News and reports

Healthwatch Warwickshire has been gathering feedback from young families and new parents. Following the change of provider for the Warwickshire Health Visiting Service in December 2025, and to support engagement with the development of Warwickshire Best Start Family Hubs, we wanted to hear the experiences of young families.

Read the report from our visit to Woodside Care Village in Warwick on 24th February 2026.

Here are the Board minutes from the Board meeting held in January 2026

Here are the Board minutes from the Board meeting held in November 2025.

Here are the Board minutes from the Board meeting held in September 2025.

Here are the Board minutes from the Board meeting held in July 2025.

We hold our board meetings bi-monthly. You can read the minutes of each board meeting below.

This is the ninth performance report of our new contract. Every three months we provide a report on our activities, and their impact.

This quarter we received 527 pieces of feedback about local services. We published six reports and shared briefing papers with local health and care organisations.

Healthwatch Warwickshire met with the Farming Community Network and local Primary Care Networks to explore health inequalities affecting rural farming communities. We attended the Rugby Livestock Market, which hosted a Farmer’s Healthcare Event, in November 2025. We asked farmers and their families about their experiences of General Practice and other healthcare services to find out if farming impacted on their experiences.

Healthwatch Warwickshire have been engaging with men to find out their views and experiences of arranging a PSA test, which is used to check for prostate cancer. We visited a prostate cancer support group and PSA testing event and heard feedback from 47 men.

This is the eighth performance report of our new contract. Every three months we provide a report on our activities, and their impact.

This quarter we received 881 pieces of feedback about local services. We published three reports and shared briefing papers with local health and care organisations.

In September 2025 Healthwatch Warwickshire joined with IMPACT, Warwickshire County Council's young people's forum for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), to visit the children's ward at Warwick hospital.