Meeting with Paul Burstow, STP Chair
As part of Paul’s work to deepen his awareness of the public and patient experience of health and social care within Herts and West Essex, he is meeting with a few key partners. Healthwatch being one of them.
What we discussed
Paul was keen to hear about the work we are doing as part of Healthwatch England’s effort’s to understand how the public are engaging with the NHS Long Term Plan. This also gave us the chance to highlight the two surveys we’re currently running. One is focusing on what people think should be done to give more control of care whilst the second focuses on asking what would you do to give people better support?
We also explored ways Healthwatch Hertfordshire and patients could best hold the STP to account, highlighting the importance of the patient perspective being represented at governance level.
Finally, it’s important to underline that throughout discussions Steve and Geoff brought an open and honest insight into the challenges and issues that we are aware of around Health and Social Care in Hertfordshire. Thank you to you for providing your insight, and working with us to help bring about change.
Update December 2020
Healthwatch Hertfordshire and Herts and West Essex Sustainability Transformation Partnership (STP) worked together to identify the needs of local residents and published The NHS Long Term Plan: Views from Hertfordshire report.
You can read about the consultation and find the reports here on our website or download the documents below.
NHS Long Term Plan Reports
Download and read the full findings and summary reports here.
