News and reports

The Annual Meeting due to be held at the Rutland Community Hub in Oakham on 13 September has been postponed and will be rescheduled.

Our work over the past year has focused on ensuring that the public and patient voice is heard as early and loudly as possible in the development and transformation of health and care services across Rutland.

If you would like to come along to our Board Meeting in Public this will be held in person at the King Centre, Barleythorpe, LE15 7WD on the 14 June from 6:30- 8:30pm.

Read the papers for the Healthwatch Rutland Board Meeting, held in public via Zoom on the 29 March 2022, 6:30-8:30pm.

Responding to our February quick poll 26% of you said that no one in your household regularly visits a dentist and 41% of respondents who do not regularly see an NHS dentist have tried to join an NHS dental ‘list’ within the last year

As part of our 'Let’s Talk...' project we recently asked the public about their experiences of Urgent and Emergency Care, to understand the impact of changes to these services that have happened throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

The consultation on a new draft Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Rutland has now closed.

Here at Healthwatch Rutland (HWR) we listen to people's feedback to help shape and improve health and social care services in Rutland. Healthwatch Community Champions are the 'eyes and ears' for HWR in your locality or area of interest.

As part of our 'Let’s Talk..' project we looked into the topic of ‘Regular Health Checks and Screening’ to understand the impact of changes that have taken place in these services due to COVID-19.

Read the papers for the Healthwatch Rutland Board Meeting. This will be a virtual meeting, held in public via Zoom, on 7 December 2021 from 6.30 to 8.30pm

The Healthwatch ‘Let’s Talk...’ project in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland is looking at how the changes that have been made to health and social care services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, have affected patients and their loved ones.

Carers Week 2021 'Making Caring Visible and Valued: A Focus on Carers Mental Health in Rutland.