1. Join the new virtual quality improvement panel at Dorothy House

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    Help shape the future of services for people living with a life-limiting illness.

  2. Make your voice count – Help shape the future of health and care services in Somerset

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    We are calling on local people to make sure their voice is heard and reflected in proposals being drawn up by Somerset NHS health and care services, for changes to community-based services and non-emergency care.

  3. Accessing GP primary care in Somerset: What works for you and what doesn’t?

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    We are asking local people to complete a survey to share their experiences of accessing primary care through GP surgeries in Somerset.

  4. Coronavirus: Healthwatch Somerset helps people find information about local health and social care services

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    As local health and care services come under increasing pressure due to the coronavirus, and access to services becomes more challenging, we are reminding people that we're here to help.

  5. Healthwatch Somerset’s Readers Panel can help organisations communicate about coronavirus

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    We can help health and social care organisations to communicate clearly and effectively with local people about the coronavirus and the impact on services and support.

  6. Share your stories to help health services adapt during coronavirus

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    We have launched a new survey asking local people to share their stories to help identify how health and care services are adapting and working well during the coronavirus outbreak, and to highlight common challenges that need to be addressed.

  7. Healthwatch Somerset announces new projects to help make health and care better for local people

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    We are looking forward to helping health and social care services develop and improve with the announcement of several new projects for the year ahead.

  8. Living with dementia during lockdown – sharing stories to raise awareness and help make care better

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    During Mental Health Awareness Week (18-24 May), we are highlighting the care and support needs of people living with dementia and their families, and the particular pressures of life under lockdown due to coronavirus.

  9. Healthwatch Somerset thanks inspiring volunteers who help make health and social care better

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    It’s Volunteers’ Week 1-7 June, so we are is sending a huge ‘Thank You’ to the inspiring volunteers who help to make health and social care better for local people.

  10. Caring during COVID-19: Healthwatch Somerset shines a spotlight on unpaid care

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    It’s national Carers Week (8-14 June) and we want to know about your experiences of being an unpaid carer or being cared for during COVID-19, to help local services understand how to provide better social care and support.

  11. Healthwatch Somerset Annual Report: Listening to local people helps make health and social care better

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    Over the last year, more than 1,400 people shared their views on the county’s health and social care services with us, helping to make care better for local people.

  12. Healthwatch Somerset launches #BecauseWeAllCare campaign

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    We have joined local and national health and care organisations calling on Somerset residents to give feedback about their care during coronavirus (COVID-19) to help services reflect, recover, and improve.

  13. Somerset care homes – before and during COVID-19: Healthwatch Somerset reports

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    Today we have published four reports about care homes in Somerset – three reporting on the quality of care in Somerset care homes prior to COVID-19 from a residents perspective, and a fourth looking at the challenges faced by care home staff during the pandemic.

  14. Local Healthwatch plea for public feedback on NHS 111 service

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    A new public survey has been launched to find out more about local people’s experiences of using the NHS 111 service in the region.

  15. Healthwatch Somerset reveals what Somerset residents are saying about health and care during COVID-19

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    Our new report out today reveals local people’s experiences of health and social care during the first six months of COVID-19.