News and reports

Take a look at what Healthwatch Sandwell have been hearing during May and June.

All information supporting the July Independent Strategic Advisory Board meeting to be held on 1st July 2024

Please see a snap shot of our Diabetes Prevention week information!

As a nation, we're a generous lot. You could say that giving is in our blood. But it’s blood we need more people to give to save lives.
Every minute, the NHS needs 3 lifesaving blood donations - everything from emergency surgery, to the precious blood that keeps people with sickle cell healthy.
Sickle cell is more common in people of Black heritage. To get the best possible treatment, people with sickle cell need blood that closely matches their own. This often comes from donors of the same ethnicity. That's why we particularly need donors of Black heritage to sign up and start giving. We also particularly need O negative and O positive donors to book an appointment. O negative can be given to anyone in emergencies, and O positive is blood type most commonly requested by hospitals.

The rewards of foster caring extend far beyond the positive influence on a child; as fostering can lead to personal growth, fulfilment, and a sense of purpose to your own life. As of 31st March 2021, there were 45,370 fostering households and 76,640 foster carers in England. This is a 2% and 4% increase since 2014 to 2015, respectively.

Find NHS Health Checks near you.

NHS Health Checks at Wednesbury Library. Please check eligibility criteria.

Please check for eligibility criteria

Have you been invited for your annual health check? Here are some things you might need to remember when you go to your appointment.

1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem, but you are not alone. Help, advice and support is there for you.

Take a look at what the team have been doing!

What is a the GP Showcase?

Healthwatch Sandwell are aware the challenges people face regarding getting GP appointments. We would like to capture the other side of GP surgeries, what are surgeries doing to improve the patient experience?

This will help:

• Inform patients about improvements the surgeries are making

• Build relationships with Practice Managers and Patient Participation Groups (PPG)

• Promote PPGs


Here is our latest GP Showcase with Dr Arora Surgery. Please take a look to see how they are supporting their patients.