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The Healthwatch England report looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people access their GP and how this affected people's experience of care.

Since COVID-19 struck, the work of the Healthwatch network to support and listen to local people became more crucial than ever. Find out more in Healthwatch England's 2019-20 annual report to Parliament about how we have helped make care better.

The results of CQC’s coronavirus (COVID-19) inpatient survey have been published and they show that most people were positive about the care and treatment they received in hospital during the first wave of the pandemic.

Healthwatch Slough conducted an online survey to investigate how our local population coped with their mental health and wellbeing during lockdown, where people were going for help and support and if there were any obvious gaps in service provision.

The way health and social care services operate has been affected by Covid-19 with non-urgent treatment postponed, face-to-face appointments reduced and care homes and services limiting public access. .