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Healthwatch volunteers outside Moorfields Eye Hospital

Moorfields Eye Hospital gets a big thumbs up from outpatients

Healthwatch volunteers visited Moorfields Eye Hospital three times last year to speak to outpatients.

16 January 2019

lady in wheelchair with carer in the background

Social care and disability - then and now

A new blog about the experience of care services from the perspective of a long time Islington resident with disability

11 December 2018

How volunteering for Healthwatch Islington helped me in my university studies

Jacqui took part in a project that students from London Metropolitan University carried out with Healthwatch Islington earlier this year.

22 November 2018

Lady in glasses and a headscarf

Women from the Islington Somali Community are using their phones to support their wellbeing

Women who participated in the Log On project tell us how their smartphones are helping them to feel connected.

19 November 2018

Healthwatch volunteers outside Holloway Community Health Centre

Volunteers from London Metropolitan University are visiting local health centres on behalf of Healthwatch

We're asking patients using services like podiatry and physiotherapy whether they find it easy to book their appointments.

30 October 2018

Have your say

Our response to plans to transform mental health services in Camden and Islington

The plans include moving inpatient facilities from St Pancras Hospital to a site behind the Whittington Hospital, and building two new community mental health hubs, one in Camden and one in Islington.

22 October 2018

Older man

Local residents talk to us about hip and knee replacement surgery

We visited St Luke's Community Centre in south Islington to hear what people thought about plans to improve how hip and knee replacements are offered in the future.

19 October 2018

Diverse Communities Health Voice is a partnership of ten community organisations

Local organisations publish joint report showing how their communities experience health services

Diverse Communities Health Voice gathers the views of black and minority ethnic communities that don't speak English as a first language.

15 October 2018

doctor and patient

The walk in service at Ritchie Street gets good reviews from patients

We interviewed 48 patients using the walk in service at the Ritchie Street Health Centre.

15 October 2018

person who receives care in her own home

What is the future of adult social care?

The social care system is under huge pressure. What does the future hold?

12 October 2018

Women at the Islington Bangladesh Association are using their smartphones to stay healthy

Women who participated in the Log On project told us what they have learned.

28 September 2018

person who receives care in her own home

Home care services are not meeting expectations

Sadly, we were not surprised to read in the Islington Tribune that regulators found home care services to be lower quality than we should expect.