Healthcare in Somerset will only work if people get to have their say - urges former ambulanceman Bob Champion. 82-year-old Bob, from Shepton Mallet, is encouraging others to speak out as part of ‘What Would You do?’, led by independent health and social care champion...

Staff and volunteers bid a fond farewell today to Healthwatch Somerset's parent company Chief Executive Officer Mary Curran as she leaves to take on a national role. Mary joined the team in April 2018 to oversee the strategic development of Evolving Communities and...

Parents of young children in Somerset are being asked to share their views and experiences about the health visiting services they have received in the County, to help shape the service going forward. The county’s independent health and social care champion...

Have your say on the future of health and social care in Somerset - by joining a new Public and Patient People's Panel. Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group are looking for people to join the panel and subsequent focus groups, so the public can have their say on the...

GPs, dentists and other primary care services most common issue to be explored Needs of children and young people to feature strongly Mental health and social care appear in the top five for third year in a row To mark the start of 2019, Healthwatch England has...

The health and care issues affecting children and young people in Somerset have been the focus of recent Healthwatch Somerset work. Staff from Healthwatch have been busy around the county – speaking to Somerset’s Youth Parliament to explain the role of the...

Healthwatch Somerset will be monitoring the progress of a new strategy, launched this month by Somerset's Health and Wellbeing Board.  The Improving Lives strategy is the 10-year plan for the Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board, which Healthwatch Somerset has a place...

The county’s independent health and care champion Healthwatch Somerset is calling for the area’s NHS non-emergency phone line to provide better communication with the public. Long waiting times, repetitive assessment questions and ‘robotic’ phone operatives were just...