Healthwatch Redbridge

28/10/2025

‼️Just one week to go until the Healthwatch Redbridge Community Network Fair‼️

Join us at Redbridge Town Hall on Tuesday 4th November 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm for:
ℹ Information, advice and support
☕ A brew and a chat
🙆 A chair based exercise session
❄️ Winter vaccines
📱 Support to get the most out of the NHS app
🎁 The chance to win a £50 shopping voucher

This free, drop-in event is open to all at the accessible Town Hall with British Sign Language interpreters throughout.

27/10/2025

We think trusted independent services that listen to local communities are essential to improving health and social care.

We believe that proposals to bring public voice functions under the control of local authorities or NHS bodies threatens to compromise the impartiality, trust, and effectiveness of these initiatives.

If you share our concerns about the future of independent voice, please consider signing and sharing the petition to ask the government to review its decision to abolish independent services.

📝➡️ https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/732993

27/10/2025

The Community Network Fair is just a week away!

Join us at the Town Hall on Tuesday, 4th November, for an event packed with information and advice to keep you well.

Join us at the Healthwatch Redbridge Community Network Fair in the Town Hall on Tues 4 November at 2.30-5pm. Lots of local organisations will be there offering advice and support.

13/10/2025

We are the independent champion for people who use health and social care services.

We’re here to make sure that those running services put people at the heart of care.

Take 10 minutes to have your say: https://www.healthwatchredbridge.co.uk/share-your-views

09/10/2025

Quitting smoking is always worth it. For tips on how to stay motivated and smoke free, download the NHS Quit Smoking App

08/10/2025

Have you or a loved one received local hospital care for older people?

We want to hear about your experience. We take what we hear from local people and make recommendations to service providers and decision makers to improve care.

Take 15 minutes to complete our short survey and help make services better for local people: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HWR_careoftheelderly3/

07/10/2025

Last week we were joined by our volunteers at Redbridge Libraries for their Positive Ageing Event.

We spoke to attendees about their experiences with hospital wards so that we can understand the care people in Redbridge are receiving, what's working and what could be different.

Have you or a loved one stayed on a hospital ward for older people? We want to hear about it: https://www.healthwatchredbridge.co.uk/news/2025-09-29/tell-us-your-experience-local-hospital-care-older-people

30/09/2025

Stoptober starts tomorrow! You've made your quit plan, accessed support from the NHS Better Health Quit Smoking toolkit, and got a whole smoke-free community on standby. You've got this ❤️

29/09/2025

We've moved! We left our offices on Cranbrook Road and have now joined Redbridge Institute of Adult Education in Gants Hill.

Our phone number has also changed, you can now call us on 020 4625 4616, or as always, email info@healthwatchredbridge.co.uk 💌

26/09/2025

Want all these health benefits and more? Why not join the millions of others who have quit smoking with Stoptober - let's quit smoking together!

To get started, get your free Personal Quit Plan - https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/ready-to-quit-smoking/personal-quit-plan/