Volunteer with Healthwatch Bucks

At a glance

Causes

Black, asian and minority ethnic groups
Counselling / advice
Emergency Services / Armed Forces
Health and well being / research and care
Learning disabilities / difficulties
Mental health
Older people / later life
Physical disabilities

Other details

Organisation type:

Not for profit

Geographical remit:

Local

Objectives

Our Vision:Everyone who needs them experiences high quality health and care services in Buckinghamshire

Our Mission:

Ensure that the collective voice of people using health and care services is heard, considered and acted upon to improve the quality of those services.Our values:

Place people’s experiences and needs at the heart of all that we do
Be open and positive in our dealings to influence service development
Be supportive, enabling, empowering and inclusive to give each person a voice about health and care services
Uphold independence whilst working collaboratively
Ensure that our decision-making and priority setting processes are clear and transparent.

Activities

Healthwatch Bucks has five strategic aims:

To influence - Use people’s experiences and observations to improve health and care service design, commissioning and delivery
To signpost - Respond to people’s enquires about health and care services
To hold to account – Provide feedback to service providers and commissioners on quality, standards and delivery based on the experiences of those who use them and on Enter and View investigations
To celebrate - Recognise and credit good practice, sharing what we find and using these examples to improve practice
To develop – Make Healthwatch Bucks effective and sustainable.

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