Annual Report 2024-25

Healthwatch Rotherham have had an exciting and productive year carrying out lots of activities within Rotherham. Their priorities for 2024-25 focused on some of their seldom heard 
communities, building and developing relationships with these under-represented groups over a period of months. As the result of their work with these communities, they were able to: 
● Collaborate with the learning disability community to design a communication card to help them to get the care that they need.
● Listen to the views of over 400 young people which led to the production of a young people’s directory, to help them find support services. 
● Highlight the difficulties faced by refugees in accessing health care through our case study blog, Elena’s story. With the rioting we experienced over the summer, it felt particularly important to give them a voice and show the struggles they face.
● Build strong relationships with homeless support groups in Rotherham and use the voices of those people to produce a health and social care study, shining a light on some of the shocking issues they face. 
They were also honoured to host 4 students on placement from the University of Sheffield.