News and reports

Armed Forces Day on Saturday 25th gives us an opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved in the last year to improve access to healthcare for local veterans.

Read more about our AGM where we: presented on key messages from our major research project "Making Local Healthcare Equal for All", heard from a local service leader on health & care integration, and reviewed the annual accounts.

As you will have heard in the news, monkeypox is a rare viral infection and the risk to the UK population is low.

Organised by Diabetes UK, 13–19 June is Diabetes Week 2022, which aims to raise awareness, provide support and encourage people to share their experience of living with diabetes.

MacMillan has appointed a local Engagement Lead to support those living with cancer in Hertfordshire. If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with cancer, they can help to do whatever it takes to help them live life as fully as they can.

This Carers Week, from 6-12 June 2022, we are helping highlight the challenges faced by unpaid carers and helping those who don't even realise they are carers to access much-needed support.

Problems with accessing GP surgeries, waits for hospital appointments and care home visiting rules are some of the top concerns you've been sharing with us over the past six months through our Signposting service.

Read more about our May 2022 Board meeting in public. This time our Board members discussed upcoming changes to the health & care system, changes at Healthwatch England, and our latest contract monitoring return.

Children and young people with learning disabilities tested the digital health app 'Hear Me Now' to see if and how it could help them better manage their health. This is what they told us.

Do you find your care home visiting arrangements flexible and supportive? Share your experiences of visiting so that we can help care homes to ensure that visits are safe, as well as meaningful, for you.

The government requires all health and wellbeing boards to produce an assessment of pharmaceutical services in its area, at least every three years.

Every 15 minutes somebody is diagnosed with bowel cancer in the UK - that's nearly 43,000 people each year – according to figures from Bowel Cancer UK.