The British Social Attitudes Survey shows a small rise in #NHS satisfaction, but only 1 in 4 people are satisfied overall. Differences in experience and concerns around equity remain. Restoring confidence will require change shaped by patients and staff. Read our response: bit.ly/BSAResponse

A global study highlights gaps in support for people with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Among 846 patients surveyed: 🟣69% had symptoms before diagnosis, but 89% didn’t recognise them 🟣Only 43% fully understoodtheir diagnosis 🟣84% on “watch & wait” care, with 1 in 4 very concerned [1/2]

Your story matters. By sharing your experience in the Global Patient Survey on Lymphomas & CLL, you help drive better care, smarter research and real change worldwide. Take part today: bit.ly/LCSurveyInfo #GlobalPatientSurvey #PatientExperience #Lymphoma #CLL #PatientVoice

Remember to join us this Thursday (26 March) to discover what award-winning patient experience improvement looks like in practice. [1/2]

Join us next week (26 March) to discover what award-winning patient experience improvement looks like in practice. Hear directly from @pen-news.bsky.social award winners and gain insights that you can apply in your own work. Register: bit.ly/BestPractice2026 #PatientExperienceWeek #PEW2026

Are you a Community Mental Health frontline worker? Your experience matters. Join a 60-minute online focus group to share your experiences and help shape the 2026 Community Mental Health Survey: bit.ly/CMH26 #MentalHealth #NHS #PatientExperience #CommunityHealth

Why is staff morale falling across the #NHS? Our CEO @chrisgrahamuk.bsky.social joins the @hsj.co.uk Health Check Podcast to unpack what the latest #NHSStaffSurvey reveals about staff pressure, stress and burnout. Listen: www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-health-c... #staffwellbeing #NHSWorkforce #HealthPolicy

Added to the hub - The Lichen Sclerosus Guide: online resource co-produced by patients and doctors. This was awarded 1st place in the 'Communicating effectively with patients and families' category of the 2025 Picker Experience Network Awards. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... @pickereurope.bsky.social

The results of the NHS Staff Survey lift the lid on a national emergency. Employers must abide by their legal duty to keep staff safe and ministers must tackle the link between under-resourced services and rising violence. Invest in services. Invest in nursing.

The 2025 NHS Staff Survey, the world’s largest workforce survey, brings together the views of more than 760,000 #NHS staff across secondary and tertiary care organisations. [1/3]

‘Martha’s Rule’ is being introduced at Oxford’s hospitals. The rule says that inpatients and their family/carers can request an urgent review if they feel their condition is worsening and their concerns have not been addressed. www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...

Rare diseases each affect fewer than 1 in 2,000 people, yet 3.5m people in the #UK and 30m across Europe are living with one. [1/2]

On 29 Jan 2026, we published our first State of #PersonCentredCare report, bringing together findings from 9 national surveys delivered for the CQC and NHS England. It maps insights against our 8 Principles, showing how person centred care is experienced across #England today. [1/2]

Delays in diagnosis. Fragmented care. Invisible symptoms. Our new #UKsurvey of 395 people with Marfan and Loeys-Dietz syndromes highlights urgent gaps in coordinated care. [1/2]

I was lucky enough to lead ResPeo, one of the partners delivering the independent evaluation of @theqcommunity.bsky.social led by @pickereurope.bsky.social. Read a summary of our report and its recommendations here ⬇️ @chrisgrahamuk.bsky.social @amytallett.bsky.social

Today, Picker and their partners have published the findings of their independent evaluation of Q. Our Managing Director, Penny Pereira reflects on what we’ve learned from the evaluation and how we're adapting in response: https://bit.ly/3OBE6oJ

We’re delighted to share the summary findings from our independent evaluation of the Q Community, delivered with Researching People and Healthcare Priority Solutions. [1/2]

Join us on 17 March, 12.30pm to explore how to turn great improvement ideas into funded initiatives. Unlocking funding for patient experience improvement brings together teams who’ve secured grants, charitable funding and partnerships, with practical tips on strong bids and common pitfalls. [1/2]

If you weren’t able to join our 'State of Person Centred Care 2025' report webinar yesterday, or would like to revisit the discussion, you can now watch the full recording on demand: bit.ly/SoPCCRecording #PersonCentredCare #PatientExperience #PatientVoice #HealthAndCare #NHS #PickerEurope

Picker has published its first State of #PersonCentredCare report, bringing together findings from nine national experience surveys we deliver for the Care Quality Commission and #NHSEngland. [1/2]

We’ve released our first State of #PersonCentredCare report, drawing together insights from nine national surveys we deliver for the Care Quality Commission and #NHSEngland. [1/2]

Together with Cardiomyopathy UK, we explored patients’ experiences to understand cardiomyopathy care across the #UK. [1/2]

Picker has published its first State of #PersonCentredCare report, bringing together findings from nine national experience surveys we deliver for the Care Quality Commission and #NHSEngland. [1/2]

Patient Experience Week 2026 is coming: 27 April - 1 May. A national moment to recognise what shapes patient experience and person centred care. We'll be posting more details soon. picker.org #PatientExperienceWeek #PEW2026 #PatientExperience #PersonCentredCare #PXWeek #PickerEurope

Our Care Closer to Home Conference 2026 is fast approaching. Our first panel session, chaired by Lord Victor Adebowale CBE, will explore the key themes emerging from neighbourhood working over the past year, highlighting both notable progress and the areas where further clarity is still needed.

The NHS is committed to ‘making the patient king’ – but how person centred is the health service in England? Picker’s State of Person Centred Care 2025 report gives patients, #NHSstaff, and healthcare leaders a national view of experience across the #NHS. [1/2]

Late last year, our partnership with Amazon Business resulted in an insightful webinar that we had the pleasure of co-hosting. From dementia memory aids to care at home and sensory neurodivergence, we explored how person centred procurement is already making a difference. bit.ly/PCPWebinar26

Lead beyond services. Lead for communities. Join a diverse network of public health professionals, NHS leaders, local government and VCSE champions on our Leadership for Population Health programme. 👉 Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/49QfDmH #LeadershipProgramme #PopulationHealth

Develop your co-design skills through our highly regarded Experience-Based Co-Design course, alongside change-makers from across the health and care sector. bit.ly/PickerEBCD #Training #CoDesign #QualityImprovement #HealthcareResearch #EBCD #ExperiencedBasedCoDesign

Join our highly regarded Experience-Based Co-Design course and collaborate with a network of change-makers from across the health and care sector. #Training #CoDesign #QualityImprovement #HealthcareResearch #EBCD #ExperiencedBasedCoDesign [1/2]

We’re proud to partner with Lymphoma Coalition on their 10th Global Patient Survey on Lymphomas & CLL, which is now live. Listening to lived experience at scale helps turn insight into better care across borders. Learn more: bit.ly/PRLymphomaCoalition26 Take part in the Survey: bit.ly/LCSurveyInfo

Tomorrow, we’re joining XEBO.ai and Future Communications Company for XE-Live: The Patient Pulse Edition in #Kuwait - a person centred conversation on what care feels like and how insight drives improvement. Learn more: www.xebo.ai/xe-live-kuwait

From free resources to webinars on workforce empowerment, funding routes and award-winning best practice, we are supporting teams to make Patient Experience Week 2026 count! Resources from early February. Webinar dates coming soon. #PEW26 #PatExp patientexperiencenetwork.org/resources/pa...

On 20 January, we’re joining Xebo.ai and Future Communications Company in #Kuwait for XE-Live: The Patient Pulse Edition. We’ll explore how experience insight, paired with real-time action, can drive more person centred, higher-quality care. bit.ly/Xeboai

On 20 January, we’re pleased to collaborate with Xebo.ai and Future Communications Company on XE-Live: The Patient Pulse Edition in #Kuwait. The event creates space for a thoughtful, human-centric conversation on how experience insight and real-time action can strengthen care quality. bit.ly/Xeboai

Every story of improving care starts somewhere. In May 2025, our Impact Report captured how data became understanding, understanding became action, and action improved experiences of care. As we build on this work in 2026, it remains a marker of what we learned. bit.ly/ImpactReport25

On 20 January, we’re pleased to collaborate with Xebo.ai and Future Communications Company on XE-Live: The Patient Pulse Edition in #Kuwait. The event creates space for a thoughtful, human-centric conversation on how experience insight and real-time action can strengthen care quality. bit.ly/Xeboai

Are you expecting to give birth in January or February 2026? Take part in the #NHS #MaternitySurvey to help us understand what works well and what needs improvement. We would love to hear your feedback. Find out more: bit.ly/_MAT26

Happy Holidays from all of us at Picker. As the year draws to a close, we want to thank our community, partners, and supporters for making 2025 a meaningful year. Wishing you a joyful holiday season and a peaceful, successful New Year. #HappyHolidays #ThankYou #PickerEurope #PersonCentredCare

In 2026, we’ll be expanding our Experience-Based Co-Design offering as a flagship programme within the Picker Experience of Care Institute. Thanks to @pointofcarefdn.bsky.social, this investment will support more professionals in transforming lived experience into meaningful improvements. [1/2]

How can areas improve health by encouraging more people to take vaccines? Our research explores how Gloucestershire have achieved some of the highest uptake rates for vaccines in the country – and how that could apply to other areas: https://bit.ly/48q5Cgx

We want to know about your experiences accessing non-emergency patient transport in Oxfordshire. Good or bad, we would like to hear from you by leaving us a short anonymous review in our Feedback Centre and play a part in improving services: healthwatchoxfordshire.co.uk/organisation...

Have you used a digital health service in the past year? We’re looking for people to complete a survey to build our understanding of how digital technology is shaping healthcare experiences. You’re an ideal candidate if you: 🟣Are aged 18+ 🟣Live in the UK [1/2]

The 2025 Maternity Survey results are out now. Antenatal communication is improving, but many women still feel unheard when raising concerns or navigating induction decisions. Read about the results: bit.ly/MAT25Press #MaternitySurvey2025 #PersonCentredCare #PickerInsights #HealthResearch

It’s time to rethink how the #NHS listens to patients. Our new report shows the Friends and Family Test isn’t giving the insights the NHS needs and sets out a plan for a reformed, co-produced replacement. Read the full release here: bit.ly/FFTReport25. [1/2]

Oxfordshire Health & Wellbeing Board will meet TODAY Thursday 4th December from 2pm. To read the Healthwatch Oxfordshire report for this meeting see here: healthwatchoxfordshire.co.uk/latest-news/... For details of the agenda and how to watch the meeting: mycouncil.oxfordshire.gov.uk/ieListDocume...

Every child deserves a good-quality, warm, and safe home. But children across the UK are growing up with damp, cold and mould in their homes — putting their health on the line. They shouldn’t need a hazmat suit to stay healthy at home. Help us call for real solutions. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo

Almost 1 in 5 children and young people (aged 8–25) in England now have a probable mental health disorder – up from 1 in 8 in 2017. Read why this matters 👇 https://bit.ly/3KdqM8e

📣 Your voice matters, take our survey to share your experience of the resident doctors' strike. Whether your appointment was delayed, changed, or unaffected, we want to hear from patients. Click here and please share to help us reach more patients: www.surveymonkey.com/r/DD5PF6V

💻Today our chief executive, @chrisgrahamuk.bsky.social, chaired @hcuknews.bsky.social's 'Patient Involvement and Partnership for Patient Safety' virtual conference. It was a great day of insightful sessions about the power of patient collaboration, including discussions on: [1/3]