News and reports

The new HWR briefing paper builds on our findings in recent public polling on access to NHS dentistry in Rutland and our consideration of the National Dental Recovery Plan published in February 2024.

The Spring COVID-19 vaccination programme is now underway and aims to protect those whose immunity is most likely to have already reduced since their autumn vaccine.

Read our latest briefing paper calling for a place-based plan for improving dentistry in Rutland along with thorough public engagement.

Our revisit to the Adults Emergency Department at Leicester Royal Infirmary finds welcome changes and we recommend continuing with improvement work.

We, along with Connected Together CIC and Healthwatch North and West Northamptonshire, are delighted to announce our Beacon membership of the Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse (EIDA), a leading business network that supports employers to take action on domestic abuse.

Joy is a free health and wellbeing support website that helps you find activities, groups and support near you.

You can now get help for 7 common minor illnesses at your local pharmacy without a GP appointment

We found some welcome improvements but more work to do in our revisit to the Leicester Royal Infirmary last Autumn

On 7 February 2024 the Government published a dental care recovery plan.

Our next Board Meeting in public will be online, on 5 March 2024 from 6.30pm to 8pm - join us!

We would like to hear your recent experiences of attending the Minor Injuries Unit that runs at Rutland Memorial Hospital.

Your voice, your priorities: we are planning our work for the year ahead and we need your ideas on what areas of health and social care Healthwatch Rutland should be concentrating on