1. Report -

    2017/18 has been an exciting year for us, albeit not without continuing financial challenges.
  2. Report -

    In the spring and summer of 2018, Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire gathered the views and experiences from young people across the county on mental health and wellbeing services.
  3. Report -

    Healthwatch Northamptonshire talked to 12 families who had experience of the process of assessment for a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the previous 12 months.
  4. Report -

    Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire (YHW) carried out a survey asking Children and Young People (CYP) aged 9 to 24 about their knowledge and awareness of eating disorders.
  5. Report -

    Healthwatch Northamptonshire (HNW) wants to ensure that the views of children, young people and families are gathered and heard and positively influence current changes in health care for children and young people.
  6. Report -

    Healthwatch Northamptonshire conducted an engagement campaign, between October and December 2013, with children, young people and families to inform plans to re-design children’s community health services.
  7. Report -

    This information guide has been produced by Healthwatch Northamptonshire and is an introduction to mental health, possible problems and what help is available. It has been written for Children and Young People and their friends and family.
  8. Report -

    Healthwatch Northamptonshire and Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire conducted an Eating Disorder survey, gathering views of over 2,000 young people locally with a focus group session with young people who attend the OUT THERE LGBTQ youth group.
  9. Report -

    We have published our report on the experiences of people using services provided by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT).
  10. Report -

    A young persons guide to understanding mental health - telling the story of Mattew
  11. Report -

    Healthwatch Northamptonshire’s Young People’s Conference, held on the 18 February 2015, was planned and designed to be a positive and fun day to enable young people between the ages of 12 and 18 to engage with other young people and professionals.
  12. Report -

    Read all about our year!
  13. Report -

    Read all about our year!
  14. Report -

    Healthwatch Northamptonshire and the Northamptonshire Young Leaders carried out a survey on the wellbeing of young persons aged 11-25 across the county
  15. Report -

    Healthwatch Northamptonshire held a mental health workshop in May to understand the changes happening in mental health services currently and to ensure service users and carers are involved
  16. Report -

    Healthwatch Northamptonshire representatives carry out visits to health and social care services to ascertain the quality of care, experience and opinions of service users and make recommendations where there are areas for improvement.
  17. Report -

    Healthwatch Northamptonshire and NHCP NHS Long Term Plan community engagement report now published!
  18. Report -

    There are different ways in which you can become involved depending on your interests and how much time you would like to commit.
  19. Report -

    Thanks to a Takeover Challenge grant, Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire Young Carers Service were able to work together to explore the needs and experiences of young carers.
  20. Report -

    During 2019-20 we undertook some exciting projects and continued to ensure that the views and needs of the people of Northamptonshire are considered, particularly as services and organisations are restructured.
  21. Report -

    Healthwatch North and West Northamptonshire is able to use it's Enter and View role to look at and report on a variety of health and social care services, including privately run services, where public money is used to provide care.
  22. Report -

    Healthwatch Northamptonshire has been carrying out a series of visits to NHS and Social Care funded services in Northamptonshire to ascertain the experience and opinions of service users, with a particular focus on mental health.
  23. Report -

    On the 14 May 2015 Healthwatch Northamptonshire invited the heads of the local health and social care providers to a workshop to discuss the future of health and social care in Northamptonshire.
  24. Report -

    Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire was commissioned by Healthy Young Daventry to carry out a study into emotional wellbeing and self-harm among young people in Daventry.
  25. Report -

    Thanks to young people speaking to us and letting their voices be heard, Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire have a better understanding of young people’s views and experiences of health and social care services over the last year.
  26. Report -

    Your feedback from 2020 suggested that more people were providing care to their loved ones during the pandemic and the changes to services had put extra strain on carers. In 2021, we set out to find out more about the experiences of unpaid carers.
  27. Report -

    This year has been a very difficult one for everybody. While Healthwatch could not visit health and social care premises, we were still able to investigate the impact of the pandemic on people's access to the services that matter to them most.
  28. Report -

    Like everyone else across the country, Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire were impacted by COVID-19. We started last year in a full national lockdown but that has not stopped some amazing work from happening.
  29. Report -

    Our 2021-2022 Annual Report looks at the work that we completed last year whilst still being limited by the new ways of working. Despite the year's challenges we continue to work relentlessly to ensure the public's voice was heard.
  30. Report -

    Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire (YHWN) worked with Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group (NCCG) to help improve young people’s transition from youth to adult mental health services.
  31. Report -

    Our 2022-2023 Annual Report is a showcase of the work we completed throughout the last financial year. Read about our year!