What's new from Healthwatch Calderdale

Share your hospital to social care discharge stories

March 20, 2024
Healthwatch Kirklees and Calderdale’s latest work is focused on people's experience of discharge from hospital and the social care services that support them once they return home. We are looking at the discharge process and the various ways people get care immediately after including: people’s experiences of home first or reablement when they are discharged…

We're hiring - Intelligence Officer for Healthwatch Kirklees and Calderdale

March 14, 2024
Job description   Title: Intelligence Officer Reports to: Operations Manager & Directors Hours: Total hours 37 - currently a 12-month contract with potential to be extended/become permanent. Location: Remote, flexible/hybrid working will be available PLEASE NOTE ALTHOUGH THIS ROLE IS REMOTE YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN TRAVELLING DISTANCE OF KIRKLEES, FOR ATTENDANCE AT A MONTHLY FACE-TO-FACE…

Volunteering for all in Calderdale

March 13, 2024
Working together Healthwatch Calderdale and Accessible Calderdale would like to hear from people with lived-experience of disabilities, impairments, neurodivergent or long-term conditions, who currently volunteer, have worked as a volunteer in the past, or would like to volunteer. We’d like to know what worked well and what could have improved your volunteering experience. You could…

Helpful Information

Cost of Living Support

If you live in Calderdale, here is a pdf booklet to help support with the cost of living:

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< Click here for the ‘Worrying About Money’ pdf > 

Are you interested in learning new skills through volunteering?

Are you someone who’s friendly and approachable and can work as part of a team?

Is it important to you to support other people to make positive changes and have their voices heard? Do you enjoy learning new things? Could you support Healthwatch Calderdale by sharing your skills and enthusiasm and help to make positive changes in your local area?

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Are you looking for more general advice about health care services?

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Reports


Let’s hear it for women’s health – Health inequalities report

Healthwatch Kirklees and Healthwatch Calderdale worked together to find out how women of different demographic statuses view their health and wellbeing.

In this report, you’ll find:
• A summary of our findings.
• The impact of finance on women’s health and wellbeing.
• Insight into the views of female carers and what they say they need to improve their health and wellbeing.
• Insight into the barriers faced by disabled women and women with long-term conditions when looking after or improving their health and wellbeing, as well as their ideas for improvements.
• How women’s employment status affects health and wellbeing.

By Healthwatch Calderdale
womens health healthwatch calderdale

Healthwatch Calderdale talked to women in our local area to find out what they are currently doing to look after their health and wellbeing and how confident they feel doing so.

In this report, you’ll find:
• A summary of our findings
• Information on the barriers women in Calderdale face when it comes to managing or improving their health and wellbeing
• Data on women’s confidence and ability to manage their health and wellbeing
• Ideas from women in Calderdale on what they need to improve their health and wellbeing

By Healthwatch Calderdale
Mental health Engagement healthwatch calderdale womens health

Healthwatch Kirklees and Healthwatch Calderdale worked together to find out what women in our communities think about their own health and wellbeing.

In this report, you’ll find:
• A summary of our findings
• Barriers to improved mental health for women in Kirklees and Calderdale
• Ways in which women are managing their mental health and wellbeing
• What women say they need to improve their mental health and wellbeing

By Healthwatch Calderale