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Our August Newsletter includes updates about our work, information about health and care services, and helpful advice. Photo of a field...

Our new report highlights carers' experiences in accessing information and resources and shines a spotlight on the lived experiences of...

Our July Newsletter includes updates about our work, information about health and care services, and helpful advice.

Sign the Local Healthwatch petition and write to your MP using our downloadable letter template.

NHS England has published a refreshed version of the Accessible Information Standard (AIS) which was first released in 2016. Here we look...

We want to reassure everyone that Healthwatch Somerset continues to operate as usual. The Government has announced plans to end the...

You may have become aware over the weekend that the Government intends to close Healthwatch England (and therefore your local...

This is the Healthwatch Somerset Newsletter for June 2025.

HM The King’s New Year Honours List 2025 celebrated over 1200 people who have made outstanding contributions to their communities across...

Our May Newsletter includes updates about our work, information about health and care services, and helpful advice.

We asked you to help shape our workplan for 2025/26 and our latest report shows the results of what you told us. Each year, we gather...

Our April Newsletter includes updates about our work, information about health and care services, and helpful advice. A photo of a...

Our March newsletter includes updates about our work, information about health and care services, and helpful advice. Sheila and the...

NHS South West have launched a Big Brush Club competition for primary school pupils aged 3-5 years across the South West

On March 13 2025 Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that NHS England will be abolished and the management of the NHS brought back to...

Our February newsletter includes updates about our work, information about health and care services, and helpful advice. Snowdrops in...

In November 2024 we undertook an Enter and View visit to Oakhill Surgery to observe the quality of service, and talk to people using the...

Tell us what you want us to report in the next 12 months.

We talked to Mr. Smith during our time in West Somerset to hear his story about taking care of his wife. We spent time with him for four...