Here at Healthwatch Wokingham Borough we want everyone living and working in the borough to get the health services they need. Most healthcare in the UK is provided by the National Health Service (NHS).
Wokingham Borough Council has produced a welcome pack to provide general information to people who have newly arrived in the borough and want to know how the local healthcare system works. The welcome pack is now available in different languages which follow below:
The council has also produced a Webinar in Cantonese on healthcare in the UK for new residents from Hong Kong.
Other information and resources
The NHS website also has lots of information about healthcare topics and services including pregnancy, available in different languages.
Visit the NHS webpage – Health information in other languages.
The NHS's web pages for people Visiting or Moving to England.
Doctors of the World also provide easily accessible translated healthcare information and videos for people, on topics such as oral health and COVID 19 . For translated health information, click here.
You can find out information on your rights to accessing an interpreter, in our advice article here.
If you need more information, or advice and have questions, please contact the team:
Phone: 0118 418 1418
Online form, click here.