Healthwatch Lancashire

Healthwatch Lancashire HWL is Lancashire's independent health and care champion. We listen to your views and share them with decision makers to influence improvements.

Our Vision

Healthwatch Lancashire strives to be a powerful public voice ensuring the best health and social care for the people of Lancashire. Our mission

An independent organisation, we will enable the people of Lancashire to influence, change and improve the quality of local health and social care services.

Today, Steve and Emmy were at the Civic Centre in Leyland for the Chorley and South Ribble Neighbourhood Health Stakehol...
29/04/2026

Today, Steve and Emmy were at the Civic Centre in Leyland for the Chorley and South Ribble Neighbourhood Health Stakeholder meeting.

This was a second meeting looking at collaborative neighbourhood working in the future and understand what this may look like for communities.

South Ribble Borough Council

Raise the roof at this sing-along session in Chorley!🎤Emmy will be attending this event hosted by Genesis Care, talking ...
29/04/2026

Raise the roof at this sing-along session in Chorley!🎤

Emmy will be attending this event hosted by Genesis Care, talking to attendees about their experiences using health and social care services in their area, whilst having a sing-along!

Booking is required for this event:
📲 07845969442 OR 01257 249105

đź“Ť Euxton Library PR7 6AH
đź“… May 13th, 1 pm - 3 pm

Calling all men in Lancashire📣What matters to you most about your health?🏥How comfortable do you feel talking to healthc...
28/04/2026

Calling all men in Lancashiređź“Ł

What matters to you most about your health?🏥
How comfortable do you feel talking to healthcare professionals about your health needs?👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️

Share your views in our ongoing survey👉 https://bit.ly/HWLMensHealth

Want to keep up with all things Healthwatch Lancashire?đź“°Make sure your signed up to our newsletter and never miss an upd...
27/04/2026

Want to keep up with all things Healthwatch Lancashire?đź“°

Make sure your signed up to our newsletter and never miss an update!âť—

From project work, our impact, and enter and view reports, stay up to date by signing up!âś…

https://bit.ly/HWLNews

A third of people in the UK don’t complete their bowel cancer screening test.Bowel screening helps spot bowel cancer bef...
22/04/2026

A third of people in the UK don’t complete their bowel cancer screening test.

Bowel screening helps spot bowel cancer before symptoms start, when it’s more treatable.

This , Bowel Cancer UK want everyone who receives their free bowel cancer screening test to complete and return it as soon as possible.

Let's spread the word together. Get involved today and .

https://bit.ly/4sJYMcT

During our Disability, Transport and Accessibility project, most participants reported experiencing difficulties, includ...
21/04/2026

During our Disability, Transport and Accessibility project, most participants reported experiencing difficulties, including cost, poor public transport links, difficulty booking transport, and long journey times.

These barriers are putting disabled people at risk of missing appointments entirely, which means not receiving the care they need.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/HWLReport

Have you ever broken a bone more easily than expected, or been told you have osteoporosis?A researcher from Keele Univer...
19/04/2026

Have you ever broken a bone more easily than expected, or been told you have osteoporosis?

A researcher from Keele University is looking to better understand how this affects day-to-day life — not just physically, but emotionally and socially too.

If this sounds like you, you can take part in a short survey (around 10–15 minutes) and share your experience.

đź”— https://healthsurvey.hfac.keele.ac.uk/index.php/945616?lang=en

📧 c.kettle1@keele.ac.uk

Your experiences could help improve support for others in the future đź’¬

Did you know that 90% of a child’s brain development happens before age 5?These early years are so important for learnin...
16/04/2026

Did you know that 90% of a child’s brain development happens before age 5?

These early years are so important for learning, communication and emotional development.

When it comes to screen time, small everyday choices can make a difference. Things like:

🎬 the type of content children watch
👨‍👦 spending time watching together
🌳 having a few screen-free moments during the day

…can all support healthy development.

Screens are part of everyday life, so this guidance isn’t about judgement but finding healthy ways to combat excessive screen time💛

👉 Find more advice on the Best Start in Life website: https://bit.ly/4tmKqQh

16/04/2026

Next week marks the start of BeDigital Week 2026!

We’re hosting a full programme of workshops, demonstrations and conversations designed to help our teams feel more confident, capable and inspired with digital tools.

From essential digital skills to deeper dives into specialist systems, the week will focus on using digital to support even better patient care and outcomes.

Today will kick off with a workshop on the Yorkshire and Humber Care Record, a system that provides efficient access to clinical information to a range of professionals across the region.

Find out more about YHCR here: https://yhcr.org/what-is-the-yhcr/

Emmy is at the Ecumenical Centre today supporting the physiotherapy service within Ormskirk Hospital to gather views fro...
15/04/2026

Emmy is at the Ecumenical Centre today supporting the physiotherapy service within Ormskirk Hospital to gather views from patients about the service they provide.

If you want to leave feedback, pop over and see Emmy! đź‘‹

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