1. What should you expect when it comes to care for your teeth?

    Advice and Information -

    Four questions staff should ask you or a loved one about your oral health if you’re a care home resident, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quick guide.

  2. Tell us about your care - CQC announces partnership with The Silver Line

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    The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is today marking the launch of a new partnership with The Silver Line helpline to help reach out to even more elderly people who are cared for in their homes and in residential care.

  3. Public meeting report - Personalisation

    Report -

    Personalisation is relatively new, is not fully understood and is of interest to the public. It is a social care approach in which every person who receives support, whether provided by statutory services or self-funded, has choice and control.

  4. Care Quality Commission on Oral Health in Care Homes

    Report -

    The CQC has complied a report with the aims of looking at some of the reasons why oral health is so poor in care homes and to understand some of the genuine challenges care staff face when trying to deliver mouth care.

  5. A practical guide to healthy ageing

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    The NHS have teamed up with Age UK to write this practical guide to healthy ageing. The advice in this booklet will help improve the health and general fitness of people of any age, but is written to be particularly relevant for people 70 or over

  6. What are the signs of a good care home?

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    Working with older people, their families and care experts, the charity Independent Age has developed a set of quality indicators which a local Healthwatch in Camden helped test during their visits to local care homes.

  7. St Brigas Residential Home

    News -

    St Brigas Residential Home for Adults with Learning Disabilities, in Jesmond Road, was visited by the health and social care watchdog last year, with the subsequent report this week judging the service to require improvement.

  8. Manor Park Care Home

    News -

    Family-run Manor Park Care Home in Ellenborough Park North has been recognised as a ‘butterfly care home’ by the Dementia Care Matters programme.

  9. Test and Trace - how can it be improved?

    News -

    Contact tracing is working well in the South West with an 83.3 per cent success rate compared to a national average of 77 per cent.

  10. Vaccine programme musn't 'breed complacency' says Boris during his visit to Bristol

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    If you’re over 80 and still haven’t had your Covid-19 vaccine the message is – you’ll be contacted very soon. By the end of this week, every neighbourhood area in BNSSG will have a GP practice vaccination centre up and running.

  11. Risk of a "tsunami of unmet need" facing the health and care system, the Care Quality Commission reports

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    In their annual 'State of Care' report - the first to cover a full year of the pandemic - the independent regulator has called for increased stability and collaboration across services, plus investment in 'new ways of working'.

  12. 'The barriers to accessing timely care can put people’s lives at risk' - Healthwatch England's response to the Care Quality Commission's 'State of Care' report

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    The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. Their latest report sets out the challenges the NHS and social care sector face: 'the health and care system is gridlocked, unable to operate effectively.'

  13. How would you want to be supported by adult social care services?

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    We're looking to hear from people who are not currently receiving support from adult social care services. We'd like you to tell us what you know about social care and how you would like to be supported if and when needed. Your views will help North Somerset Council plan their future services.

  14. Healthwatch England publishes Annual Report

    Report -

    People's real life experiences of NHS and social care set out in new report to MPs

  15. Where can I go to get help for my health out of hours?

    Advice and Information -

    Health issues unfortunately don't leave us alone at the weekend and people are often in need of medical assistance out of hours. Using NHS guidelines, we have provided some advice and information on where you can go for help when your GP is closed.

  16. Do you need help getting to hospital?

    Advice and Information -

    Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments.

  17. Thinking about end of life care for you and your family

    Advice and Information -

    End of life care is support for people who are in the last months or years of their life. The guidance on the NHS website helps you know what to expect, how to plan ahead and how to manage your day to day decisions.

  18. Accessibility checklist for GP surgeries

    Advice and Information -

    Help make sure that your practice meets people’s accessibility requirements using this checklist from Healthwatch Slough.

  19. Independent report demands action on care of people with learning disabilities

    News -

    NHS England have published an independent report into the future care of people with learning disabilities.

  20. Castlewood Phone lines

    News -

    The phone lines at Castlewood are currently down.

  21. Speak up on what matters to you

    News -

    Speak up on what matters to you about health services

  22. Community Approach to health and well being

    News -

    A community led approach to health and wellbeing being explored in Weston-super-Mare

  23. New mentoring scheme for Diabetes patients in Nailsea

    News -

    The community hub in Nailsea, Number 65, has set up a new project to help people with diabetes stay active and well.

  24. Helping children get enough to eat in Clevedon

    News -

    Making sure a child has enough to eat during the day is the focus of a special project which could be introduced in Clevedon next year.

  25. Next step in Healthy Weston consultation

    News -

    There have been more than 2,300 responses to the Healthy Weston consultation which ended last month.

  26. Feedback on your experiences wanted

    News -

    Feedback on your experiences of IBD care is wanted.

  27. Spaces on a training day about medical dilemmas

    News -

    Few spaces left for teenagers to learn about true-to-life medical situations

  28. Provider needed for Weston crisis centre

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    The new crisis centre planned for Weston-super-Mare has taken a step forward with a provider now being sought for the scheme.

  29. Citizens advice in North Somerset is moving

    News -

    The Citizens Advice team will be holding their very last advice session in The Badger Community Resource Centre next Friday, July 5.

  30. Hand held device to zp headaches could soon be available in North Somerset

    News -

    Pioneering technology to zap away excruciating headaches is to receive NHS England funding and could be prescribed to North Somerset patients soon.

  31. NHS survey

    News -

    We enjoyed meeting two groups, The North Somerset Black Minority Ethnic (BME) Network and The Speaking Up Group run by Weston College and North Somerset People First.

  32. Are more people diagnosed with Cancer?

    News -

    Are more people diagnosed - statistics taken from the Office for National Statistics blog April 2019

  33. Powerful film event at the Curzon cinema

    News -

    A powerful film about a family dealing with an unexpected and devastating death will be shown in Clevedon in a partnership between the Curzon and Second Step mental health charity.

  34. What would you do to make the NHS better?

    News -

    What Would You Do To Make The NHS Better?
    HAVE YOUR SAY

  35. BBC News - Coroners could investigate still births

    News -

    Coroners in England and Wales may be given new powers to investigate stillbirths, so that each baby death is independently assessed.

  36. Healthy Weston - Frequently Asked Questions

    News -

    Did you know that BNSG has produced a list of frequently asked questions regarding the Healthy Weston Consultation?

  37. Consultation on service model for people with learning disabilities

    News -

    Consultation on service Model for people with Learning Disabilities and behaviour that challenges

  38. BBC - Young people told "Become a care worker"

    News -

    BBC reports young people in England are being targeted by the government in a bid to recruit thousands of more care workers.

  39. Healthwatch brings peoples voices to Westminster

    News -

    Over 100 Healthwatch representatives from across the country came together to meet their MPs at an event in parliament last week.

  40. NHS launches new Apps Library

    News -

    The NHS has recently launched the NHS Apps Library.

  41. NHS long term plans

    News -

    NHS England leaders say that the Long Term Plan could save up to 500,000 lives over the next ten years by focusing on prevention and early detection.

  42. Invitation to join NSCP's Involvement Group

    News -

    Invitation to Join NSCP’s Patient and Public Involvement Group

  43. BBC Points West

    News -

    Healthwatch North Somerset welcomes outcome for patients in WSM

  44. Report into village voices - engagement with our rural communities

    Report -

    Healthwatch North Somerset collects information from the public about their experiences of local health and social care services.

  45. Village Voices - Report

    Report -

    North Somerset’s population in 2015 was 209,944 and described by DEFRA as ‘urban with significant rural populations’.

  46. South Western Ambulance Service

    News -

    South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust are looking for new governors. Elections open in January 2019

  47. First NHS patient to receive state of the art proton beam therapy

    News -

    First NHS cancer patient to begin treatment with state of the art proton beam therapy in Manchester

  48. BNSSG Healthier Together - Healthy Weston Event

    Report -

    On Monday 4th December Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group – Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (BNSSG-CCG STP) held a public listening event at The Royal Hotel, Weston-super-Mare.

  49. Smoking, Diabetes and high blood pressure increase risk of heart attack in more women than men

    News -

    Overall, men have a higher chance of heart attack than women, but certain risk factors such as smoking may close the gap between women and men.

  50. Could a 'red and processed meat' tax save thousands?

    News -

    Could a ‘red and processed meat tax’ save thousands of lives?