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Healthwatch Rochdale visited The Millfield Care Home on Wednesday 22nd January 2025 from 1.00pm to 4.30pm as part of a programme of announced Enter and View visits to care homes in the Rochdale borough.

Working with Royal Mail, NHS and patient organisations, Healthwatch England have written an open letter to Ofcom highlighting the introduction of new protections to ensure reliable and efficient postal service for NHS patients.

Have you recently used local health or social care services? Healthwatch Rochdale is here to listen to your feedback and lived experiences alongside offering information, advice or signposting for local services and organisations

To provide you with the knowledge and tools you need so that you are prepared to get the most out of your care.

The Willows Dementia Hub is a specialist centre offering support and care for people living with Dementia in a quiet residential area in Rochdale. There are two discrete services for those living with Dementia. The Willows residential care home, which is a 22-bed residential facility that provides accommodation, personal care and support to people with dementia and a day care service at
called “Comfort Days”.

The Lyndhurst Residential Home is a registered care home for up to 41 service users aged 65+ situated in the Middleton area. The home offers residential care (without nursing) in 39 single rooms and one couple/companion room provided over its two floors.

Meadow View Residential Home is a purpose-built registered care home for up to 40 service users, with single room accommodation over two floors situated in the Castleton area of Rochdale.

Healthwatch Rochdale will make a positive contribution to the successful local achievement of outcomes set out in national
frameworks for the NHS, primary care, adult social care, and public health.

Keen eye for data analysis? Strong writing and reporting skills? Project management? Interested in health and social care? If so, this new role could be for you?

Board Papers for the Public Board Meeting held on Thursday 16th of January 2025 are available to download below.

Healthwatch England's 2023 – 24 annual report outlines how the public’s stories have changed care for the better, and the work we’re doing to make sure that the health and social care system puts patients at its very heart.

Healthwatch Rochdale has carried out its Enter and View Revisit at Rochdale Infirmary's Urgent Treatment Centre.