Healthwatch Redbridge

24/11/2025

Our Breast Screening report is driven by the voices of women in Redbridge who told us about the barriers they face. Putting their experiences at the heart of service change can help us to build a more compassionate, accessible and culturally competent health and care system.

https://www.healthwatchredbridge.co.uk/blog/2025-11-11/building-ambitious-approach-breast-screening-uptakev

The voices of women in Redbridge show that collaboration and partnership based on the needs of our local community can help drive breast screening uptake.

17/11/2025

Our latest report examines experiences of breast screening services in Redbridge.

Understanding where screening invitations, appointments and locations are failing to meet the needs of local women, we can build a collaborative system that supports women to make screenings a natural part of their busy lives.

Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences with us and to our amazing volunteers who were instrumental at every stage of this project. 💟

Read the report: https://www.healthwatchredbridge.co.uk/report/2025-11-11/womens-health-breast-screening-report

11/11/2025

Does the NHS App help you to manage your health?

The NHS App is designed to give people a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services on their smartphone or tablet or device. The same service is also available in a web browser on the NHS website.

We want to understand your views and experiences with the NHS App.

Take 10 minutes to complete our short survey and have your say: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/NHSAPPSurvey/

10/11/2025

We had an amazing day last week at our Community Network Fair 💜

Thank you to all the stallholders who joined us in the Town Hall and our incredible volunteers for making this event so special every year!

30/10/2025

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/

29/10/2025

NHS health checks, offered to adults between the ages of 40 and 74, will, for the first time, include questions about menopause in a bid to make advice more readily available for women.

Find out more: https://www.healthwatchredbridge.co.uk/news/2025-10-27/renewed-focus-womens-health-brings-menopause-conversation

29/10/2025

If you need the emergency contraceptive pill, you can now get it free from pharmacies across England — without needing an appointment with your GP or at a sexual health clinic.

Pharmacists can provide advice and support. Find your nearest participating pharmacy: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/sexual-health-services/find-emergency-contraception/

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