-Influence service development across health and social services by representing the views of patients, service users and carers
-Enable people to share their views and concerns about their local health and social care services.
-Liaise with and alert Local and National stakeholders of health and social care service concerns.
-Provide a health and social care information and signposting service for the people of Derbyshire.
-Give authoritative, evidence-based feedback to organisations responsible for commissioning or delivering local health and social care services.
-To remain a viable and sustainable entity, to represent the views of users of health and social care services.
-Strategic Context and Relationships: Having a strong understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the local health and social care system is critical to the success of local Healthwatch
-Community Voice and Influence: Enabling local people to have their views, ideas and concerns represented as part of the commissioning, delivery, re-design and scrutiny of health and social care services
-Making a Difference Locally: Formulating views on the standard of health and social care provision and identify where services need to be improved by formally or informally collecting the views and experiences of the members of the public who use them
-Informing People: To provide advice about local health and social care services to the public
-Relationship with Healthwatch England: Work with Healthwatch England to enable people’s experiences to influence national commissioning, delivery, and the re-design of health and social care services.
