At Healthwatch Calderdale we work on a variety of projects. We respond to feedback from the public to help influence the direction of our work as well as participate in national cooperative work with other organisations. This allows Healthwatch to be reactive and flexible when new problems come up in the community.

If there are issues you think we should be working on, or there are any problems with any of the reports below, please contact us on info@healthwatchcalderdale.co.uk or by phone on 01422 399 433.

Latest Reports > Council and Clinical Commissioning Groups

How delays to care during the COVID-19 pandemic have affected people in Calderdale


The waiting game

Since March 2020 we have had a lot of feedback from the public telling us about delays, difficulties and changes in NHS and social care services, due to the Covid-19 pandemic affecting how these services were run. Healthwatch Kirklees and Healthwatch Calderdale worked collaboratively during 2021 to collect the experiences of people living in Calderdale and Kirklees during the Covid-19 pandemic who had experienced delays to health and social care for non-Covid related conditions since March 2020.
NHS Report Delivery Plan For Tackling The Covid-19 Backlog

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Covid-19 General Practitioners (GP) Hospitals Council and Clinical Commissioning Groups
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Report 07/02/22

Improving complaints processes


Providing Independent Health Complaints Advocacy offers interesting insights in to the way in which complaints are dealt with by different providers in Calderdale. Often there are ongoing and underlying issues with how complaints responses are produced and delivered, with many of these related to poor communication.

By
Council and Clinical Commissioning Groups
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Sustainability and Transformation


If you are keen to understand more about plans for health and social care in Calderdale, you might be interested to look at the Sustainability and Transformation Plan for Calderdale. You can download a copy of the report.

By
Council and Clinical Commissioning Groups