Service Description: In March 2012, the government introduced a new law (the Health & Social Care Act 2012) requiring each local authority area to set up a new organisation called Healthwatch by April 2013. Healthwatch will help provide information and advice to Islanders about health and social care services, signpost people to services -so they understand the choice of care available - and involve people to help improve and shape these services in the future. Healthwatch will effectively act as a consumer champion, making the views and experiences of the local community known to the people making decisions about these services, both locally and nationally.