Healthwatch and Carers IW working together to improve local support for unpaid carers. There are reported to be one in nine of them on the Isle of Wight.
Healthwatch make the quality of care in homes a priority and launch the Isle of Wight Care Awards to showcase where homes have got the quality of their care right.
Watchdog says the Isle of Wight being ranked the worst in the country for care quality, mirrors their reflection that many vulnerable people on the Island are not receiving the care they need and deserve.
The Pillar to Post report by Healthwatch IW makes for very interesting and shocking reading. IW NHSTrust say they have already acted on many of the recommendations in the report.
The latest CQC inspection of IW NHS Trust found the Trust only responded to 47% of complaints between October 2013 and March 2014 within the 25 day target, or within agreed timescales.
As part of their current workplan, Healthwatch Isle of Wight are looking into the transition between children services to adult services for those with Autism.