News and reports

Healthwatch England welcomes plans for a Social Care Commission.

There is no timetable for how long grief lasts, or how you should feel, at any time of year.

Christmas and the New Year period can be especially hard but remember - you are not alone.

Healthwatch Kingston is working with Kingston Centre for Independent Living to deliver four workshops on the health and care needs of socially isolated, physically Disabled adults. BOOK YOUR PLACE BELOW...

Funded by the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Community Resilience Fund, Youth Out Loud! (YOL!) have created a film which introduces young people to bereavement / grief services and support.

Healthwatch Kingston upon Thames is your local health and social care champion and we are working collaboratively with Kingston Voluntary Action to deliver this 'Early years: Health and care needs of under-5s and their families' community engagement. Responses to this survey will also inform the development of community services in Kingston and across south west London.

We understand this time of year can be difficult, but there are a wide range of services available to residents of Kingston to help during this time.

Local Services and Support during this period

We know this is a challenging time with increasing costs for everyone, but there is support available for people struggling over the festive period, below you can find advice and information, of cost of living support and details on local Kingston food banks and community fridges.

There are small grants available to help shape and develop an anti-racist health and care system in South West London. ​Kingston Race and Equalities Council (KREC), in partnership with South West London (SWL) health and care partners is working to develop anti-racist approaches to health and care. This programme is an opportunity to ensure that the voices of minoritised communities are heard and that their experiences inform real change.

Healthwatch Kingston (HWK) champions better standards of care in socially funded health and social care services. This report presents the findings of the HWK Authorised Representatives’ visit to Sherwood Grange Care Home (Sherwood Grange). Sherwood Grange is situated in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK) and is one of the homes run by Care UK.

Healthwatch Kingston welcomed local people to our December Open Meeting, which focused on cold weather services for vulnerable people and we learned about winter services for rough sleepers.

There was also an update from the All Age Learning Disability Partnership Board and Involve, and from the Autism and ADHD Partnership Board.

Our team provided an update about Healthwatch Kingston's Including Communities and Including Digitally Excluded community engagement reports and recommendations and we concluded with highlights from the project work of Youth Out Loud! (our group of young Healthwatchers).

Help us to address gaps in bereavement services and support across south west London. SURVEY CLOSES midnight, Monday 13 January 2024.