HWCheshireWest

Healthwatch Cheshire West is an independent voice for the people of Cheshire West to help shape and improve local health and care services. Share your views.

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

🌟Our New & improved Feedback Centre is now LIVE🌟

Used health or social care services in Cheshire East or Cheshire West and Chester?

We want to hear about your experience.
✅ What worked
❓ What didn’t
💡 What should change

[NHS @NHSuk]

From 2027, NHS Online will give people the option to get planned care through the NHS App.

It will connect people with specialist clinicians across the country – helping them get care soonerFrom 2027, NHS Online will give people the option to get planned care through the NHS App.

It will connect people with specialist clinicians across the country – helping them get care soonerFrom 2027, NHS Online will give people the option to get planned care through the NHS App.

It will connect people with specialist clinicians across the country – helping them get care soonerFrom 2027, NHS Online will give people the option to get planned care through the NHS App.

It will connect people with specialist clinicians across the country – helping them get care soonerFrom 2027, NHS Online will give people the option to get planned care through the NHS App.

It will connect people with specialist clinicians across the country – helping them get care soonerFrom 2027, NHS Online will give people the option to get planned care through the NHS App.

It will connect people with specialist clinicians across the country – helping them get care sooner.

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

Struggling with energy bills? Groundwork's Green Doctors offer FREE advice on saving energy, cutting costs, and accessing financial support.

📞0330 1740 863
📧 [email protected]

#CostOfLiving #EnergyBills #FuelPoverty

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

Do you #KnowThe6Steps to meeting your communication needs? We’re raising awareness of the right to accessible communication for our patients and staff.

Find out more here: https://t.co/JLd2OqblYj

@NHSCandM

[NHS Cheshire and Merseyside @NHSCandM]

🌞Here comes the sun - let's keep ourselves and more vulnerable people safe in the hot weather👇

If you’re going out, walk in the shade, apply sunscreen, wear a hat, sunglasses and light, loose-fitting, light-coloured clothes. Drink plenty of fluids and avoid excess alcohol 🫗

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

Is your cervical screening due or overdue? There's a drop-in clinic this Saturday – no appointment needed.

🗓 9th May, 10.30am–4pm
📍 Brio Winsford, The Drumber, CW7 1AD

Private, discreet, delivered by female staff.

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

Getting somewhere shouldn't be a struggle. YourBus is a community transport service with fares from £4, free membership, and local routes – for those aged 80+, with mobility issues, or living somewhere hard to reach

Call 01606784100 or visit https://t.co/YMkFs8LcvN for more info

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

All medicines prescribed by the NHS must meet strict national safety and quality standards. If it’s prescribed by your NHS team, it’s safe.

Help us to get more people the treatment they need, when they need it. #maketheswitchnhs

More info: https://t.co/Z0xsetcLQp

@NHSCandM

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

Unpaid carer in Cheshire West? @Go_CheshireWest and @NHSCandM want your views on the All-Age Carers Strategy. Survey closes 10 May.
👉https://t.co/HgiscfWU67

#UnpaidCarers #CheshireWest #HaveYourSay

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

🐣 Happy Easter! Our office closes at 5pm today and reopens 9am Tuesday 7 April.

Need medical help over Easter, dial 111?

Find out where to get support out of hours 👇
https://t.co/RHwEYm3CMd 🌷

Find more ways to reach us: https://t.co/0siiWKSYYE

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

@Go_CheshireWest
@NHSCandM
@cwpnhs
@TheCountessNHS
@MidCheshireNHS

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

The Cheshire West and Chester Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2026–31 is here, and you, the residents, helped shape the priorities. Thanks to everyone who spoke to us.

More info here: https://t.co/kEr74ew5y9
Feedback on health and social care? Talk to us: https://t.co/wW5sVHYKL5

[NHS Cheshire and Merseyside @NHSCandM]

Meningitis symptoms can develop quickly, so it’s important to act immediately if you spot them. More info ➡️ https://t.co/A3JuxNRBWl

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

School holidays can be brilliant.
They can also be… long.

There’s a round-up of school holiday activities across Cheshire West & Chester — sports, play & local events in one place.

📱 Scan the QR code or search “ @Go_CheshireWest and Chester School Holiday Activities”

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

Works. Doesn’t work. Somewhere in between. Tell us about the NHS App.

Our Cheshire and Merseyside wide survey is open till the end of Feb - share your views!

This survey is open to anyone living or working in Cheshire and Merseyside.

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

All 9 Healthwatch in Cheshire and Merseyside have launched a survey to understand how people across the region use the NHS App - or why they might not. Your feedback will help make sure digital NHS services work for everyone.

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

It was meant to be a quick appointment, part of a normal family day.

Mike didn’t expect to leave the optician and head straight to hospital.

His story shows why blood pressure checks matter.

Read Mike's story here: https://t.co/QlUxqM44Ex

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

👉 Visit our website and click Leave your feedback:
https://t.co/7gl2Mb6JuH

Prefer other ways to contact us? Visit the "Contact Us" section to find out more.

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

🌟Our New & improved Feedback Centre is now LIVE🌟

Used health or social care services in Cheshire East or Cheshire West and Chester?

We want to hear about your experience.
✅ What worked
❓ What didn’t
💡 What should change

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

If your child or young person (0–25) has SEND or additional needs, with or without a diagnosis, or maybe not yet identified then please take part in this year’s Parent Carer Forum’s (PCFs) Cheshire West & Chester SEND Survey.

https://t.co/ewdOTQ7oZT

[HWCheshireWest @HealthwatchCW]

📣 @MidCheshireNHS is developing a new Patient Experience Strategy: Experience of Care.

Residents can share views by answering 4 short questions, takes a few mins!

🗓 Feedback requested by early Feb. https://t.co/mVdQsaQ0iH

[Mid Cheshire Hospitals 🏥 @MidCheshireNHS]

Our A&E department is currently very busy. Please don’t come to A&E unless it’s an emergency, critical or a life-threatening situation.

If you're unwell and not sure where to go, use NHS 111 to get the right care in the right place – https://t.co/SoRMOQhIL3