A Guide to Enter and View

Report - 9 October 2024

This guide aims to provide guidance to Healthwatch on their power to Enter and View health and
care services. It includes recommended practice based on learning from the Healthwatch
Network.

Healthwatch have a legal power to visit health and social care services and see them in action. This power to Enter and View services offers a way for Healthwatch to meet some of their statutory functions and allows them to identify what is working well with services and where they could be improved. Although Enter and View sometimes gets referred to as an ‘inspection’, it should not be described as such.

The full guide can be found in the attachment below.

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