Young Healthwatch volunteer, Valentina, writes an emotional article about her online friendship, through the pen pal scheme. Some people are fortunate to have never lost anyone in their lives. Others aren’t that lucky. I have quite a

Daisy, Young Healthwatch volunteer, writes the third blog about the rare disease, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Hello! This is the 3rd blog in the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome series. As I said in the last blog,

Daisy, Young Healthwatch volunteer, writes the second blog about the rare disease, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Classical Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Hello everyone, it’s Daisy again. This is the second blog in the series about Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. I am

Daisy, Young Healthwatch volunteer, writes the first in a series of blogs about the rare disease, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome My name is Daisy, I live in Central Bedfordshire and I have a rare disease.  It's called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (pronounced Ay-Lers Dan-loss

Valentina and Molly, Young Healthwatch volunteers, share their experiences of being involved in the Pen pal scheme with Respite at Home Valentina writes Having a pen pal has been a very rewarding activity. It has

Susan Clark, Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire volunteer, put this question to a number of older people, aged 71 to 92 I have recently spoken to a variety of people aged 71 to 92, from all walks