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Tell us what you think about your Pharmacy in Somerset.

Triggered by increasing concerns raised by local carers and chosen as a priority through the 2024 People's Vote, our report aims to...

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

Our annual report, Unlocking the power of people-driven care, highlights how we've worked throughout the year to understand people's...

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...

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...

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

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

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

The Somerset Carers Engagement Project recently achieved a significant milestone in its mission to empower and support unpaid carers...

We are asking people to share their experience of booking face-to-face appointments with their GP to help improve access to GP services...

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....

Last year, we supported over 4,370 people to have their say on health and social care and to get information and advice about local...

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....

Last year (April 2021-March 2022), we supported almost 2,900 people to have their say on health and social care and to get the right...

By Gillian Keniston-Goble, Healthwatch Somerset Manager Healthwatch Somerset staff and volunteers took to the road during May, visiting...

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

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....

Over the last year (April 2020 to March 2021), during the pandemic, 2,387 Somerset residents shared their feedback on the county’s health...