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Changes to Somerset’s District Nursing Service: What patients and carers want to see
A new report out today from Healthwatch Somerset, shows that people who receive care and support at home from the District Nursing Service, would like to see the introduction of weekend and evening visits, but many people are more cautious about the introduction of...
Mindfulness – what is it, and how can it help our Young Listeners?
By Max Popham, Healthwatch Somerset Youth Engagement Officer. This week we had our first session on Mindfulness - a practice that helps calm our emotions and handle stressful situations in a more controlled way. Learning Mindfulness techniques will help our Young...
Virtual get together and team building for our Young Listeners
By Max Popham, Healthwatch Somerset Youth Engagement Officer. On Saturday 24 April, we had our first Young Listeners meeting to kick off the series of training sessions for our Young Listeners Project. For those of you who haven’t heard, we are running a project that...
Healthwatch Somerset announces new public engagement programme to drive improvements in local health and social care
Local health and social care champion, Healthwatch Somerset, has announced the areas it will investigate this year, to make sure that local people’s views and experiences are used to drive and support improvements in local services. Following analysis of public...
What do you think about Somerset’s District Nursing Service? What works well and what could be improved?
Local health and social care champion, Healthwatch Somerset, wants to know what people think about the care they have received from Somerset’s District Nursing Service, to help the service develop and improve how it cares for local people. Somerset District Nursing...
Somerset’s maternity services improved by listening to local families
Last year, 900 people shared their experiences of maternity care with the Somerset Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP). In its first annual report, published today, the MVP highlights how they have worked with local families and care providers to improve the quality...
Healthwatch report highlights inconsistencies in NHS 111 service in Somerset and Devon
A report released today by independent local healthcare champions Healthwatch, shows that although the NHS 111 service in Somerset and Devon is rated highly by the public, there are inconsistencies in the quality of the service. 111 is the NHS non-emergency number....
Healthwatch Somerset asks young people ‘How could health and social care services work better for you?’
What’s it like being a young person using health, social care and wellbeing services in Somerset, and what changes do young people want to see? That’s what Healthwatch Somerset wants to find out, so they are recruiting young volunteers aged 11-24, to design and...
Healthwatch Somerset reveals what Somerset residents are saying about health and care during Covid-19
A new report out today from Healthwatch Somerset reveals local people’s experiences of health and social care during the first six months of Covid-19. It highlights common issues people have faced and how these have changed over time, and it identifies the challenges...
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