News and reports

In the recent report by Healthwatch England, The King's Fund and National Voices - two thirds of patients and carers experience NHS admin problems.

In the recent report by Healthwatch England, The King's Fund and National Voices - two thirds of patients and carers experience NHS admin problems.

Do you have osteoporosis? Have you broken a bone easily or have you been offered osteoporosis medicines? Keele University is inviting people to take part in a survey to help them explore and address how this can affect wellbeing.

Do you smoke?
Do you think about stopping smoking?
Is there anything that stops you reaching that goal?

If your answer is yes to any of these questions – Luminus would like to hear from you.

Sight Loss Councils, funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust, are regional groups led by blind and partially sighted volunteers. Together, they use their lived experience to tackle the issues that really matter to blind and partially sighted people every day.

This project aimed to identify what effect loneliness and isolation have on men’s mental health specifically, and to explore the importance, availability and awareness of community ties and local groups to support them.

The publication of “The future of patient voice: learning from the Healthwatch model” by The King’s Fund provides an important and timely assessment of how people and communities are heard across health and care. What do the key factors they raise mean for the future? We ask some questions based on their findings.

Today’s King’s Fund Report “The Future of Patient Voice; Learning from the Healthwatch Model” underlines that a key strength of Healthwatch is its independence of the system, giving it credibility with the public.

Our report focusses specifically on the attitudes of people in their 50s and 60s (those approaching the age range which, statistically, uses the NHS and social care the most) to their own health and wellbeing.

Our latest Insight bulletin highlights the key themes we’ve been hearing about recently from local people. We also highlight our latest news and opportunities to get involved.

This project sought to understand the barriers facing Surrey black and Asian communities specifically when accessing sight tests, and what could realistically be done locally to improve access.

The Patients Association wants to hear about patients’ experiences with NHS services over the last six months: what’s working well, what isn’t, and what needs to change.