News and reports

Find out what people have been telling us about their experiences of Covid-19, lockdowns and how they have accessed health and social care during the pandemic.

Download our 2019-20 Annual Report and see what we have been up to our in the local community and how we have used your feedback to improve health and social care services in Barnsley.

We have been speaking to residents to find out how they have been managing during the Covid-19 pandemic and how they have been able to access services

To support the CQC #Declare Your Care Initiative, we spoke to adults with a learning disability and/or their carers to gain an understanding of their experience of receiving health and social care services.

Our Strategic Advisory Board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss our strategic direction, what people are telling us and to make sure we are fulfilling our statutory duty.

Our Strategic Advisory Board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss our strategic direction, what people are telling us and to make sure we are fulfilling our statutory duty.

An initial enquiry raised a number of unanswered questions about the general health and wellbeing of young carers. There is growing evidence to support the theory that a young person’s health may be affected by their caring role, and it was unclear who provides support to young carers locally.

Our Strategic Advisory Board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss our strategic direction, what people are telling us and to make sure we are fulfilling our statutory duty.

Our Strategic Advisory Board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss our strategic direction, what people are telling us and to make sure we are fulfilling our statutory duty.

The NHS Long Term Plan is a new plan for the NHS to improve the quality of patient care
and health outcomes. At Healthwatch Barnsley we wanted to ensure that residents were able to have their say on the plan. We reached different sections of our community both geographically and by reaching out to communities who are seldom heard and we did this in a number of different ways..

Our Strategic Advisory Board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss our strategic direction, what people are telling us and to make sure we are fulfilling our statutory duty.

Download a copy of our latest Annual Report and find out how 'Your Voice Matters'. We have been listening to you and taking your stories back to health and social care providers in the town to help them shape services that make a difference to US.