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Our first face-to-face meeting brings focus to the project
By Max Popham, Healthwatch Somerset Youth Engagement Officer. As government guidelines on Covid have slowly relaxed, we’ve been waiting to meet our Young Listeners in person. That time finally came at the start of July, when we met three of our Young Listeners in the...
Meet our new Healthwatch Somerset Manager
This month, Healthwatch Somerset welcomes Gillian Keniston-Goble to its small, but perfectly formed team, based in Bridgwater. Gillian has worked in the community and voluntary sector for over twenty years, after starting out in retail banking. She began her...
New study asks people how they’ve been affected by waiting for surgery in Somerset
As the number of patients waiting for surgery continues to grow, nationally and in southwest England, Healthwatch Somerset is asking people about their experiences of being referred for surgery in Somerset and how they have been affected by waiting times. At the end...
Annual report highlights how Healthwatch Somerset has supported the public and health and care services throughout the pandemic
Over the last year (April 2020 to March 2021), during the pandemic, 2,387 Somerset residents shared their feedback on the county’s health and social care services with Healthwatch Somerset or sought information and advice on how to access the care and support they...
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...
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