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The Care Forum - Action plan to reduce smoking in pregnancy
The Care Forum was commissioned to deliver an engagement project by the BNSSG Clinical Commissioning Group. The brief was to recruit and engage with women who did not stop smoking during pregnancy, in order to discuss why this was
30 January 2019
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Healthwatch England publishes Annual Report
People's real life experiences of NHS and social care set out in new report to MPs
17 December 2018
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BNSSG Healthier Together - Healthy Weston Event
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.
5 December 2018
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Yatton Surgery enter and view findings
Enter and View at Yatton surgery
Healthwatch North Somerset carried out an enter and view at Yatton surgery. Below is our full report, including details of all the information we gathered during the visit and our recommendations to improve the service
30 November 2018
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Prioritisation Panel 2018
Our Prioritisation panel meets every quarter. It is a group made up of directors, staff and volunteers who look at the public feedback to identify issues and decide about making any recommendations, visits or referrals.
31 October 2018
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AGM 2018
We held our 2018 AGM on 9th October at Nailsea Methodist Church.
30 October 2018
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Care Quality Commission on Oral Health in Care Homes
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.
28 September 2018
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Mental Health Europe launches new resource
Mental Health Europe launches a new resource for people experiencing mental health difficulties
25 September 2018
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Age UK reports on the failing safety net
"The failing safety net for older people" is a report published by Age UK
7 September 2018
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Mental Health Care project
Since 2016, 34,000 people have shared their views with Healthwatch about Mental Health.
5 September 2018
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2018 Board Meeting Minutes
Our Board meet during the year and the minutes of these meetings are made available for everyone to read. We hope that this helps you stay up to date about our plans and how we are spending our time helping the community.
30 August 2018
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Annual report 2017/18 published
Annual Report 2017/2018
Our annual report for 2017/18 has now been published and is available to view
24 July 2018
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