Healthwatch working together: Supporting the work of the Integrated Care Board
Here’s where you’ll find the latest reports and publications from across West Yorkshire. We work with West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership and local Healthwatch teams. These include Healthwatch Bradford, Healthwatch Leeds, Healthwatch Wakefield, and Healthwatch North Yorkshire. Our projects help to share your views with NHS and social care managers.
How do we support the ICB?
We make sure your voice is heard by decision-makers in West Yorkshire NHS and Social Care. Your feedback is shared through clear and detailed reports. We promote good practice and offer useful data insights to support improvements.
Latest report
Health Inequalities – People’s experiences of services before, during and after pregnancy – March 2025 PDF (501 KB)
This briefing paper is provided by Healthwatch across West Yorkshire and pulls together extensive engagement from Healthwatch, NHS partners and other research and third sector sources. It is a summary of the key messages relating to people’s experiences of maternity and before pregnancy (preconception) that we have heard, with a specific focus on health inequalities in the following areas:
- Inequalities in mental health support before, during and after
pregnancy (perinatal) - Smoking cessation services in maternity
- Support before pregnancy (preconception)
- Inequalities in access to maternity pathways including time of booking.
What people in West Yorkshire are telling us about older people’s experiences of health and care services in September 2024 PDF (364 KB)
Written by: Harriet
This briefing paper is provided by Healthwatch across West Yorkshire and is a summary of the key messages relating to older people’s current experiences around health and care. It covers what older people, their family and carers and professionals say helps to keep older people healthy, what gets in the way of good health, as well as people’s experiences of accessing health and care services.
The paper was presented at the West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board meeting in December 2024 to support the ‘Focus on’ item – Reducing inequalities for older people in West Yorkshire. Local Healthwatch in West Yorkshire include: Bradford District and Craven, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield District.