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Following the Government’s decision to transfer Healthwatch’s functions into Integrated Care Boards and the Local Authority, Healthwatch Richmond is seeking a new Chair.

As Chair of Healthwatch Richmond, you will have a unique opportunity to lead us until March 2027, through the transfer of our role and help the organisation to secure a positive end.

Read our report about our recent Enter and View visits to Jubilee Surgery as part of our wider work looking a patient experiences of general practices in Richmond upon Thames.

Read our report about our recent Enter and View visits to Hampton Medical Centre as part of our wider work looking a patient experiences of general practices in Richmond upon Thames.

Read our report about our recent Enter and View visits to Crane Park Surgery as part of our wider work looking a patient experiences of general practices in Richmond upon Thames.

Read our report about our recent Enter and View visits to Hampton Hill Medical Centre as part of our wider work looking a patient experiences of general practices in Richmond upon Thames.

Read our report about our recent Enter and View visits to Acorn Group Surgery as part of our wider work looking a patient experiences of general practices in Richmond upon Thames.

Read our report about our recent Enter and View visits to Hampton Wick surgery as part of our wider work looking a patient experiences of general practices in Richmond upon Thames.

Read our report following our recent visits to the GP practice as part of our wider work around patient experiences of general practice in Richmond.

Community health services are a critical part of the NHS. They include district nursing, end of life care, physiotherapy, podiatry, sexual health services, health visiting and much more. This extensive and diverse collections of services and specialisms provide essential services; and yet they are often overlooked and unknown. We dived into the Community Nursing world, here is what we found.

Healthwatch Richmond has been referenced in Professor Gillian Leng's national review into safety and effectiveness of physician associates and anaesthesia associates.

131 local Healthwatch services across England have signed a powerful open letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, urging the government to reconsider proposals that would bring public voice functions under the control of local authorities and NHS bodies.

Over 250 unpaid carers responded to our survey asking what would make a difference in their caring role. This report attempts to analyse the stories told in this survey and to present the experiences of unpaid carers living in Richmond upon Thames in their own words.