Healthwatch Southampton is your voice in improving health and social care. Established in 2013 we have been working hard to improve patient and public voice and ensure services are listening and responding to our needs and ideas for improvement.
To provide independent health (NHS) complaints advocacy
Healthwatch Southampton relies on your views and experiences of health and social care services. We actively seek these in many ways – through surveys, community engagement and our online Feedback Centre. With this information we can then seek change either directly for individuals or for affected groups. We are recognised by health and social care services and have a track-record in getting change and improvement.
As part of Healthwatch Southampton’s remit, we are committed to regularly making reports and recommendations about how local care services could or ought to be improved. These are directed to commissioners and providers of care services, and people responsible for managing or scrutinising local care services and shared with Healthwatch England as well as being made available to the public.