Healthwatch has the legal power to visit health and social care services to see what is working well and identify areas for improvement. The evidence collected is used to make people’s experiences better and also celebrate what is working well. To help improve people’s experiences we make recommendations and inform changes, both for individual services […]
06 March 2024
Healthwatch Wirral are here to support and listen to experiences of local health and social care services on Wirral. An easy way to share your views is using the Healthwatch Wirral feedback Centre. Click here to visit Feedback Centre You can also call us on: 0151 230 8957 We have just added an easier form […]
06 March 2024
Birkenhead-based Open Door Charity has won a major award for its creative and accessible mental health and wellbeing support for young people across the Wirral and Merseyside. Following a rigorous selection and assessment process, Open Door Charity was chosen from more than 500 organisations across the UK as one of the 10 winners of the 2024 […]
05 March 2024
Birkenhead-based charity the Wirral Multicultural Organisation has won a major national award for the support it provides to people from ethnic minority backgrounds across the Borough of Wirral. The award judges praised the services the charity has developed, including its help to overcome barriers in accessing health care. Following a rigorous selection and assessment process, […]
05 March 2024
Healthwatch Wirral have been advised that from 1st March 2024, CWP will be temporarily suspending acceptance of new referrals for adult autism assessments across Cheshire and Wirral for adults only. This is as a result of demand for assessments significantly exceeding commissioned capacity, resulting in high numbers of people waiting and lengthy waiting times for assessment. […]
04 March 2024
In an unknown location and lost? Use ‘What3words’, when it is hard to describe where you are in an emergency, you only need to read out three words given on the app for the call handler to know exactly where to find the incident. North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) and other emergency services have always […]
01 March 2024
