News and reports

A time to say thank you; this week we are celebrating our volunteers who make a difference to health and social care services in Wolverhampton. Volunteers' Week is celebrated nationally every year, between 1 to 7 June.

People have told us they want to feel listened to and involved in decisions about their social care. Here are six things you should expect from care services, according to new guidelines.

The theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (10-16 May) is to reconnect with nature and using the 'five ways to wellbeing'.

International Workers Memorial Day remembers those who have died or been injured in their workplace. It seems only right that this year we remember all those who have risked their lives and made the ultimate sacrifice during the pandemic.

Stress is something that we will all go through and the causes vary from work, money and health worries to dealing with the lockdown restrictions and everything in between. Since March 65% of people have reported feeling more stressed than usual during the pandemic.

We have launched a brand-new online engagement platform, providing the public with more opportunities to feedback, share ideas and influence decisions on health and social care topics that matter to them.

The City of Wolverhampton Council is encouraging people to have their say about Healthwatch Wolverhampton, an organisation which champions the views of local people who use health and social care services.

We asked local people and communities about their experience of COVID-19 and how this affected their health and wellbeing.

Today marks the one year anniversary of the start of the first lockdown in 2020. Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have lost their lives to COVID-19 and millions have been bereaved.

Drawing on almost 200,000 people's experiences from across England, this report looks at how the pandemic has changed the way people access their GP and how this affected their experience of care.

We asked people about their recent experiences of using urgent and emergency care to inform service development and improvement.

This week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Eating disorders can affect anyone and each year the charity Beat Eating Disorders hold an awareness week to help raise awareness of the various eating disorders across the country. This year the focus is on binge eating disorder (BED).