News and reports

The Care Quality Commission has announced today that hospital children’s services provided by East Kent Hospitals are rated as inadequate.

Last week, we travelled to London to join forces with more than 100 fellow local Healthwatch organisations at our annual parliamentary reception.

In the news this weekend, we've heard new figures showing that many people struggle to get an appointment with their GP.

In 2018 we spoke to 89 people about their experience of being discharged from both Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital.

Five million women are invited for a smear test, but 1 in 4 women don't attend their smear test. Why is that? We assume it is because people are worried about the procedure. Could it be in part because people are struggling to get an appointment?

Last month we visited Folkestone & Hythe District Council to talk to their staff about their experiences of local health & social care services. We met 230 people in total during our visit.

For many of us attending an appointment at hospital can be daunting. For someone with Dementia, it can be terrifying!

In July 2018 we spoke to people with neurological conditions with their carers and staff working in neurological services.

In the second of a new series of reports, we have highlighted the feedback we’ve heard from people with learning disabilities.

Everything we have heard from people is included in the report.

Kent has one of the highest populations of Travellers in the UK.

At Healthwatch Kent we regularly visit Traveller sites to hear directly from the community about the issues they face about health and social care services.

Healthwatches across the South East have heard from people who are concerned about their GP surgery either closing or merging.

The Thanet Over Fifties Forum recently attended a meeting about changes to bus services in Thanet. They shared with us a report from the meeting.