Healthwatch report on the NHS Long Term Plan reveals the changes people want to make to local services in Cheshire East

Healthwatch Cheshire has today published a report outlining the public’s views on the NHS Long Term Plan.

The NHS has produced a Long Term Plan, setting out all the things it wants health services to do better for people across the country. For these plans to work, the NHS needs to shape local plans based on local needs. We asked people #WhatWouldYouDo to improve local services in Cheshire and Merseyside.

Earlier this year, more than 2800 residents, patients and their families from Cheshire and Merseyside, including 303 from Cheshire East and 273 from Cheshire West and Chester shared their views on what matters to them in local NHS  and care services.

The people of Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester told us that they would like:

• Access to the help and treatment they need when they want it.
• Professionals that listen.
• A focus on prevention, environment and infrastructure.
• A joined-up approach to accessible services.
• Easier access to GP appointments.

Read more about what people would do to change services in Cheshire and Merseyside, including Cheshire East at www.healthwatchcheshireeast.org.uk/what-we-do/our-reports

You can read the full report of what the people of Cheshire East told us here:

Healthwatch Cheshire East NHS Long Term Plan Public Views Report.

The full Cheshire and Merseyside report can be viewed here:

Healthwatch Cheshire and Merseyside NHS Long Term Plan Public Views Report

Didn’t have chance to share your view? Talk to us today at www.healthwatchcheshireeast.org.uk or call 0300 323 0006.