News and reports

We are the county’s independent health and social care champion and are seeking people with a passion for seeing local health and social care services change for the better.

Dorothy House Hospice Care wants to hear from those with a life-limiting illness, their carers and families about what Day Services they think would improve their wellbeing.

The UK’s largest independent regulator of official statistics wants to hear from patients, carers and their families about how they access and use statistics on mental health in England.

People in Somerset looking for health advice and support want to see better access to their GP to get the information they need, rather than looking online for help.

As the independent health and social care champion for Somerset, we are calling on local services to make more space for new parents in the county to talk about their mental health.

The UK’s largest independent regulator of official statistics wants to hear from patients, carers and their families about how they access and use statistics on mental health in England.

People in Somerset are being asked to share how they access information, support and advice when they are ill, looking after someone or finding it difficult to manage living at home, to help shape local services going forward.

Hundreds of people in Somerset have shared their views on how to improve NHS health services in the county.

Parents of young children still prefer to ask their health visitor or GP surgery for health advice and support rather than go to Facebook or consult their Red Book – according to the findings of our survey published today.

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 – helping to shape and improve those services for all.

We will be celebrating the difference volunteers make to the local community during this year’s Volunteers’ Week, which runs from 1-7 June.

Local people share their views about how they want local health services to improve.