discussed co-production and our role, as well as our latest contract monitoring return.

Local people affected by gambling – either directly or indirectly – have described the issue as “everywhere” and “inescapable”, leading to devastating impacts on finances, society and health.

We have just launched a survey about online GP services and bookings - and we want you to tell us about your experiences.

The Healthwatch Hertfordshire Board has recently signed off the strategy for the next 5 years. This follows a review of the previous strategy and reinforces our strategic objectives for the coming years.

By completing a survey about pharmacy services in Hertfordshire, you can help the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) team develop services for the future.

On behalf of those responsible for shaping palliative and end of life care, NHS East of England and Marie Curie are conducting a survey to understand the experiences of people in the East of England.

During the past year, we have continued to involve communities in our work, tackled key health and social care issues and kept our focus on making care fairer.

Announcing our next AGM, where we will be feeding back on our research programme and hearing a key note speech from Sarah Wren, Chief Executive at HILS on ‘Opportunities and challenges for the VCFSE sector working with the NHS and social care’.

Read more about our June 2024 Board meeting in public. This time our Board members discussed our latest contract monitoring return and recent findings from our signposting service.

An Extraordinary General Meeting was held earlier this month to elect Trustees to serve on the Healthwatch Hertfordshire Board. During the meeting, which was held on 2nd May 2024, five new candidates were elected.