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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...

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...

In our latest Annual Report, The Value of Listening, we highlight how we've worked throughout the year to understand people’s health and...

We visited the Community Diagnostic Centre in January and February 2024 as part of a Healthwatch England project about Diagnostic Centers...

Our report following a visit to Highfield House, a Grade 2 listed house converted to a care home and situated on the High Street, in the...

In response to local feedback about challenges in booking appointments with GPs, we have explored people’s experiences across the county....

Every year Healthwatch Somerset (HWS) Board and Staff members gather information about the delivery and efficiency of local health and...

As part of our Somerset-wide project, we decided to carry out some focused work looking at access to health and social care services in...

A lack of access to NHS dentists in Somerset remains a pressing issue, including for parents, vulnerable individuals and those with...

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

Our report following a visit to Newholme, a residential care home in the village of Ruishton near Taunton, which provides accommodation...

Quarterly feedback to the NHS Local Dental Network from local Healthwatch in the South West NHS dentistry is in desperate need of reform....

Healthwatch Somerset Annual Report 2022-23: A review of our work over the past year and its impact, plus our work planned for 2023-24....

Our report following a visit to The Old Police House, a care home in the village of Nunney near Frome, which provides accommodation for...

Our report following a visit to West Mendip Hospital, Glastonbury. The wards provide 36 beds, which host a mixture of patients: on...

We wanted to explore the quality of the transfer of care process in Somerset and use the experiences of people who have been discharged...

Download an Easy Read version of our 'Have your say' form. Take five minutes to share your experiences We work to make sure health and...

Here are some Easy Read resources to explain who we are and what we do. We’re here to find out what matters to people, and help make sure...

Quarterly feedback to the NHS Local Dental Network from local Healthwatch in the South West. Data from Healthwatch Somerset is included...

We wanted to understand how the use of digital services by GPs, particularly websites, is affecting the way people access the information...