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Choose You is a free service that can help you to build healthy habits, like quitting smoking or losing weight. It also offers support for mental wellbeing, sexual health, and drugs and alcohol. The service is a collaboration between three councils: Milton Keynes City Council, Bedford Borough Council, and Central Bedfordshire Council.

This information is for trans (transgender) and non-binary people in England. It tells you about the adult NHS screening programmes that are available in England and explains who is invited for screening.

We carried out an Enter and View visit of Highclere Care Home. Here are our findings and recommendations.

We created a Patient Participation Group (PPG) Toolkit, in collaboration with Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire. The toolkit acts as a detailed resource for setting up, managing, and enhancing PPGs within GP practices across Bedfordshire, Luton, and Milton Keynes (BLMK).

That means greater demand on the pharmacies that remain. So, thinking about your most recent experiences of your local pharmacy, did it meet your needs? What would you like to see? What gaps are there? Take part in the MK pharmacy consultation to have your say. 

We carried out an Enter and View visit of Water Eaton Medical Centre. Here are our findings and recommendations.

The Government is asking for feedback to develop a men's health strategy for England. Share your views by 17 July 2025.

What do these announcements mean for us as patients, residents and carers?

Thankyou to everyone who took part in our 2025-6 residents' priorities survey.

Need a pharmacy this Easter Sunday? Save yourself a wasted trip and check opening times before you go.

Good social care can make a big difference to someone's life. But are people always receiving the help they need? Find out what recent research and feedback from the Healthwatch network tells us, and how we think social care support could be improved.

Are you a carer and live in Milton Keynes?