1. Report -

    This Privacy Statement outlines our data processing practices when we are carrying out our role as the local independent champion for people who use health and social care services.
  2. Report -

    Read more about our February 2017 Board meeting in public.
  3. Report -

    Read more about our May 2017 Board meeting in public.
  4. Report -

    Read more about our September 2017 Board meeting in public.
  5. Report -

    Read more about our November 2017 Board meeting in public.
  6. Report -

    Read more about our February 2018 Board meeting in public.
  7. Report -

    Read more about our May 2018 Board meeting in public.
  8. Report -

    Read more about our August 2018 Board meeting in public.
  9. Report -

    Read more about our November 2018 Board meeting in public.
  10. Report -

    Read more about our April 2018 General Board meeting in public.
  11. Report -

    Read more about our AGM where the members approve the accounts and elect the trustees new to the Board, or conduct a re-election where a member’s term has reached three years.
  12. Report -

    Read more about our AGM where the members approve the accounts and elect the trustees new to the Board, or conduct a re-election where a member’s term has reached three years.
  13. Report -

    Read about who we are, what we do and what we have achieved in this year’s Annual Report.
  14. Report -

    It is Annual Report time, and a chance to reflect on another positive and achieving year. This report portrays an exciting picture of the wide range of activities and achievements over the last 12 months.
  15. News -

    The year is now drawing to a close and it’s time to reflect on the achievements of our volunteers over the year.
  16. News -

    People’s real life experiences of the NHS and Social Care are set out by Sir Robert Francis, Chair of Healthwatch England in a new report to Parliament.
  17. News -

    New ways of working and a new team structure in the office brings new opportunities for our volunteers and a training programme to support them.
  18. News -

    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.
  19. News -

    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.
  20. News -

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

    Several members of our team recently attended the Healthwatch East of England Regional Conference. The event provided an opportunity to network and chat with team members from other Healthwatch in the region.
  22. News -

    It’s that time of year again: National Volunteers Week. Organisations across the UK will be taking this opportunity to thank the many volunteers that make such great contributions to their work.
  23. News -

    A range of health services recently published their Annual Quality Accounts and these were scrutinised by the Health Scrutiny Committee on Thursday 15th March.
  24. News -


    Healthwatch Hertfordshire recently attended a Volunteer Fair in Royston organised by #TeamHerts a countywide Hertfordshire service providing information for individuals who want to volunteer and charities that want to recruit.
  25. News -

    Our Quality Improvement Sub-Committee (QISC) Away Day was by coincidence held on International Volunteer Day. It gave us a greater opportunity to celebrate our volunteers, and all the good work they have done for the organisation over the past year.
  26. News -

    We are delighted to announce that at the Healthwatch Annual General Meeting held on 20th November four new Trustees were appointed to our Board.
  27. News -

    We had our second induction session for new volunteers on Tuesday 24th October. Led by Priya, it was a half-day event, attended by a small group of interested volunteers.
  28. News -

    Over the last year Healthwatch has heard from 341,000 people, carers and staff, all of whom have given their time to share their experiences of health and social care services.
  29. News -

    On the 20th September Jane and Alice attended a really positive #TeamHerts Volunteers’ Event at Ware Priory.
  30. News -

    To improve our important Enter and View Programme we recently developed and launched accessible training for people with learning disabilities.
  31. News -

    On Friday the 12th October Michael Downing our Chairman opened our 2017 Annual General Meeting.
  32. News -

    We have recently collaborated with #TeamHerts to promote our new and existing volunteering opportunities.
  33. News -

    Our first Volunteer Induction Session, following the recent launch of some exciting new volunteer roles, took place on 18th July at the Focolare Centre in Welwyn Garden City.
  34. News -

    Read about some exciting developments to our volunteer programme.
  35. News -

    To coincide with National Volunteer Week 2017 Healthwatch Hertfordshire invited their 50+ volunteers to a celebration event in Welwyn Garden City on a very wet Tuesday on 6th June.
  36. News -

    Healthwatch Hertfordshire values the work of its Volunteers and on 6th June we are holding a celebration event in Welwyn Garden City.
  37. Blog -

    Keith Shephard has been volunteering for Healthwatch Hertfordshire for almost five years and shares his reasons for volunteering and commitment to the charity.