News and reports

In this year's YOL! Activity Update, find out what young people think about local heath and care service, watch an interview with Tom Baverstock, a Kingston’s Cycling Paramedic and discover more about how the YOL! Digital Youth Project has worked with the Kingston Resilience Fund to tackle young peoples challenges with social media.

The LSV wants to bring together people with lived experience of Safeguarding from each London borough. Healthwatch Kingston has been re-commissioned by the London Safeguarding Adults Board to coordinate the LSV work programme.

Inclusion and amplifying the voices of people with a learning disability is a key priority for the work of Healthwatch Kingston and the All Age Learning Disability Board.

Mental health continues to be of significant concern locally, with people seeking information and requesting help to access support.

Healthwatch Kingston has been working with the Royal Borough of Kingston Adult Safeguarding Team to ensure that feedback from local people with lived experience of the safeguarding process improves the service.

This report is one of two (the second is our ‘Including Digitally Excluded Communities’ report) that share findings from our community engagement with Kingston residents over almost two years.

This report is one of two (the other is our ‘Including Communities’ report) that share findings from our community engagement with Kingston residents over twenty months. During this period, to support Kingston, as a Marmot borough, Healthwatch Kingston has tripled our community engagement activity with people with protected characteristics and people who are not often heard from.

Healthwatch Kingston undertook an announced Enter and View to Rosclare Residential Home (Rosclare) in March 2024. Our focus for this Enter and View was to observe the living environment; residents’ mealtime experiences; and activities provided.

Healthwatch Kingston's Enter and View report about Kingston Hospital food and hydration report highlights our visiting team's observations and shares what patients and staff shared with us about their experiences. This report will help support service improvements in food and drink services at Kingston Hospital.

Healthwatch England's report, "Pharmacy: what people want", explores the current state of pharmacy services and offers actions for healthcare leaders and the wider sector.

The public is welcome to join PART A of this meeting.

This meeting will be held face-to-face at:

Canbury Works, Unit 6-7, Canbury Business Park, Elm Crescent, Kingston, KT2 6HJ

The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) is a comprehensive picture of information and data of the health, care, and wellbeing needs and inequalities of Kingston (now and in the future) in order to improve and protect health and wellbeing outcomes.