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Meeting minutes from September, August and October 2024

Healthwatch in Greater Manchester explore the realities of child and adolescent mental health services in the city region. (Report courtesy of Healthwatch Trafford)

Meeting minutes from 2023-24

A comprehensive project was undertaken to better understand those using mental health services provided by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust (GMMH) for residents of the Wigan Borough. This was in response to concerns raised by national media regarding negative experiences of patients accessing mental health services across Edenfield Hospital, Prestwich by the same mental health trust.

The project aimed to understand residents’ experiences with mental health services under the relatively newly appointed provider, GMMH which replaced Northwest Boroughs in April 2021.

We spoke to a significant amount of people during this project and 130 of those agreed to share their
stories and for us to record them.

The Value of Listening

Our board meets every month to discuss local health and social care issues, and use what people are telling us to make decisions for our Healthwatch. Download minutes from our meeting from 25th March 2pm-4pm

2024 board minutes.

“Over the last quarter HWWL has ensured representation on an increasing
number of committees and groups. The Chair and Chief Officer have a
place on the ICS and ICB forums where we can ensure engagement
and inclusion of public opinion is embedded into service design.

Our board meets every month to discuss local health and social care issues, and use what people are telling us to make decisions for our Healthwatch. Download minutes from our meeting from 15th May 2023

The National Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2022 results were published this week. The survey was commissioned and managed by NHS England.

Meeting minutes from 2022-23

2022-23 board minutes.