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Healthwatch England report: Faster progress needed to tackle barriers to care
Access to care is the main concern people have shared with Healthwatch in the past year. A new report by Healthwatch England looking at health and social care from the patients' perspective has warned that we risk "a two-tier health and care…
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Improving access to young people’s mental health services
In our latest report, we call on those responsible for young people’s mental health services to improve awareness, availability and access to mental…
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Are you struggling to see an NHS doctor in Somerset?
We are asking people to share their experience of booking face-to-face appointments with their GP to help improve access to GP services in the county.
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Empowering Bridgwater residents to live well: Focus group aims to help transform lives of COPD patients
The Victoria Park Community Centre in Bridgwater, Somerset, will host an important event on Thursday 30 November, from 10am to 3pm, dedicated to…
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Latest reports and publication

Reaching out: Looking at mental health support for young people in Somerset
We have been working with our young volunteers to investigate how accessible young people’s mental health services are in Somerset, and to understand how access to support could be improved.

Enter and View report: Newholme Care Home, Ruishton
Our report following a visit to Newholme, a residential care home in the village of Ruishton near Taunton, which provides accommodation for people with a learning disability.
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