News and reports

Our latest report looks at the findings collected from 58 people who attended the Emergency Department at Royal Oldham Hospital and did not require admission. 22 of those people completed a more detailed follow up questionnaire.

Healthwatch Oldham is delighted to publish its Annual report for 2016-17.

For this Forum, we asked specific questions about people’s understanding of their own mood, diagnosis, possible treatments and services they have accessed. The answers to these survey questions have been collated and analysed to identify any trends.

The project included 209 Health Literacy Questionnaires and 7 in depth interviews undertaken with parents with children under 5 within the Failsworth GP Cluster.

We can help you if you want to make a formal complaint about a mental health service. This includes mental health services accessed within a hospital or community setting.

We can help you if you want to make a formal complaint about NHS service. This includes any services funded by the NHS and covers hospital services, GP services, dental services, pharmacies and community health services.

We can help you if you want to make a formal complaint about an NHS hospital service, or a private hospital service where the treatment is funded by the NHS.

NHS dental care is usually very good, and most people don’t have any problems. But occasionally things can go wrong.

The care you receive from a GP is usually very good and most people don’t have any problems. But occasionally things can go wrong.

We can help you if you want to make a formal complaint about a social care service. This includes nursing homes, care homes, supported accommodation, home care providers etc.

We have published a report on the findings collected at the Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Awareness Forum from June 2016.

We have published a report which was undertaken with the aim of sharing with health and social care purchasers and providers a detailed account of the personal experiences of 26 people who use a range of health and social care services.