Healthwatch Stockport is the champion for people who use health & social care services in Stockport. We will gather your views and ensure they are listened to when local health and social care services are designed and delivered. We are here to make sure your views on local health and social care services are heard.

Healthwatch will help you and your family get the best out of your local health & social care services to create a better system for all of us. Whether it’s improving them today or helping to shape them for tomorrow, the best health & social care services are based on respect, compassion, excellence, and driven by you. This is an opportunity for us all to create a health & care system that really meets our needs.

We know that it can be hard to know where to start when making a complaint.

Our online guide can help you work out what to do when you want to comliment, complain about or feedback to a local health or social care service.

You can also visit Healthwatch England's website to download their series of guides to help you make a complaint or raise a concern and find out how to get the most out of your complaint.

Healthwatch Stockport has criticised the “flawed” Healthier Together consultation, raising concerns about the lack of information available for residents to make informed decisions. Healthwatch Stockport are concerned about the plans, which cover the transformation of primary care, social care and hospital services.

Chair of Healthwatch Stockport, Tony Stokes said, “Most people accept the reasons behind the consultation; current health and social costs are unsustainable and concentrating skills will achieve better results for complex cases. However, we strongly believe that the reasons behind the consultation have not been properly explained to the public to enable them to make informed decisions.”

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