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Healthwatch Somerset Annual Report 2018-19: A review of our work over the past year and its impact, plus our work planned for 2019-20....

More than 1,800 people have shared their views on the county’s GP surgeries, hospitals and social care over the last year with us –...

Health and social services should openly talk about end of life care and the wishes of patients – says Healthwatch Somerset volunteer...

One man shares his views about how NHS services where he lives should change. A man from Somerset who has been battling cancer for over...

Hundreds of children have learning disabilities and autism in Somerset and now families are being asked to help shape local NHS services...

To mark the start of 2019, Healthwatch England has published its annual network priorities list – setting out the key health and care...

Have your say on the future of health and social care in Somerset – by joining a new Public and Patient People’s Panel. Somerset Clinical...

The health and care issues affecting children and young people in Somerset have been the focus of our recent work. Our staff have been...

We are calling for the NHS non-emergency phone line to provide better communication with the public Long waiting times, repetitive...

We are encouraging local people to give their views and experiences of local health and care services following a recently published...

We identified there was a need to find out from local people how connected they feel and why. We also sought to find out how being...

In this Annual Report we share our key challenges and successes, as we continued to engage with the public to understand people’s...

We attended a meeting of representatives from SSAFA (Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association) to introduce our work and the...

We ran a series of focus groups meeting with young people based at Burton’s Orchard in Taunton. The aims of these groups were to explore...

We consulted with members of the Somerset Polio Support Group to document the care they receive from the NHS in relation to their...

In September 2016 we returned to visit this group to find out how their report on Post Polio Syndrome (PPS) was progressing and to hear...

We engaged with the Burnham-on-Sea Support Group to hear their experiences of accessing health and social care services in the area. Key...

We gave a presentation on our patient and public engagement at this advice day hosted by Rethink to raise awareness of Healthwatch and...

In this Annual Report we share our key challenges and successes, as we continued to engage with the public to understand people’s...

Early Supported Discharge is a service that aims to help patients who have suffered a stroke to be discharged from hospital sooner and to...