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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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Collaborative event sets the stage for renewed commitment to Somerset’s unpaid carers
The Somerset Carers Engagement Project recently achieved a significant milestone in its mission to empower and support unpaid carers across the…
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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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Latest reports and publication
Together we’re making health and social care better: Annual Report 2023-24
Healthwatch Somerset Annual Report 2023-24: A review of our work over the past year and its impact.
• Message from our Chair
• About us
• Highlights from our year
• Listening to your experiences
• Hearing from all communities
• Advice and information
• Volunteering
• Finances and future priorities
• Statutory statements
• Message from our Chair
• About us
• Highlights from our year
• Listening to your experiences
• Hearing from all communities
• Advice and information
• Volunteering
• Finances and future priorities
• Statutory statements
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The People's Vote
Every year Healthwatch Somerset (HWS) Board and Staff members gather information about the delivery and efficiency of local health and social care services. Using the intelligence collected over the course of 12 months, alongside wider national considerations, the HWS Board discuss possible key projects for the next year. As HWS exist to represent the voice of the people, we want to ensure that the key project selections for the year 2024/25 are robust and accountable to those they are intended to inform. Therefore, the shortlist for the 2024/25 projects were publicly shared, and people were given the opportunity to vote on their two preferred subjects. This brief report explains the methods and findings from our public investigation.