1. Healthwatch Somerset Annual Report: Working together to improve health and social care

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    Last year, we supported over 4,370 people to have their say on health and social care and to get information and advice about local services.

  2. ‘Review culture’ is on the rise, yet only one in ten people feedback on health services

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    As Healthwatch marks its tenth anniversary this week, Healthwatch Somerset joins the 152 local Healthwatch across England to appeal for more people to feedback on NHS care.

  3. World Patient Safety Day: Shining a spotlight on patient engagement to support safer care across Somerset

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    Together with NHS Somerset, we are shining a spotlight on patient and family engagement for safer care across Somerset for World Patient Safety Day on 17 September.

  4. What’s your experience of NHS dental care in Somerset?

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    Share your feedback by 31 October 2023 to help improve access to NHS dentistry.

  5. Empowering Bridgwater residents to live well: Focus group aims to help transform lives of COPD patients

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    The Victoria Park Community Centre in Bridgwater, Somerset, will host an important event on Thursday 30 November, from 10am to 3pm, dedicated to enhancing the lives of Bridgwater residents who live with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

  6. Are you struggling to see an NHS doctor in Somerset?

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    We are asking people to share their experience of booking face-to-face appointments with their GP to help improve access to GP services in the county.

  7. Reaching out: Looking at mental health support for young people in Somerset

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    We have been working with our young volunteers to investigate how accessible young people’s mental health services are in Somerset, and to understand how access to support could be improved.

  8. Improving access to young people’s mental health services

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    In our latest report, we call on those responsible for young people’s mental health services to improve awareness, availability and access to mental health support for young people.

  9. Collaborative event sets the stage for renewed commitment to Somerset’s unpaid carers

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    The Somerset Carers Engagement Project recently achieved a significant milestone in its mission to empower and support unpaid carers across the county when it held a major collaborative event to inform Somerset's renewed Commitment to Carers.