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Are you interested in joining our latest Public Advisory Board Meeting? Healthwatch Leicester and Healthwatch Leicestershire will be holding the meeting on 28th March 2023 The meeting will  start at 6 pm – 8 pm…

Deep-dive analysis of experiences of 2,693 new mothers and birthing parents shows that six-week postnatal checks – required of GPs in England – are failing many new mothers. We call for action. We have today…

The latest Emergency Department performance figures show the number of people waiting over 12 hours to be seen have gone down. Yet, still many people are waiting too long for vital NHS care. Read our…

  The NHS wants to give people better ways to see their personal health information online. We know that people want to be able to access their health records. It can help you see test…

Healthwatch Leicester, Healthwatch Leicestershire and Healthwatch Rutland wanted to explore people’s experiences of the Emergency Department (ED) at Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI). We undertook Enter & View visits on Friday 23 September 2022, 7am-7pm and…

The report highlights the good practice that we observed and reflects what patients felt about the care and support provided. Summary of findings People commented positively on the practice opening hours, location of the practice…

Get in the know about getting urgent help Patients in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are being encouraged to use NHS 111 online when they have an urgent medical need, in the latest phase of the…

Community Respiratory Hubs save unnecessary trips to Leicester’s hospitals A new service in Leicester for children with acute respiratory illness has enabled more than two thousand children to receive urgent treatment in the community since…

Final chance to have your say on improving Hinckley community health services People are being urged to make sure their views count, as a six-week engagement into improving community health services in Hinckley and Bosworth…