Healthwatch Halton
@hwhalton.bsky.social
We are the independent champion for people using local health and social care services in Halton. Telephone: 0300 777 6543
Five double decker buses of medicine?! That's how much you saved last winter in Cheshire and Merseyside!
We need your help to reduce it again this winter to save money, medicines and help people get the medicines they do need. #onlyorderwhatyouneed
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/news/2025-11...
We need your help to reduce it again this winter to save money, medicines and help people get the medicines they do need. #onlyorderwhatyouneed
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/news/2025-11...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Five double decker buses of medicine?! That's how much you saved last winter in Cheshire and Merseyside!
We need your help to reduce it again this winter to save money, medicines and help people get the medicines they do need. #onlyorderwhatyouneed
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/news/2025-11...
We need your help to reduce it again this winter to save money, medicines and help people get the medicines they do need. #onlyorderwhatyouneed
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/news/2025-11...
We’re Hiring!
Project Co-ordinator – Patient and Public Reference Group
Home-based with travel across Warrington & Halton
21 hrs/week– 12-month fixed term
£25,000 FTE / Pro Rata £14,189
❗Closing date: 19th November
healthwatchhalton.co.uk/work-us
Project Co-ordinator – Patient and Public Reference Group
Home-based with travel across Warrington & Halton
21 hrs/week– 12-month fixed term
£25,000 FTE / Pro Rata £14,189
❗Closing date: 19th November
healthwatchhalton.co.uk/work-us
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
We’re Hiring!
Project Co-ordinator – Patient and Public Reference Group
Home-based with travel across Warrington & Halton
21 hrs/week– 12-month fixed term
£25,000 FTE / Pro Rata £14,189
❗Closing date: 19th November
healthwatchhalton.co.uk/work-us
Project Co-ordinator – Patient and Public Reference Group
Home-based with travel across Warrington & Halton
21 hrs/week– 12-month fixed term
£25,000 FTE / Pro Rata £14,189
❗Closing date: 19th November
healthwatchhalton.co.uk/work-us
🌟Project Co-ordinator – Patient and Public Reference Group
Home-based with travel across Warrington and Halton
Part-time (21 hours/week) – 12-month fixed term (with potential for extension)
£25,000 FTE / Pro Rata £14,189
❗The deadline is Friday.
Apply at: www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/work-us
Home-based with travel across Warrington and Halton
Part-time (21 hours/week) – 12-month fixed term (with potential for extension)
£25,000 FTE / Pro Rata £14,189
❗The deadline is Friday.
Apply at: www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/work-us
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🌟Project Co-ordinator – Patient and Public Reference Group
Home-based with travel across Warrington and Halton
Part-time (21 hours/week) – 12-month fixed term (with potential for extension)
£25,000 FTE / Pro Rata £14,189
❗The deadline is Friday.
Apply at: www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/work-us
Home-based with travel across Warrington and Halton
Part-time (21 hours/week) – 12-month fixed term (with potential for extension)
£25,000 FTE / Pro Rata £14,189
❗The deadline is Friday.
Apply at: www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/work-us
Defence Medical Welfare Service.
Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) is an independent charity providing medical welfare to those who have, and continue to, serve on the frontline. Offering personalised, confidential support.
☎ 0800 999 3697
📱 referrals@dmws.org.uk
🔗 dmws.org.uk
Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) is an independent charity providing medical welfare to those who have, and continue to, serve on the frontline. Offering personalised, confidential support.
☎ 0800 999 3697
📱 referrals@dmws.org.uk
🔗 dmws.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Defence Medical Welfare Service.
Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) is an independent charity providing medical welfare to those who have, and continue to, serve on the frontline. Offering personalised, confidential support.
☎ 0800 999 3697
📱 referrals@dmws.org.uk
🔗 dmws.org.uk
Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) is an independent charity providing medical welfare to those who have, and continue to, serve on the frontline. Offering personalised, confidential support.
☎ 0800 999 3697
📱 referrals@dmws.org.uk
🔗 dmws.org.uk
GP practices across England are now following a new national charter: You and Your General Practice (YYGP).
YYGP has been developed to help patients understand what to expect from their general practice and how they can get the best from their GP team.
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/advice-and-i...
YYGP has been developed to help patients understand what to expect from their general practice and how they can get the best from their GP team.
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/advice-and-i...
October 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
GP practices across England are now following a new national charter: You and Your General Practice (YYGP).
YYGP has been developed to help patients understand what to expect from their general practice and how they can get the best from their GP team.
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/advice-and-i...
YYGP has been developed to help patients understand what to expect from their general practice and how they can get the best from their GP team.
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/advice-and-i...
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Have your say on our new strategy!
Your experiences and feedback can help shape our future priorities.
Visit our website before 20 October to complete the survey: orlo.uk/yq27y
Your experiences and feedback can help shape our future priorities.
Visit our website before 20 October to complete the survey: orlo.uk/yq27y
October 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Have your say on our new strategy!
Your experiences and feedback can help shape our future priorities.
Visit our website before 20 October to complete the survey: orlo.uk/yq27y
Your experiences and feedback can help shape our future priorities.
Visit our website before 20 October to complete the survey: orlo.uk/yq27y
This year’s #BlackHistoryMonth theme Standing Firm in Power and Pride, calls us to recognise not only the struggles, but the resilience, resistance, and achievements that shape Black British life.
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/news/2025-09...
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/news/2025-09...
October 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This year’s #BlackHistoryMonth theme Standing Firm in Power and Pride, calls us to recognise not only the struggles, but the resilience, resistance, and achievements that shape Black British life.
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/news/2025-09...
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/news/2025-09...
We need your feedback on NHS and social care services. Take a few minutes to share your experience with us.
We make sure NHS leaders and other decision makers hear your voice and use your feedback to improve care, but can only do this with your input.
👉https://healthwatchhalton.co.uk/have-your-say
We make sure NHS leaders and other decision makers hear your voice and use your feedback to improve care, but can only do this with your input.
👉https://healthwatchhalton.co.uk/have-your-say
October 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We need your feedback on NHS and social care services. Take a few minutes to share your experience with us.
We make sure NHS leaders and other decision makers hear your voice and use your feedback to improve care, but can only do this with your input.
👉https://healthwatchhalton.co.uk/have-your-say
We make sure NHS leaders and other decision makers hear your voice and use your feedback to improve care, but can only do this with your input.
👉https://healthwatchhalton.co.uk/have-your-say
Quit Smoking this #Stoptober? 🚭
The day you stop, your body starts clearing itself of nasty toxins and the repair process begins. ❤
Get free local support and advice from Halton Stop Smoking service;
📱HIT@halton.gov.uk 0300 029 0029
Self refer: halton.me/contact-the-...
The day you stop, your body starts clearing itself of nasty toxins and the repair process begins. ❤
Get free local support and advice from Halton Stop Smoking service;
📱HIT@halton.gov.uk 0300 029 0029
Self refer: halton.me/contact-the-...
September 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Quit Smoking this #Stoptober? 🚭
The day you stop, your body starts clearing itself of nasty toxins and the repair process begins. ❤
Get free local support and advice from Halton Stop Smoking service;
📱HIT@halton.gov.uk 0300 029 0029
Self refer: halton.me/contact-the-...
The day you stop, your body starts clearing itself of nasty toxins and the repair process begins. ❤
Get free local support and advice from Halton Stop Smoking service;
📱HIT@halton.gov.uk 0300 029 0029
Self refer: halton.me/contact-the-...
Jess's Rule launched to save lives.
Jess’s Rule is a primary care initiative to encourage GPs teams to rethink a diagnosis if a patient presents three times with the same symptoms or concerns.
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/news/2025-09...
Jess’s Rule is a primary care initiative to encourage GPs teams to rethink a diagnosis if a patient presents three times with the same symptoms or concerns.
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/news/2025-09...
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Jess's Rule launched to save lives.
Jess’s Rule is a primary care initiative to encourage GPs teams to rethink a diagnosis if a patient presents three times with the same symptoms or concerns.
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/news/2025-09...
Jess’s Rule is a primary care initiative to encourage GPs teams to rethink a diagnosis if a patient presents three times with the same symptoms or concerns.
www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/news/2025-09...
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1 / 2 Have you read the latest National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) report, which shows that 2023 saw the lowest number of births in England and Wales since 1977?
Read the full report here: www.hqip.org.uk/resource/545...
Read the full report here: www.hqip.org.uk/resource/545...
September 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
1 / 2 Have you read the latest National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) report, which shows that 2023 saw the lowest number of births in England and Wales since 1977?
Read the full report here: www.hqip.org.uk/resource/545...
Read the full report here: www.hqip.org.uk/resource/545...
Help your NHS understand what’s working and what’s not when it comes to local services by sharing your feedback confidentially.
You can help improve care for you, your loved ones and your community. 💙
📢 Share your feedback today at: www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/have-your-say
#ShareforBetterCare
You can help improve care for you, your loved ones and your community. 💙
📢 Share your feedback today at: www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/have-your-say
#ShareforBetterCare
September 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Help your NHS understand what’s working and what’s not when it comes to local services by sharing your feedback confidentially.
You can help improve care for you, your loved ones and your community. 💙
📢 Share your feedback today at: www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/have-your-say
#ShareforBetterCare
You can help improve care for you, your loved ones and your community. 💙
📢 Share your feedback today at: www.healthwatchhalton.co.uk/have-your-say
#ShareforBetterCare
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With living costs so high many people are living under financial strain, and NHS prescriptions cost more than some people can afford. Find out what help is out there to help you. https://www.healthwatch.co.uk/advice-and-information/2025-08-20/what-help-can-you-get-pay-your-nhs-prescription
September 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
With living costs so high many people are living under financial strain, and NHS prescriptions cost more than some people can afford. Find out what help is out there to help you. https://www.healthwatch.co.uk/advice-and-information/2025-08-20/what-help-can-you-get-pay-your-nhs-prescription
Could you help save a life?
Zero Suicide Alliance training aims to support suicide awareness and shares ideas for how you can approach a potentially life-saving conversation.
Take the short, free, online training: zerosuicidealliance.com/suicide-awar...
#SuicideAwareness #WSPD2025
Zero Suicide Alliance training aims to support suicide awareness and shares ideas for how you can approach a potentially life-saving conversation.
Take the short, free, online training: zerosuicidealliance.com/suicide-awar...
#SuicideAwareness #WSPD2025
September 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Could you help save a life?
Zero Suicide Alliance training aims to support suicide awareness and shares ideas for how you can approach a potentially life-saving conversation.
Take the short, free, online training: zerosuicidealliance.com/suicide-awar...
#SuicideAwareness #WSPD2025
Zero Suicide Alliance training aims to support suicide awareness and shares ideas for how you can approach a potentially life-saving conversation.
Take the short, free, online training: zerosuicidealliance.com/suicide-awar...
#SuicideAwareness #WSPD2025
‘Too Much Blue - Get a Review’ campaign is aimed at helping children and young people manage asthma.
The campaign aims to encourage better self-management of asthma through education, practical tools, and community engagement.
🎞 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4L3...
🔗 tinyurl.com/3d9cmuzs
The campaign aims to encourage better self-management of asthma through education, practical tools, and community engagement.
🎞 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4L3...
🔗 tinyurl.com/3d9cmuzs
Too Much Blue - Get a Review
YouTube video by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
‘Too Much Blue - Get a Review’ campaign is aimed at helping children and young people manage asthma.
The campaign aims to encourage better self-management of asthma through education, practical tools, and community engagement.
🎞 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4L3...
🔗 tinyurl.com/3d9cmuzs
The campaign aims to encourage better self-management of asthma through education, practical tools, and community engagement.
🎞 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4L3...
🔗 tinyurl.com/3d9cmuzs
This #GynaeCancerAwarenessMonth charity @eveappeal found that nearly 3 in 4 people would be willing to take up genetic testing if they were eligible, but there is wide-spread misunderstanding of what cancers may be hereditary. Find out more on their blog: bit.ly/4g62QiH
September 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This #GynaeCancerAwarenessMonth charity @eveappeal found that nearly 3 in 4 people would be willing to take up genetic testing if they were eligible, but there is wide-spread misunderstanding of what cancers may be hereditary. Find out more on their blog: bit.ly/4g62QiH
Pregnant women can now make a simple self-referral to maternity care.
Women across England can now self-refer online to get their first midwife appointments quicker and easier by completing a simple online form.
Learn more at: tinyurl.com/yc67rbef
Women across England can now self-refer online to get their first midwife appointments quicker and easier by completing a simple online form.
Learn more at: tinyurl.com/yc67rbef
August 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Pregnant women can now make a simple self-referral to maternity care.
Women across England can now self-refer online to get their first midwife appointments quicker and easier by completing a simple online form.
Learn more at: tinyurl.com/yc67rbef
Women across England can now self-refer online to get their first midwife appointments quicker and easier by completing a simple online form.
Learn more at: tinyurl.com/yc67rbef
📢What to make sure your voice is still heard?
Protect your right to feed back independently. Sign local Healthwatch national petition calling on the government to protect the independence of local voices in health and care.
👉 tinyurl.com/4x542euy
#ProtectIndependentVoice #YourVoiceMatters
Protect your right to feed back independently. Sign local Healthwatch national petition calling on the government to protect the independence of local voices in health and care.
👉 tinyurl.com/4x542euy
#ProtectIndependentVoice #YourVoiceMatters
August 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📢What to make sure your voice is still heard?
Protect your right to feed back independently. Sign local Healthwatch national petition calling on the government to protect the independence of local voices in health and care.
👉 tinyurl.com/4x542euy
#ProtectIndependentVoice #YourVoiceMatters
Protect your right to feed back independently. Sign local Healthwatch national petition calling on the government to protect the independence of local voices in health and care.
👉 tinyurl.com/4x542euy
#ProtectIndependentVoice #YourVoiceMatters
Learn CPR in just 15 minutes.
Many of us will witness a cardiac arrest in our lifetime. Be ready for that day with RevivR, the fast, free and easy-to-use online tool.
RevivR ensures you’re ready if a loved one has a cardiac arrest. 🔗https://revivr.bhf.org.uk/
Many of us will witness a cardiac arrest in our lifetime. Be ready for that day with RevivR, the fast, free and easy-to-use online tool.
RevivR ensures you’re ready if a loved one has a cardiac arrest. 🔗https://revivr.bhf.org.uk/
August 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Learn CPR in just 15 minutes.
Many of us will witness a cardiac arrest in our lifetime. Be ready for that day with RevivR, the fast, free and easy-to-use online tool.
RevivR ensures you’re ready if a loved one has a cardiac arrest. 🔗https://revivr.bhf.org.uk/
Many of us will witness a cardiac arrest in our lifetime. Be ready for that day with RevivR, the fast, free and easy-to-use online tool.
RevivR ensures you’re ready if a loved one has a cardiac arrest. 🔗https://revivr.bhf.org.uk/
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Our webinar “Beyond Medication: Effective Therapies for Managing Arthritis" is now available to watch online. Arthritis Action’s Medical Advisor, Dr Wendy Holden looks at the evidence for some of the lesser-known treatments for arthritis. Watch here arthritisaction.org.uk/webinars/
July 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Our webinar “Beyond Medication: Effective Therapies for Managing Arthritis" is now available to watch online. Arthritis Action’s Medical Advisor, Dr Wendy Holden looks at the evidence for some of the lesser-known treatments for arthritis. Watch here arthritisaction.org.uk/webinars/
Refugees and people seeking asylum are entitled to NHS care.
Some types of healthcare are free to everyone, and you can access them regardless of your immigration status.
Find advice, information and support services on NHS care: tinyurl.com/3ws85mt5
#RefugeesWelcome
Some types of healthcare are free to everyone, and you can access them regardless of your immigration status.
Find advice, information and support services on NHS care: tinyurl.com/3ws85mt5
#RefugeesWelcome
July 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Refugees and people seeking asylum are entitled to NHS care.
Some types of healthcare are free to everyone, and you can access them regardless of your immigration status.
Find advice, information and support services on NHS care: tinyurl.com/3ws85mt5
#RefugeesWelcome
Some types of healthcare are free to everyone, and you can access them regardless of your immigration status.
Find advice, information and support services on NHS care: tinyurl.com/3ws85mt5
#RefugeesWelcome
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In our latest podcast episodes we discuss the Complaint Standards and explore:
- the value of complaints and feedback
- how the Standards make a difference to complaint handling
- how the Standards can evolve and what's next.
🎧 Listen: orlo.uk/khqRB
- the value of complaints and feedback
- how the Standards make a difference to complaint handling
- how the Standards can evolve and what's next.
🎧 Listen: orlo.uk/khqRB
July 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
In our latest podcast episodes we discuss the Complaint Standards and explore:
- the value of complaints and feedback
- how the Standards make a difference to complaint handling
- how the Standards can evolve and what's next.
🎧 Listen: orlo.uk/khqRB
- the value of complaints and feedback
- how the Standards make a difference to complaint handling
- how the Standards can evolve and what's next.
🎧 Listen: orlo.uk/khqRB
Your feedback has the power to help improve services.
We want to learn about your experiences of NHS and social care. Make your voice heard, and #ShareForBetterCare
👉 Please share your experiences today at healthwatchhalton.co.uk/have-your-say
We want to learn about your experiences of NHS and social care. Make your voice heard, and #ShareForBetterCare
👉 Please share your experiences today at healthwatchhalton.co.uk/have-your-say
July 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Your feedback has the power to help improve services.
We want to learn about your experiences of NHS and social care. Make your voice heard, and #ShareForBetterCare
👉 Please share your experiences today at healthwatchhalton.co.uk/have-your-say
We want to learn about your experiences of NHS and social care. Make your voice heard, and #ShareForBetterCare
👉 Please share your experiences today at healthwatchhalton.co.uk/have-your-say
📣 Our Annual Report 2024–25 is now published!
🗨1,838 people shared their experiences
🔹GP access rose across the region
🔹More support for people facing digital barriers
Read the full report: tinyurl.com/42csmya2
#HealthwatchHalton #YourVoiceMatter
🗨1,838 people shared their experiences
🔹GP access rose across the region
🔹More support for people facing digital barriers
Read the full report: tinyurl.com/42csmya2
#HealthwatchHalton #YourVoiceMatter
July 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
📣 Our Annual Report 2024–25 is now published!
🗨1,838 people shared their experiences
🔹GP access rose across the region
🔹More support for people facing digital barriers
Read the full report: tinyurl.com/42csmya2
#HealthwatchHalton #YourVoiceMatter
🗨1,838 people shared their experiences
🔹GP access rose across the region
🔹More support for people facing digital barriers
Read the full report: tinyurl.com/42csmya2
#HealthwatchHalton #YourVoiceMatter
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🌟 Our New Programme of Activities is Now Live! 🌟
Looking for ways to boost your wellbeing, meet new people, and try something new? Our latest programme is packed full of FREE, fun and friendly activities.
👉 Call 01928 589 799 or sign up here www.wellbeingenterprises.org.uk/whats-on/
Looking for ways to boost your wellbeing, meet new people, and try something new? Our latest programme is packed full of FREE, fun and friendly activities.
👉 Call 01928 589 799 or sign up here www.wellbeingenterprises.org.uk/whats-on/
June 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🌟 Our New Programme of Activities is Now Live! 🌟
Looking for ways to boost your wellbeing, meet new people, and try something new? Our latest programme is packed full of FREE, fun and friendly activities.
👉 Call 01928 589 799 or sign up here www.wellbeingenterprises.org.uk/whats-on/
Looking for ways to boost your wellbeing, meet new people, and try something new? Our latest programme is packed full of FREE, fun and friendly activities.
👉 Call 01928 589 799 or sign up here www.wellbeingenterprises.org.uk/whats-on/