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Complete the Somerset health data survey to have your say, find out how your anonymous data may be shared, and how you can opt out. We are working in collaboration with Somerset’s Integrated Care System's (ICS) Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) community to listen to your thoughts, concerns, and ideas about the sharing of your data for population health and care improvements. The ICS's Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) community are developing the Somerset Linked Data Platf

Join our team - we have a vacancy for Healthwatch Somerset Manager

We want to thank everyone who came to our Thinking Together event and joined the conversation about accessible health and care information in Somerset. On Wednesday 22 October we delivered our public event aimed at bringing Somerset residents and 13 health and care organisations together to learn and talk about accessible information for everyone. The event was a morning of presentations covering a wide variety of accessibility subjects including: Accessible information by He

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

A new collaboration has launched which aims to uncover inequalities and barriers to accessing cancer care and shape how services can be improved for the most vulnerable people in Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire. Breaking Barriers: Improving Access to Cancer Services - Including Screening is a joint project between Healthwatch BNSSG, B&NES, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire and the NHS  Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire (SWAG) Cancer Alliance. SWAG Cancer

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

Tell us what you think about your Pharmacy in Somerset.

In June 2025 we undertook an Enter and View visit to Elliscombe House to observe the quality of service and talk to people using the service, including residents, relatives and staff.

Our August Newsletter includes updates about our work, information about health and care services, and helpful advice. Photo of a field with a rainbow in the sky To read our August Newsletter - click on the PDF below If you need this newsletter in a different format, please email: info@healthwatchsomerset.co.uk  or call 0800 999 1286.

Our new report highlights carers' experiences in accessing information and resources and shines a spotlight on the lived experiences of unpaid carers in Somerset, revealing widespread difficulties in accessing timely, clear, and consistent support and information. Every day, thousands of people across Somerset care for loved ones—often without recognition, formal support, or even realising that they are carers. Our report, “Who Cares?”, gives voice to those unpaid carers and

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...