Welcome to the 
West Cornwall
HealthWatch website!

We are a voluntary, independent campaigning health watchdog serving West Cornwall since 1997.  

We exist to monitor developments and campaign to safeguard and improve existing services provided in West Cornwall by the National Health Service.

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We work to improve access to health services.
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  • Campaigning



  • West Cornwall Hospital


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  • Care in the Community


WHAT IS HAPPENING TO COMMUNITY CARE?

We remain very concerned about the lack of adequate community health care, particularly in the west of the county, following the closure of Poltair Community Hospital and the loss of its ten community hospital beds.   We are also disappointed at the news that Cornwall's Out Of Hours GP provision is, once again, to be put out to tender, risking further fragmentation of the service.  See our recent press statements in 'About Us'.