On 1st February each year, Healthwatch Bedford Borough publishes a Priority Listening Survey. This survey helps to inform our key strategic priority areas of focus for the year ahead and ensures that local residents and key stakeholders are fully involved in decision-making.
News and views
Financial assistance for workers with disability or health…
Access to Work grants can help you get work or stay in work if you have a health condition or disability,…
News
Share Your Thoughts - Shape Inclusive Activities in Bedfordshire!
Be Active Beds need your voice to help make Bedfordshire a more inclusive and active place for everyone!…
News
Tips and advice for maintaining good oral health for children & and adults.
Healthwatch Bedford Borough are working with Bedfordshire Oral Health Improvement Team to spread tips and information on good oral Health.
Our volunteers are at the heart of what we do.
Our volunteers are out in the community everyday listening to people to find out if health and care is working for them
Whether you want to gain valuable work experience, help improve care in your community or learn new skills, there are lots of ways you can join us to make a real difference.
Thank you so much for helping me sort my dad's vaccination. From contacting yourselves late on Monday to see when cancelled vaccinations would be rescheduled, you have kept me fully updated & got his vaccination date. He is so pleased and it seems to have given him a real boost! He said the whole experience was lovely.
Latest reports and publication
Enter and View Report - Revisit Bushmead Court
Please see details below of Healthwatch Bedford Borough revisit to…
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Enter and View Report - Revisit Lillibet Lodge Care Home
Please see details below of Healthwatch Bedford Borough revisit to…
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Advice and information
Getting a second opinion about your care
A second opinion is when you choose to request the expertise of another healthcare professional after you've been given a diagnosis or treatment…
Patient Decision Aids- Making decisions about your care
In 2023, NICE were commissioned by NHS England to develop a range of Patient Decision Aids (also called Decision Support Tools) on a range of topics.
Whooping Cough- What is it?
There is a worrying rise in whooping cough, officials warn, external, with 553 cases in England recorded in January alone and high numbers in Wales.…