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Local Healthwatch plea for public feedback on NHS 111 service
A new public survey has been launched to find out more about local people’s experiences of using the NHS 111 service in the region. 111 is the NHS non-emergency number. When you call 111 you speak to a highly trained telephone adviser, supported by healthcare...
Somerset care homes – before and during Covid-19: Healthwatch Somerset reports
Healthwatch Somerset has today published four reports about care homes in Somerset – three reporting on the quality of care in Somerset care homes prior to Covid-19 from a residents perspective, and a fourth looking at the challenges faced by care home staff during...
Testing times…..the national COVID-19 study and me
By Tanya Camberwell, Healthwatch Somerset Engagement Officer. Imagine my surprise when in the third week of July, I received a letter that I wasn’t expecting, and from the outside, appeared to be from NHS England. I was being asked to participate in a COVID-19...
Healthwatch Somerset launches #BecauseWeAllCare campaign, calling on local people to feedback about care during COVID-19 to help services improve
62% of people in South West ready to help improve health and social care after coronavirus Healthwatch Somerset has joined local and national health and care organisations calling on Somerset residents to give feedback about their care during coronavirus (COVID-19) to...
Healthwatch Somerset Annual Report: Listening to local people helps make health and social care better
Over the last year, more than 1,400 people shared their views on the county’s health and social care services with Healthwatch Somerset, helping to make care better for local people. In its latest Annual Report, published today, Healthwatch Somerset highlights how it...
Caring during COVID-19: Healthwatch Somerset shines a spotlight on unpaid care
It’s national Carers Week (8-14 June) and Healthwatch Somerset wants to know about your experiences of being an unpaid carer or being cared for during COVID-19, to help local services understand how to provide better social care and support. Read Bob’s story... It is...
Bob’s story: Caring for your family in retirement
Shepton Mallet resident Bob became a full-time carer when he retired from a long career with the ambulance service. He has spent the past 30 years looking after his late wife and in recent years, their two daughters and son, following a stroke, a cancer diagnosis,...
Healthwatch Somerset thanks inspiring volunteers who help make health and social care better
It’s Volunteers’ Week 1-7 June, so Healthwatch Somerset is sending a huge 'Thank You' to the inspiring volunteers who help to make health and social care better for local people. Over 40 volunteers currently support the work of Healthwatch Somerset, making an...
Living with dementia during lockdown – sharing stories to raise awareness and help make care better
During Mental Health Awareness Week (18-24 May), Healthwatch Somerset is highlighting the care and support needs of people living with dementia and their families, and the particular pressures of life under lockdown due to coronavirus. Bernard’s story Healthwatch...
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