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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...

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

Our report following a visit to The Rosary Nursing Home, a large care home in Bridgwater, which offers nursing and dementia care for...

Healthwatch Somerset Annual Report 2021-22: A review of our work over the past year and its impact, plus our work planned for 2022-23....

The aim of this project was to gather the views of people living in West Somerset about same day urgent care. Somerset NHS Clinical...

People who use NHS 111 in Devon and Somerset have reported ongoing concerns about the quality of the service, with the most common...

Somerset’s NHS leaders asked us to help them understand how people are being affected by waiting for surgery to inform their ongoing work...

Sharing young people’s feedback to improve the health and social care services they use. We recruited volunteers (aged 12-18) from across...

Healthwatch Somerset Annual Report 2020-21: A review of our work over the past year and its impact, plus our work planned for 2021-22....

We gathered the views of those currently using the District Nursing Service. We wanted to know what the current strengths and weaknesses...

Healthwatch in Somerset, Devon, Plymouth and Torbay joined forces to promote a regional survey to ensure that people using the NHS 111...

We have been talking to local people about their experiences and views of accessing care at GP surgeries in Somerset. This report tells...

We gathered real-time feedback on local health and social care services during the pandemic from the views of Somerset residents, to...

We wanted to find out about the challenges faced by care home staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to understand how they have managed...

Healthwatch Somerset Annual Report 2019-20: A review of our work over the past year and its impact, plus our work planned for 2020-21....

Our report following a visit to Centenary House, a residential care home in Shepton Mallet, which is able to care for up to 13 residents....

Our report following a visit to Oak Meadows in Taunton, a care home that was adapted some years ago from an original military building on...