Healthwatch Wokingham Borough

22/07/2025

📢 Have your say on the future of wellbeing services in Wokingham Borough!

Wokingham Borough Council want to make sure adults (18 years +) across the borough get the right support they need in the future, and your views will help shape this.

Share your views in a short anonymous survey which is open until Friday 29th August 2025.

Read more and complete the survey 👇

Wokingham Borough Council wants to hear from you!Local charities and community groups play a vital role in helping residents stay healthy, happy, and connected. With current wellbeing service contracts ending in April 2027, Wokingham Borough Council wants your views to help shape the right support f...

16/07/2025

🎉Our annual report launch is here!

We're here in discussing the work we completed in 2024-2025 with our volunteers and friends Healthwatch Reading. Great attendance by local service providers, community members and key decision-makers. We also have special guests talking about local health and social care services including Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit NHS Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board

14/07/2025

We’ve shared our latest statement on the future of Healthwatch Wokingham Borough following the publication of Dr Penny Dash's review last week.

Read the full update by clicking below 👇

We want to reassure everyone that Healthwatch Wokingham Borough continues to operate as usual.The Government has announced plans to end the current model of local Healthwatch services and bring them under control of the Local Authority and the Integrated Care Board. However, this change is not yet l...

03/07/2025

This week, we published our 2024–2025 annual report, just days after the Government’s sudden announcement to close Healthwatch England and the local Healthwatch network. We continue to wait for further details on this.

At this critical time, our annual report stands as a powerful reminder of why your voice matters and the vital role Healthwatch plays in amplifying it.

The report highlights how local residents’ experiences have shaped and improved health and social care services, demonstrating exactly why independent patient advocacy must not be lost.

A big thank you to everyone across the borough who shared their views and experiences with Healthwatch, helping us drive improvements in health and social care.

We also extend our thanks to the organisations and local communities who collaborated with us to make this work possible.

We also want to reassure you that it’s business as usual; we’re still here, continuing our work, listening to your experiences, gathering your feedback, and running projects to help improve health and social care locally.

Read the full report 👇
https://www.healthwatchwokingham.co.uk/post/now-live-healthwatch-wokingham-annual-report-2024-25

03/07/2025

Our statement on the news from the Government on the future of the Healthwatch network as we wait for further details 👇

You can also find out more here: https://www.healthwatchwokingham.co.uk/post/our-statement-on-the-closure-of-healthwatch

02/04/2025

One happy boy after winning a prize from our spinning wheel!
Come and join the fun on The Oakwood Centre , open from 2pm-7pm.

02/04/2025

Our first lucky winner 🥇 and there is stll time to pop down to the The Oakwood Centre to meet some wonderful organisations that support children and adults with .

02/04/2025

Come and say hello to the Engagement team and our volunteer Sophie for 2025 in .

04/02/2025

Today is ; this year’s theme is United by Unique.
Cancer is more than a diagnosis—it’s a personal journey that's unique to every individual.

If you or a loved one need support you can contact .
Watch this inspiring video to see how the support group makes a difference—featuring real stories from local people, partners, and carers on their journey 💙

involve Community Services

The Cancer Support Network supports people in and around the Wokingham and Bracknell boroughs of Berkshire who are affected by cancer. We are a community res...

31/01/2025

Hasn't January just flown by? As we wrap up the first month of 2025, we’re taking a moment to reflect on all we accomplished in 2024.

To celebrate, we’re excited to share a special video snapshot of some of our 2024 work, created during the Christmas period. 🎉

🌟 2024 was a year of growth, learning, and progress in helping to make changes to services locally. None of this would have been possible without our fabulous team, colleagues, local communities, local charities and organisations, residents, and supporters across Wokingham Borough and beyond.

Here's to carrying this energy into 2025 and making it another year of impactful change and progress - dedicated to enhancing local health and social care services and improving the quality of care for everyone across the borough! 🙌

To learn more about our work, view our annual report 👉 https://www.healthwatchwokingham.co.uk/post/our-annual-report-2023-24-is-out-now

30/01/2025

📢 Wokingham Borough Council want to hear from you! How do you access and use pharmacy services across the borough? Whether you pick up medicines, seek advice from a pharmacist, or use other pharmacy services, your feedback matters.

Your survey responses will help shape the Wokingham Borough Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA), which looks at:
✅ The health needs of local people
✅ What pharmacy services are available
✅ How easy it is to access them
✅ How services can be improved for the future

For more details and to complete the survey 👇

Every three years Wokingham Borough Council conducts a survey to fnd out how residents access and use pharmacy services across the borough.Your views will form part of the Wokingham Borough Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA). The results of the PNA will published later in the year.The PNA looks a...

29/01/2025

🎉 Happy Chinese New Year 🐍

To everyone across the borough celebrating, we wish you a joyful and prosperous New Year. May you enjoy the festivities with friends, family, and loved ones! 🌟