News and reports

Healthwatch North Somerset Prioritisation Panel has vacancies for new volunteers

HS England South’s Regional Medical Director explains the importance of its new Leading Together programme:

The NHS is constantly working to deliver health services which are safe, effective and provide a good experience of care.

The Care Quality Commission will be carrying out inspections in the following aspects of health and social care between April and June 2016.

A new Avon and Wiltshire Partnership trust initiative called Emotional Intensity Disorder Awareness month will be launched this month.

Smokers in North Somerset are being urged to take the first step in giving up cigarettes for good on No Smoking Day which takes place on Wednesday 9 March.

The vice chair of the Mental Health Taskforce, Jacqui Dyer, explains why the Five Year Mental Health Plan report is so vital:

Time to Talk Day, on 4th February, is a national event organised by the mental health charity Time to Change. This is a campaign to end the stigma and discrimination people with mental health problems face in England.

Healthwatch North Somerset collects information from the public about their experiences of local health and social care services. This information is shared with service providers, local commissioners and all other relevant bodies.

North Somerset Council is proud to announce the return of the leading men’s weight loss organisation MAN v FAT to help the area’s men beat fat and get healthy, following a successful pilot last year.

On 28th January a team of authorised volunteers and staff represented Healthwatch North Somerset by conducting an enter and view at Haven Lodge, where they spoke to both staff and residents to get as much information about the service as possible

This new website enables people to find local, national social care sources and independent advice agencies in their local area.

This month our partner organisation, Addaction are starting a new venture with Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership and Positive Step to assist those service users with dual diagnosis issues.