News and reports

Access to GPs and dentists, along with issues relating to hospitals and mental health care, are the top concerns you've been sharing with us over the past six months through our Signposting service.

We want to make sure that autistic people are supported in their access and experience of GP services. If you’re autistic, we’d love to hear your thoughts about what your GP practice is doing well and where it could improve to better meet your needs.

Read more about our May 2023 Board meeting in public. This time our Board members reviewed our contract monitoring return and looked back on our activity over the past year. We also had a speaker from the Ambulance Service to round off the meeting.

Every woman will go through the menopause, so it is important that primary care services know how they can best support women during this time. Share your views and help the NHS improve the support it offers.

Come and tell the NHS how research could be more inclusive and find out what progress has been made so far.

A survey asking Broxbourne residents to tell us about local GP access has shown that 64% of respondents found it ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ to get through to a receptionist by phone – with many waiting up to an hour.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is the first NHS Trust in England to launch a domestic abuse app, which will enable staff to quickly refer victims of domestic abuse for free support and legal advice.

This document outlines the expected behaviours of staff, volunteers, and 3rd parties in adherence to UK data protection law. It also gives an overview of how we ensure information is shared with partner organisations in a legally compliant manner.

Better access to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) will improve the lives of thousands of women in England who suffer from negative symptoms of the menopause.

To ensure community nursing meets the needs of East of England patients into the future, we worked with NHS England and local Healthwatch to find out what people thought about the service and how it could be improved.

The South and West Hertfordshire Health and Care Partnership is looking for Patient Volunteers with an interest in health and wellbeing to join its Co-production Board. Find out how you can get involved.

Local NHS leaders have reiterated their commitment to supporting patients and working with them to improve access to general practice services in Broxbourne with the publication of a report by Healthwatch Hertfordshire.