News and reports

This epilepsy awareness week our vice chair Ben Greenwood shares his story of being diagnosed with epilepsy to help raise awareness and break the stigma and stereotypical view which he also held before diagnosis.

We have carried out our second Enter and View visit of 2023 at Rochdale Infirmary with this visit focusing on The Urgent Treatment Centre.

The Spring 2023 edition of the Healthwatch Rochdale newsletter is now available to read and includes the following updates and features:

We have published a report with their findings and recommendations after carrying out an Enter and View visit at Rochdale Infirmary Outpatients department.

We have published our findings on what local people told us about their experience of going through the menopause in the Rochdale borough.

On April 1st 2023 Healthwatch Rochdale reach a significant milestone - 10 years of putting people's voices at the heart of health and social care. To celebrate our anniversary, we are recognising the efforts of people who have worked with us to improve care – our #HealthwatchHeroes.

Our Healthwatch Heroes have championed change over the last ten years, resulting in better care for everyone, without their passion, nothing would have been possible.

Healthwatch Rochdale forms part of the Healthwatch Network across England. We are the local Healthwatch for Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale residents.

Healthwatch Rochdale have been awarded the Quality in Action Award, after demonstrating high quality across the organisation.

Have a say in how your GP practice is delivered by signing up to your GP practice's Patient Participation Group (PPG).

We have launched our annual review to give local people the chance to say where they think we are working well and how improvements could be made.

Enter and View is a statutory function of Healthwatch allowing them to enter health and social care premises to hear, or see, how people experience the service.

The Winter 2022/23 edition of the Healthwatch Rochdale newsletter is now available to read and includes the following updates and features: