1. News -

    Hand made bobble hats have been donated to Royal Oldham's Postnatal ward as a result of Healthwatch Rochdale's facilitation of Rochdale User Carer Forum.
  2. Report -

    Healthwatch Rochdale has today published a report with seven recommendations for improvement based on patient's experience using Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (formerly Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust) maternity services
  3. Report -

    Find out what's working well for people and what needs to improve when it comes to people talking about their mental health experiences before, during and after pregnancy, in Healthwatch England's new report.
  4. Report -

    A new report exploring the experiences of women with mental health problems during the journey to parenthood has found that many people are not experiencing the consistent support they should expect if services were following NHS guidelines.
  5. News -

    The majority of women who gave birth in February last year had confidence and trust in staff, felt they were ‘always’ listened to by midwives and received appropriate advice at the start of labour, according to a national survey by the CQC
  6. News -

    Healthwatch Rochdale have been successful in winning a contract to deliver the local Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) in Rochdale and Oldham, supported in the project by Healthwatch Oldham.
  7. News -

    Fixed term for 1 year- (with potential to extend beyond this)
    Flexible Work Pattern – as a guide hours may average up to 11 per week
    This equates to £12.50/per hour up to a maximum of £7,200 p.a. plus expenses
  8. News -

    The Rochdale and Oldham Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) are hosting their first online “Meet and Greet” via Zoom on Wednesday 2nd June at 7:00pm - 8.30pm
  9. News -

    Would you like to help shape future maternity services? We are looking for people who have a passion for improving maternity services to join Rochdale & Oldham Maternity Voices Partnership (ROMVP).
  10. News -

    Please find below the minutes and agenda for previous Rochdale & Oldham Maternity Voices Partnership Meetings
  11. Report -

    The CQC commissioned Healthwatch Oldham and Healthwatch Rochdale to gather experiences from partners and or family members who had supported a pregnant or birthing person through the maternity journey between September 2021 to February 2023. We have summarised the responses in this report.
  12. Report -

    This workplan has been coproduced with the Rochdale and Oldham MVP Volunteer Advocates and thematic work areas have come from feedback received.
  13. Report -

    This report has been written to give an introduction and overview of what Rochdale and Oldham Maternity Voices Partnership do, how they do it and to also present findings, provide updates on work undertaken so far and to share the view and work plan for the future covering 2021 to 2023.
  14. Report -

    Healthwatch Rochdale & Healthwatch Oldham publish findings and recommendations after Enter and View visit at Royal Oldham Hospital, Postnatal ward.
  15. Report -

    Papers from the ROMVP meeting #12 held on Monday the 18th of December 2023. The theme was around breastfeeding.

  16. News -

    Text Healthwatch Rochdale on 07520645142 to share your experience of using health and social care services in the Rochdale borough.
  17. Report -

    Healthwatch Rochdale has today published their Annual Report 2017/18 containing highlights from the previous twelve months and details of the year ahead.
  18. News -

    Healthwatch Rochdale, an award-winning organisation has won the competitive tender to be recommissioned to provide the Healthwatch service for the people of the Rochdale Borough for the next three years.
  19. News -

    To mark the start of 2019, Healthwatch England is today publishing our annual network priorities list – setting out the key health and care topics our local teams will be working on over the year ahead.
  20. Report -

    Find out what happened at our Board Meeting.

    You can find the agenda and papers from the day below.
  21. Report -

    Healthwatch Rochdale has today published a report detailing the findings from our Stakeholder Review 2018.
  22. News -

    Our work is shaped by the concerns that local people raise with Healthwatch across the Rochdale borough. Our analysis of local priorities puts improvements to Primary Care and Adult Social Care at the top of the list for 2019/2020.
  23. Report -

    Our priorities report presents the findings from Healthwatch Rochdale’s public consultation which was conducted to review the key areas that we should prioritise. The report includes a summary of the data and our key priority areas for 2019/20
  24. Report -

    The Healthwatch Rochdale work plan for 2019/2020 will shape the direction of our efforts to provide residents of the Rochdale borough an opportunity to have their voices heard regarding Health and Social care services.
  25. Report -

    This document sets out how Healthwatch Rochdale will carry out its governance.
  26. News -

    Visitors to the site have the opportunity to share their experiences and influence change.
  27. Report -

    Healthwatch Rochdale has launched its 2018/19 Annual Report with its continued vision of being the ‘go-to’ organisation for all members of the public in the borough to talk about their experiences of health and social care.
  28. News -

    We are pleased to announce Healthwatch Rochdale has been recognised as highly commended in the outstanding achievement category at the 2019 Healthwatch Network Awards.
  29. Report -

    Find out what happened at our public Board Meeting.
  30. Report -

    Healthwatch Rochdale, has today, Friday 2nd January 2020, publish the findings from a recent Stakeholder workshop which has resulted in eight recommendations to help improve the service that is delivered.
  31. News -

    Do you have a strategic background? Care about the future of the NHS? Have a passion for social care support services? If the answer is YES, then you could make a difference at Healthwatch Rochdale by becoming a board member.
  32. News -

    Healthwatch Rochdale is the independent champion for people who use health and social care services in the Rochdale borough.
  33. News -

    Last year, the Healthwatch network supported over 336,000 people to share their story about health and social care. These views resulted in over 7,200 recommendations to services about the improvements that people would like to see.
  34. Blog -

    Volunteers play a vital role at Healthwatch Rochdale, helping the public have their say in health and social care. To celebrate Student Volunteering Week, Paul spoke to us about what he learned during his time as a student volunteer.
  35. Report -

    Find out what happened at our public Board Meeting.
  36. News -

    Healthwatch Rochdale has published their new business strategy detailing their aims, goals and objectives for 2020 - 2023 in line with their newly defined vision of ‘a better health and social care experience for everyone one in Rochdale’.
  37. News -

    Healthwatch Rochdale is the independent champion for people who use health and social care services in the Rochdale borough.
  38. Report -

    Public Questions for Healthwatch Rochdale Board Meeting on Thursday 11.06.20
  39. Report -

    Healthwatch Rochdale has published their 2019/20 Annual Report ‘Guided by you’ demonstrating how the people of the Rochdale borough have made a difference to local NHS and social care services.
  40. Report -

    Healthwatch Rochdale has developed a new work plan in response to Covid 19 to ensure that patient experience continues to shape local health and care services following changes brought by the pandemic.
  41. Report -

    Supporting documents for our Public Board Meeting September 2020
  42. Report -

    The Autumn edition of the new Healthwatch Rochdale newsletter is now available to read and includes the following updates and features
  43. Report -

    Please find below supporting papers to download for the Healthwatch Rochdale Public Board Meeting on Thursday 10th December 2020 1pm - 2pm